Publications by authors named "C-E Tseng"
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- Chirality is a key property related to the symmetry of objects, especially important in distinguishing chiral molecules for applications in biochemistry and medicine.
- Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy is a technique that could help with this, but it often struggles with weak signals from small molecules.
- The use of dielectric metasurfaces, particularly with achiral germanium nanoresonators, significantly enhances VCD signal sensitivity, achieving enhancements over 750 and effectively improving chiral sensing even in the presence of a chiral molecular layer.
Objectives: The development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been classified into 6 phases A-F according to the present risk factors in sequence of genes, environments, autoimmunity, arthralgia and joint swelling. To clarify the ultrasound synovitis scores in at-risk patients (phases C-E) and RA (phase F).
Methods: Patients who had been experiencing hand joint symptoms for at least 6 weeks and asymptomatic patients with positive rheumatoid factor and/or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies were enrolled.
Article Synopsis
- SC31 is a powerful neutralizing antibody against SARS-CoV-2, developed from a patient who recovered from COVID-19, displaying strong efficacy in various animal models.
- It works by targeting a specific site on the Spike protein of the virus, reducing viral loads and inflammation in infected mice and hamsters, and achieving undetectable viral levels in rhesus macaques.
- The effectiveness of SC31 is enhanced by its interactions with immune system components and exhibits a dose-dependent response, showing therapeutic promise without causing harmful antibody-related effects.
Surgeons are often unfamiliar with the costs of surgical instrumentation and supplies. We hypothesized that surgeon cost feedback would be associated with a reduction in cost. A multidisciplinary team evaluated surgical supply costs for laparoscopic appendectomies of 7 surgeons (surgeons A-G) at a single-center academic institution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis have structural and functional abnormalities in the mesial temporal regions. To gain insight into the pathophysiology of the epileptic network in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis, we aimed to clarify the relationships between hippocampal atrophy and the altered connection between the hippocampus and the posterior cingulate cortex in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis.
Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients with left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis and 15 healthy controls were included in the study.
Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris produces great amounts of an exopolysaccharide (EPS), xanthan gum. Eight eps loci involved in biosynthesis of the EPS were previously located in the chromosome map of strain Xc17.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have studied the generation of replication-competent virus in cultures of the helper cell line C3, which harbors a packaging-defective provirus derived from reticuloendotheliosis virus. We transfected the C3 line with a defective provirus encoding the chicken growth hormone gene and carrying the HSV-1 tk gene. The appearance of competent virus was assayed by infection of Spafas C/E CEF, monitoring reverse transcriptase activity, and rescue of the TKTU assayed on BRLtk- cells.
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