Publications by authors named "D Luke Clancy"

This study determined process conditions under which polystyrene (CPS) and zirconia (YSZ) beads cause similar breakage kinetics and temperature rise during manufacturing of drug nanosuspensions via wet bead milling and explored relative advantages of CPS beads, particularly for stress-sensitive compounds. Besides temperature and particle size measurements, a microhydrodynamic-based kinetic model simulated the conditions for CPS to achieve breakage rates equivalent to those of YSZ. A power law correlation was applied to find conditions conducive to temperature equivalency.

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  • Globally, while people are living longer, many experience a decline in health due to age-related diseases, highlighting the need for better classification systems to address these issues.
  • A consensus meeting with 150 experts established criteria for identifying ageing-related pathologies, requiring a 70% agreement for approval among participants.
  • The agreed criteria focus on conditions that progress with age, contribute to functional decline, and are backed by human studies, setting a foundation for future classification and staging efforts.
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  • The portal of Willingboro is an innovative technique for performing biceps tenodesis aimed at treating biceps tendinopathy, offering ease of use in surgery.
  • This technical note highlights important anatomical structures and standard shoulder arthroscopy portals relevant to the Willingboro portal.
  • Key structures discussed include various shoulder portals, major nerves, tendons, the axillary artery, and significant bony landmarks, serving as guidelines for safely creating the portal.
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Interleukin-1 (IL-1) family cytokines are key immunological regulators that achieve their signaling prowess after post-translational proteolytic processing. In this issue of Immunity, Dong et al. reveal the structural consequences of this process on proinflammatory IL-18, demonstrating that pro-IL-18 and mature IL-18 are structurally distinct.

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