Osteoporosis is one of the detrimental effects of spinal cord injury (SCI), leading to bone loss. It has already been established that superparamagnetic nanoparticles when exposed to an external magnetic field (MF) show strong magnetisation and promote locomotor recovery. The aim of the present study is to explore the role of magnetised nanoparticles in ameliorating SCI-induced osteoporosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA substantial percentage of kidney transplant recipients show transplant failure due to BK virus-induced nephropathy. This can be clinically controlled by the rapid and timely detection of BK virus infection in immune-compromised patients. We report a rapid (two hours from sample collection, processing, and detection), cost-effective (< 2$), highly sensitive and BKV-specific nanoLAMP (loop-mediated isothermal amplification) diagnostic methodology using novel primers and gold nanoparticles complex-based visual detection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Objectives: Primary or idiopathic osteonecrosis of femur head (ONFH) is the second most commonly observed cause among Indian patients suffering from ischemic ONFH. Although a number of genetic polymorphisms have been associated with idiopathic ONFH pathogenesis in Korean and Chinese populations, there are no studies in the Indian population. This is an exploratory study designed to implicate in promoter sequence polymorphisms of a critical fibrinolytic system regulator, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene, in cases of idiopathic osteonecrosis.
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