Background: Transplantation of human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived islet organoids is a promising cell replacement therapy for type 1 diabetes (T1D). It is important to improve the efficacy of islet organoids transplantation by identifying new transplantation sites with high vascularization and sufficient accommodation to support graft survival with a high capacity for oxygen delivery.
Methods: A human-induced pluripotent stem cell line (hiPSCs-L1) was generated constitutively expressing luciferase.
Pyrimidine compounds have proven to be effective and efficient additives capable of protecting mild steel in acidic media. This class of organic compounds often functions as adsorption-type inhibitors of corrosion by forming a protective layer on the metallic substrate. The present study reports a computational study of forty pyrimidine compounds that have been investigated as sustainable inhibitors of mild steel corrosion in molar HCl solution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElectrochemical, surface, and density functional theory (DFT)/Monte Carlo (MC) simulation studies were used in investigating the characteristics of ,'-(disulfanne-1,2-dicarbonothioyl)bis(,'-bis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)formimidamide) (), ,'-(disulfanne-1,2-dicarbonothioyl)bis(,'-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)formimidamide) (), ,'-(disulfanne-1,2-dicarbonothioyl)bis(,'-dimesitylformimidamide) (), and ,'-(disulfanne-1,2-dicarbonothioyl)bis(,'-bis(2,6-dichlorophenyl)formimidamide) () as inhibitors of acid corrosion of mild steel. The inhibitors were found to effectively reduce the rates of steel dissolution at the anode as well as cathodic hydrogen evolution. The order of inhibition efficiencies of studied compounds is (PDP/LPR/EIS: 98.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiabetes is a chronic condition which affects the glucose metabolism in the body. In lieu of any clinical "cure," the condition is managed through the administration of pharmacological aids, insulin supplements, diet restrictions, exercise, and the like. The conventional clinical prescriptions are limited by their life-long dependency and diminished potency, which in turn hinder the patient's recovery.
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