Scientific bias originates from both researchers and techniques. Evidence-based strategies to mitigate this bias include the assembly of diverse teams, development of rigorous experimental designs, and use of unbiased analytical techniques. Here, we highlight potential starting points to decrease bias in bioengineering research.
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Cells Dev
January 2025
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States of America; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America; Jackson Laboratory, Farmington, CT, United States of America. Electronic address:
The maternal-fetal interface has long been considered as a frontier for an evolutionary arms race due to the close juxtaposition of genetically distinct tissues. In hemochorial species with deep placental invasion, including in humans, maternal stroma prepares its defenses against deep trophoblast invasion by decidualization, a differentiation process characterized by increased stromal cell matrix production, and contractile force generation. Decidualization has evolved from an ancestral wound healing response of fibroblast activation by the endometrial stroma.
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January 2025
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, ANA Futura, Alfred Nobels Allé 8, Floor 8, 14152, Huddinge, Sweden.
ITK-SYK and TEL-SYK (also known as ETV6-SYK) are human tumor-causing chimeric proteins containing the kinase region of SYK, and the membrane-targeting, N-terminal, PH-TH domain-doublet of ITK or the dimerizing SAM-PNT domain of TEL, respectively. ITK-SYK causes peripheral T cell lymphoma, while TEL-SYK was reported in myelodysplastic syndrome. BTK is a kinase highly related to ITK and to further delineate the role of the N-terminus, we generated the corresponding fusion-kinase BTK-SYK.
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December 2024
Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518132, China. Electronic address:
Here, we developed nanobody-assisted nanoluciferase fragment complementation for in situ measurement and visualization of endogenous protein-protein interaction (NanaPPI). When an interaction occurs, primary antibodies for two proteins bring the proximity of secondary nanobody-fused small/large fragment to reassemble into an intact NanoLuc variant, thus transforming interaction events to luminescent signals in situ with high sensitivity. Compared to proximity ligation assay, NanaPPI has a similar signal-to-background ratio, but it is more convenient with faster procedures, easier readout and lower cost.
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January 2025
Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong Provincial Key Medical and Health Laboratory of Blood Ecology and Biointelligence, Jinan Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Bioengineering, Cardio- cerebrovascular Disease Hospital of Jinan, The Fourth People's Hospital of Jinan, The Teaching Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, 50 Shifan Road, Tianqiao District, Jinan, 250031, Shandong, China.
Previous cesarean scar defect (PCSD), also acknowledged as the myometrium of uterus defects, which commonly results in myometrial discontinuity between the uterine and cervical cavity. Current literatures have indicated the efficacy of MSCs and MSC-derived exosomes (MSC-Exos) for diverse refractory disease administration, yet the feasibility of MSC-Exos for PCSD treatment is largely obscure. In this study, we took advantage of the in vivo myofibrotic model for mimicking the typical manifestation of PCSD and the assessment of fertility.
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January 2025
Nano Lithography and Manufacturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, 156 Gajeongbuk-ro, Daejeon 34103, South Korea.
Efficient separation and preconcentration of nanoparticles are crucial in a wide range of biomedical applications, particularly as target substances continue to diminish in size. In this study, we introduce an electric field-assisted membrane system that synergistically combines oversized-pore membranes with an electrokinetic particle retention mechanism. Utilizing Ti/Au-coated poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) membranes, our approach generates electrokinetic forces to effectively separate and retain charged nanoparticles even smaller than the pores, achieving a separation efficiency over 99% and a preconcentration factor of 1.
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