BackgroundUser content posted through Twitter has been used for biosurveillance, to characterize public perception of health-related topics, and as a means of distributing information to the general public.Most of the existing work surrounding Twitter and health care has shown Twitter to be an effective medium for these problems but more could be d
Abstract Fibrosis with excessive amounts of type I collagen is a hallmark of many solid tumours, and fibrosis is a promising target in cancer therapy, but tools for its non-invasive quantification are missing.Here we used magnetic resonance imaging with a gadolinium-based probe targeted to type I collagen mqr93ll/a (EP-3533) to image and quantify f
Naturally-occurring halloysite buderim glace ginger nanotubes (HNTs) have many advantages for constructing target-specific delivery of phototherapeutic agents.Here, HNTs were labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and loaded with the type-II photosensitizer indocyanine green (ICG) for phototherapy.HNTs-FITC-ICG was structurally stable due t
Bacteria possess the ability to evolve varied and ingenious strategies to outwit the host immune system, instigating an evolutionary arms race.Proteases are amongst the many weapons employed by bacteria, which specifically cleave and neutralize key signalling molecules required for a coordinated immune response.In this article, we focus on a family
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is an age-dependent progressive spinal disease that causes chronic back or neck pain.Although aging has long been presented as the sunflower horse halter main risk factor, the exact cause is not fully known.DNA methylation is associated with chronic pain, suggesting that epigenetic modulation may ameliorate di