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The mechanism of tumour cell death by metal-based anticancer drugs is not only a matter of DNA interactions

Platinum drugs are extensively used in the clinic to treat cancer, often leading to a palliative response rather than a cure. While DNA is considered to be the primary target of platinum drugs, there is no clear relationship between cellular platinum accum ...

2018

Rational Design and Applications of Semisynthetic Modular Biosensors: SNIFITs and LUCIDs

Kai Johnsson, Rudolf Griss, Julien Hiblot, Helen Rebecca Ostlund Farrants

Biosensors are used in many fields to measure the concentration of analytes, both in a cellular context and in human samples for medical care. Here, we outline the design of two types of modular biosensors: SNAP-tag-based indicators with a Fluorescent Intr ...

Springer New York2017

Wearable sensors objectively measure gait parameters in Parkinson's disease

Kamiar Aminian

Distinct gait characteristics like short steps and shuffling gait are prototypical signs commonly observed in Parkinson's disease. Routinely assessed by observation through clinicians, gait is rated as part of categorical clinical scores. There is an incre ...

2017

Label-Free Detection of Tobramycin in Serum by Transmission-Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

Carlotta Guiducci, Thierry Buclin, Anna Ferretti, Giulia Cappi, Fabio Mario Spiga, Laurent Décosterd, Michael Beyeler

In order to improve the efficacy and safety of treatments, drug dosage needs to be adjusted to the actual needs of each patient in a truly personalized medicine approach. Key for widespread dosage adjustment is the availability of point-of-care devices abl ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Weariness and Loyalty Loss in Recurrent Service Models

Max-Olivier Hongler, Olivier Gallay

For recurrent service providers (fast-food, entertainment, medical care,...), retaining loyal customers is obviously a key issue. The customers' loyalty essentially depends on their service satisfaction defined via an ad-hoc utility function. Among several ...

2008

Low Power Fully Parallel Analog Image Processor for Medical Diagnostics Implemented in CMOS Technology

Rafal Tomasz Dlugosz

Modern medical, telecommunication, and multimedia applications become recently one of the main research fields for very large scale of integration (VLSI) application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) system designers. List of such applications is endless ...

2007

Environmental assessment of end-of-life treatment options for a GSM 900 antenna rack

Wolfram Scharnhorst

Goal, Scope and Background. Telephony as well as remote data transfer is increasingly performed via mobile phone networks. However, the environmental consequences, in particular of the End-of-Life (EOL) treatment, of such network infrastructures have been ...

Ecomed, Springer2006

Treatment of acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure in the mouse with conditionally immortalized human hepatocytes

Didier Trono

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Liver failure is a life threatening condition currently treated by palliative measures and, when applicable, organ transplantation. The use of a bioartificial organ capable of fulfilling the main functions of the liver would represent an a ...

Elsevier2005

Métropolisation, habitat précaire et relogement forcé: entre phénomènes d'exclusion et tactiques populaires d'intégration

Sébastien Wust

This work was carried out within the interdisciplinary scientific program named "Sustainable Development, Metropolisation and Pollution of Natural Resources in Ho Chi Minh-City, Vietnam". This program, launched in 1994, is financed by the Swiss National Sc ...

EPFL2001

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