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Genitourinary system
Publications associées (15)
Development of a biologically inspired in-vitro platform for long-term assessment of commercial and innovative ureteral stents
Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Francesco Clavica
Ureteral stents are small flexible tubes which are clinically used to restore the urine drainage in presence of obstructions of the ureteral lumen such as tumours, kidney/ureteral stones. The lifetime risk of developing urinary stones is about 20% in men a ...
2019Microdevices for Locomotion in Complex Biological Fluids
Locomotion is an essential feature for survival of many organisms, and it is also a technical requirement for untethered biomedical microdevices to operate inside the human body for targeted drug delivery and minimally invasive surgery. The overall goal of ...
EPFL2016Bio-engineered collagen-fibrin scaffolds for enhancing urological tissue regeneration
Urological tissue engineering offers alternative solutions for congenital and acquired diseases of the urinary tract, which may require reconstructive surgery. It evolves to overcome complications, which might be encountered after surgery. Therefore, tissu ...
EPFL2015Multicontrast connectometry: A new tool to assess cerebellum alterations in early relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis
Jean-Philippe Thiran, Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, David Paul Roger Romascano, Alessandro Daducci, Cristina Granziera, Djalel Eddine Meskaldji, Jonas Richiardi, Gunnar Krüger, Alexis Roche, Guillaume Bonnier, Ying-Chia Lin, Gloria Menegaz
Background: Cerebellar pathology occurs in late multiple sclerosis (MS) but little is known about cerebellar changes during early disease stages. In this study, we propose a new multicontrast “connectometry” approach to assess the structural and functional ...
Wiley-Blackwell2015In Vitro Pancreas Organogenesis from Dispersed Mouse Embryonic Progenitors
Filippo De Franceschi, Anne Grapin-Botton, Chiara Greggio
The pancreas is an essential organ that regulates glucose homeostasis and secretes digestive enzymes. Research on pancreas embryogenesis has led to the development of protocols to produce pancreatic cells from stem cells. The whole embryonic organ can be c ...
Journal Of Visualized Experiments2014Use of an Implanted Sacral Nerve Stimulator to Restore Urine Voiding in Chronically Paraplegic Dogs
Background Loss of urinary control after spinal cord injury increases risk of urinary tract disease and is problematical for owners of affected dogs. Objectives To design, implant, and test a sacral nerve stimulating device for controlling urine voiding in ...
Wiley-Blackwell2013High-density collagen gel tubes as a matrix for primary human bladder smooth muscle cells
Peter Frey, Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Lionel Ambroise Micol
Tissue-engineered grafts for the urinary tract are being investigated for the potential treatment of several urologic diseases. These grafts, predominantly tubular-shaped, usually require in vitro culture prior to implantation to allow cell engraftment on ...
Elsevier2011Hydrogels for Urinary Tract Tissue Engineering
Several urinary tract disorders, such as hypospadias or bladder cancer, require reconstructive surgery to preserve the patient's quality of life and at times even save their life. The current available surgical treatments, involving grafts from other tissu ...
EPFL2011Photodynamic diagnostics in the urinary tract. Consensus paper of the Working Group for Oncology of the German Society for Urology
Because of the frequency of occurrence and the long protracted course, bladder carcinoma is the most expensive solid tumor in terms of costs, from diagnosis to death of the patient. The most important cost factor within the total cost is the treatment of r ...
Springer Verlag2008Nestin-Cre transgenic mouse line Nes-Cre1 mediates highly efficient Cre/loxP mediated recombination in the nervous system, kidney and somite-derived tissues
Here we describe the generation of the Nes-Cre1 transgenic mouse line in which Cre recombinase expression is controlled by the rat nestin promoter and intron 2 enhancer. This line has previously been used for conditional loss-of-function studies of various ...
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