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Comparison of chitin‐induced natural transformation in pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains

The human pathogen Vibrio cholerae serves as a model organism for many important processes ranging from pathogenesis to natural transformation, which has been extensively studied in this bacterium. Previous work has deciphered important regulatory circuits ...

2020

Mitochondrial function in the brain links anxiety with social subordination

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Olivia Zanoletti, Fiona Hollis, Michael van der Kooij, Laura Lozano Montes

Dominance hierarchies are integral aspects of social groups, yet whether personality traits may predispose individuals to a particular rank remains unclear. Here we show that trait anxiety directly influences social dominance in male outbred rats and ident ...

2015

Assessing dystrophies and other muscle diseases at the nanometer scale by atomic force microscopy

Giovanni Dietler, Harald Brune, Andrzej Kulik, Nicolas Mermod, Guillaume Witz, Stefania Puttini

Aim: Atomic force microscopy nanoindentation of myofibers was used to assess and quantitatively diagnose muscular dystrophies from human patients. Materials & methods: Myofibers were probed from fresh or frozen muscle biopsies from human dystrophic patient ...

Future Medicine2014

Detection of neuronal activity and metabolism in a model of dehydration-induced anorexia in rats at 14.1T using manganese-enhanced MRI and 1H MRS

Rolf Gruetter, Nathalie Just

In this study, hypothalamic activation was performed by dehydration-induced anorexia (DIA) and overnight food suppression (OFS) in female rats. The assessment of the hypothalamic response to these challenges by manganese-enhanced MRI showed increased neuro ...

Wiley-Blackwell2011

Hydrogels for Urinary Tract Tissue Engineering

Lionel Ambroise Micol

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 ...

EPFL2011

Generic DSP-based Implantable Body Sensor Node

Léandre Bolomey

To improve health, to help to manage chronical disease and to provide equal access to healthcare, continuous monitoring of physiological parameter associated to telemedicine is mandatory. In this perspective Body Sensor Networks concept has emerged. It inc ...

EPFL2010

Genetic diversity in farm animals - a review

Domestication of livestock species and a long history of migrations, selection and adaptation have created an enormous variety of breeds. Conservation of these genetic resources relies on demographic characterization, recording of production environments a ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

Initial In Vivo Studies with a Polymer-based MR-compatible Guide Wire

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new polymer-based and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-compatible guide wire for its application in MR-guided endovascular interventions, particularly for interventional peripheral MR angiography in swine experime ...

Elsevier2009

Crystal Structures of Limulus SAP-Like Pentraxin Reveal Two Molecular Aggregations

Henning Paul-Julius Stahlberg

The serum-amyloid-P-component-like pentraxin from Limulus polyphemus, a recently discovered pentraxin species and important effector protein of the hemolymph immune system, displays two distinct doubly stacked cyclic molecular aggregations, heptameric and ...

Elsevier BV2009

Evaluation of vaccines in the EU TB Vaccine Cluster using a guinea pig aerosol infection model of tuberculosis

Stewart Cole

The TB Vaccine Cluster project funded by the EU Fifth Framework programme aims to provide novel vaccines against tuberculosis that are suitable for evaluation in humans. This paper describes the studies of the protective efficacy of vaccines in a guinea pi ...

2005

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