Much before modern medicine started to explore the medical applications of materials,archeological findings show that biomaterials such as corals and shells were used for replacement of missing human bones and teeth a...
the start-up funding(A0033912)from the Department of Biomedical Engineering;Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme(0035876);the Hong Kong Polytechnic University(University Grant Council),for supporting this work.
Adoptive T-cell therapy(ACT)is a promising therapeutic approach based on the concept of potent T-cell mediated immunity against the tumor.The outcome of antigen-specific T-cells responses relies on the interaction bet...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFA0111300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21907113,51903256,32001012);the Guangdong Province Science and Technology Innovation Special Fund(International Scientific Cooperation,2018A050506035).
Acute liver failure(ALF),a fatal clinical disease featured with overwhelming hepatocyte necrosis,is a grand challenge in global health.However,a satisfactory therapeutic option for curing ALF is still absent,other tha...
The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(31525009);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31930067,31800797,and 31771096);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC1103502);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2018M631094 and 2019M653410);the 1.3.5 project for disciplines of excellence,West China Hospital,Sichuan University(ZYGD18002).
Immunotherapy,as a powerful strategy for cancer treatment,has achieved tremendous efficacy in clinical trials.Despite these advancements,there is much to do in terms of enhancing therapeutic benefits and decreasing th...
the National Institutes of Health grant R01 HL130037.A.P.was supported by Whitaker International and David L.Boren fellowships.
We previously demonstrated that octadecylamine-functionalized nanodiamond(ND-ODA)and dexamethasone(Dex)-adsorbed ND-ODA(ND-ODA–Dex)promoted anti-inflammatory and proregenerative behavior in human macrophages in vitro...
Nanoparticles are extensively used for various applications in science, engineering and medicine. Synthesis of nanoparticles with high purity is essential to utilize the same in different fields of science and technol...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Contract Grant nos.51473098 and 51503127);Support Project of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(Contract Grant no.2012FZ0007).
Ternary chalcogenide compounds are such promising and have been used for much practical applications.As a sort of these compounds,cubanite(CuFe2S3)possess some unique properties which can be used in different fields.I...
Diseases and disorders associated with nervous system such as injuries by trauma and neurodegeneration are shown to be one of the most serious problems in medicine, requiring innovative strategies to trigger and enhan...
Part of this work was supported by the Cockrell Family Distinguished Chair and the UT-Portugal Collaborative Research Program.J.R.C.is supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
New applications of biomaterials often require advanced structures containing synthetic and natural components that are tuned to provide properties unique to a specific application.We discuss how structural characteri...