Overcoming challenges to enable targeting of metastatic breast cancer tumour microenvironment with nano-therapeutics: Current status and future perspectives

Tumour-microenvironment (TME) comprising of impenetrable inter-communications among stromal cells, tumour cells, cancer-associated blood and lymphatic vessels, pericytes, cancer-associated-fibroblasts, cancer-stem cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) that can substantially impact the onset, spread and progression of cancer metastasis.Metastatic bre

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Quantifying cultural tightness-looseness in Ecuador.

Cultural tightness-looseness represents the degree to which a particular culture possesses strong behavioral norms, and the degree to which members of that culture are likely to sanction individuals who deviate from those norms.While tightness-looseness has been quantified for a large and growing number of countries around the VIOLET world, there a

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Comparative evaluation of 3D-printed and conventional implants in vivo: a quantitative microcomputed tomographic and histomorphometric analysis

Abstract In recent years, 3D-printing technology to fabricate dental implants has garnered widespread attention due to its patient-specific customizability and cost-effectiveness.This preclinical animal study analyzed the radiographic and histomorphometric outcomes of 3D-printed implants (3DIs) placed immediately after extraction and compared them

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Frailty before and during austerity: A time series analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018.

BackgroundFrailty is characterised by a reduced resilience to adversity.In this analysis we examined changes in frailty in people aged 50+ before and during a period of austere public spending in Holiday Decorations England.MethodsData from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-2018 were analysed.Associations between austerity and frailty w

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