Recycled melanoma-secreted melanosomes regulate tumor-associated macrophage diversification by Parikh, Roma, Parikh, Shivang, Berzin, Daniella, Vaknine, Hananya, Ovadia, Shai, Likonen, Daniela, Greenberger, Shoshana, Scope, Alon, Elgavish, Sharona, Nevo, Yuval, Plaschkes, Inbar, Nizri, Eran, Kobiler, Oren, Maliah, Avishai, Zaremba, Laureen, Mohan, Vishnu, Sagi, Irit, Ashery-Padan, Ruth, Carmi, Yaron, Luxenburg, Chen, Hoheisel, Jörg D, Khaled, Mehdi, Levesque, Mitchell P, Levy, Carmit

“…Our findings suggest that interactions mediated by second-hand extracellular vesicles contribute to the formation of the metastatic niche, and that blocking the melanosome cues of macrophage diversification could be helpful in halting melanoma progression.…”
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Rugged soft robots using tough, stretchable, and self-healable adhesive elastomers by Tan, Matthew Wei Ming, Thangavel, Gurunathan, Lee, Pooi See

“…To address this, we report an elastomer with high toughness, room temperature self-healing, and strong adhesiveness, allowing both prevention of damages and recovery for soft robotics. …”
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Understanding the role of Enterococcus faecalis in polymicrobial wounds by Davient, Bala

“…Microbial biofilms are an impediment to wound healing. Current chronic wound therapies involve costly interventions such as wound debridement to remove microbial biofilms, and antibiotics to prevent the re-establishment of microbial biofilms, to facilitate wound healing. …”
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Assessing Potentiality of Underground Coal Gasification for the Coalfields of Bangladesh by Biswas, Arup Kumar, Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal, Waehayee, Makatar

“…In terms of the UCG prospects, all the coalfields passed the depth, thickness, ash content and rank factors to a significant extent. But faulting, overburden or aquifer proximity are somewhat critical for all the coalfields except Jamalganj. …”
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Aqueous-only exfoliation of pristine graphite to graphene : towards sustainable, multifunctional polymer nanocomposites by Seyed Ismail Seyed Shahabadi

“…The combination of self-healing and UV-stability renders these films highly durable. …”
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Serenading Silence / by Ivy Abdullah, author 655926

“…Through her own silent battle, she confronts stigma, navigates struggles, and celebrates triumphs on her path to healing. Along the way, she offers valuable insights, candid reflections, and practical wisdom that resonate with readers facing similar challenges. …”

Novel shape memory materials by Wei, Jun.

“…In addition, it has self-healing function which is not possible in silicone-wax SMH in our previous study. …”
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Instructive scaffolds for tissue engineering by Cham, Hui Ting

“…Due to macrophages’ inherent ability to polarize within a spectrum of phenotypes ranging from healing to inflammatory, an imbalance of the phenotypic population at the implant site can result in scarring, prolonged inflammation or implant failure. …”
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Migration and phenotype control of human dermal fibroblasts by electrospun fibrous substrates by Chen, Huizhi, Lui, Yuan Siang, Tan, Zhen Wei, Lee, Justin Yin Hao, Tan, Nguan Soon, Tan, Lay Poh

“…Electrospun fibrous matrices, mimicking extracellular matrix (ECM) hierarchical structures, are potential scaffolds for wound healing. To design functional scaffolds, it is important to explore the interactions between scaffold topographic features and cellular responses, especially directional migration and phenotypic changes, which are critical functional aspects during wound healing. …”
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Synthesis of robust and multifunctional microcapsules for protective coatings used in marine and offshore environments by Sun, Dawei

“…Smart coatings are prepared by formulating microcapsules in polymeric coatings, where healing agents can be released to seal scratches or as lubricant to mitigate wear damages after the microcapsules are broken. …”
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An experimental investigation of shape memory polymer for alcohol activated self-tightening band-aid by Noor Mustikha Noor Khalid

“…Its components - the polyurethane film, absorbent pad, and hypoallergenic adhesive - have provided the ideal moist environment for healing wounds. However, the healing process could further improve with a band-aid of self-closing abilities. …”
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Water Absorption And Mechanical Properties Evaluation Of Surface Modified Abs Printing Parts by Leite, Marco, Varanda, André, Silva, Arlindo, Ribeiro, António Relógio, Vaz, Fátima

“…The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of a sealing protective treatment on the water absorption and mechanical properties of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) printed parts by fused deposition modelling (FDM). …”
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Quantifying the permeability reduction of biogrouted rock fracture by Wu, Chuangzhou, Chu, Jian, Wu, Shifan, Guo, Wei

“…Cementitious or chemical grouts are often used for seepage control by sealing the rock joints in the areas, where caverns or tunnels are going to be constructed (Warner 2004; Bruce et al. 2006; Tongwa et al. 2013; Wu et al. 2017). …”
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Mechanically durable and damage resilient dielectric elastomer actuators by Tan, Matthew Wei Ming

“…Under NIR illumination (0.2 W cm-2), self-healing was enhanced to retain high mechanical toughness (55 MJ m-3) within 2 h. …”
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Bacterial cellulose : from culturing to the development of functional materials by Sundaravadanam Vishnu Vadanan

“…The BC-m6A membrane displayed exceptional wound healing capabilities in the presence of the magnetic field and improved wound healing by 61%. …”
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Self-healable multifunctional fibers via thermal drawing by Qi, Miao, Liu, Yanting, Wang, Zhe, Yuan, Shixing, Li, Kaiwei, Zhang, Qichong, Chen, Mengxiao, Wei, Lei

“…Thus, transmission spectra are employed as a monitoring tool to observe the real-time self-healing process, facilitating an in-depth investigation into the healing kinetics and efficiency. …”
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Effect of alkali cation type on strength endurance of fly ash geopolymers subject to high temperature exposure by Lahoti, Mukund, Wong, Keng Khang, Tan, Kang Hai, Yang, En-Hua

“…Formation of cracks and gel densification due to shrinkage, and healing of micro-cracks and change of pore sizes due to sintering were identified as responsible mechanisms at different temperature ranges. …”
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UMBRELAA: DESIGN OF A VARIABLE-SIZED LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE FOR STROKE PREVENTION by Reddie, Madison, Eberly, Gari, Jesse Levi, Aviva, Quevedo-Moreno, Diego, Mendez, Keegan, Roche, Ellen T.

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Effect of pore size distribution on the desalination performance of the selective layer of nanoporous atomically-thin membranes by Chow, Chun-Man, Karnik, Rohit

“…Tight PSDs with average pore sizes slightly below the size of the salt are needed to ensure high selectivity comparable to TFC membranes with high water permeance. Sealing of large, salt-permeable pores (e.g. by interfacial polymerization) limits salt leakage but substantially reduces water permeance. …”
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Musculoskeletal regeneration: a zebrafish perspective by Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar, Ingham, Philip William

“…The cascade of cellular and molecular events following such injuries results either in healing with functional recovery or scar formation. …”
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