TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD-DERIVED MONONUCLEAR CELLS INDUCES RECOVERY OF MOTOR DYSFUNCTION IN A RAT MODEL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Transplantation of human umbilical cord blood-derived mononuclear cells induces recovery of motor dysfunction in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

Chao Chen,1,* Jing Duan,1,* Aifang Shen,2,* Wei Wang,1 Hao Song,1 Yanming Liu,1 Xianjie Lu,1 Xiaobing Wang,2 Zhiqing You,1 Zhongchao Han,3,4 Fabin Han1 1Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, The Liaocheng People's Hospital, Affiliated Liaocheng Hospital, Taishan Medical University, Shandong, People's Republic of China; 2Departmen

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Enhancing commercial check valves in downhole pump applications through laboratory testing system development

In this study, we aim to enhance the performance and longevity of downhole pumps employed in crude oil extraction in the oil industry.Downhole pumps play a pivotal role in the rod-pump system, comprising traveling and standing valves that function similarly to ball check valves.However, these valves often experience premature wear and tear.To addre

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Effects of chronic dietary nitrate supplementation on longevity, vascular function and cancer incidence in rats

Rationale: Dietary nitrate and nitrite have a notoriously bad reputation because of their proposed association with disease, in particular cancer.However, more recent lines of research have challenged this dogma suggesting that intake of these anions also possess beneficial effects after in vivo conversion to the vital signaling molecule nitric oxi

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Model-selection-based approach for calculating cellular multiplicity of infection during virus colonization of multi-cellular hosts.

The cellular multiplicity of infection (MOI) is a key parameter for describing the interactions between virions and cells, predicting the dynamics of mixed-genotype infections, and understanding virus evolution.Two recent studies have reported in vivo MOI estimates for Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), using sophistica

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