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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Linkage disequilibrium studies have discovered few gene-disease associations for common diseases. The explanation has been offered that complex modes of inheritance govern risk for cancers, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The volume of protein structure data has grown rapidly over the past 30 years, leaving a wake of facts that still require explanation. We endeavored to answer a few open questions on the structure-function relationship of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Integrins are a family of heterodimeric cell surface receptors that are functionally important for cell adhesion, migration and proliferation. Certain integrins, especially those that are known to recognize the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Cancer is a leading cause of death in the world. Much work has been done to study the role of inflammation in carcinogenesis. One hypothesis suggests that inflammation causes oxidative stress that induces damage to cellular ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)This thesis describes the identification and characterization of a novel 'layer' of intrinsic non-genetic functional heterogeneity within the seemingly homogeneous naive CD8⁺ T cell population in their survival and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is a long-standing challenge faced by both researchers and clinicians. To date, no robust, efficient method for the pure, ex vivo expansion of human HSCs has been ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs) are complex polysaccharides found both in extracellular matrix (ECM) and at the cell surface where they, in a sequence-specific manner, bind to and regulate the biological activity ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The inability of articular cartilage to repair itself after acute injury has been implicated in the development of osteoarthritis. The objective of this work was to develop methods for delivering growth factors to cartilage ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Emerging medical technologies for effective and lasting repair of articular cartilage include delivery of cells or cell-seeded scaffolds to a defect site to initiate de novo tissue regeneration. Biocompatible scaffolds ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The degradation of articular cartilage is the hallmark in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). It still remains largely unknown which precise mechanisms initiate cartilage degradation. However, risks factors include ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of joint disorder. Individuals who have sustained an acute traumatic joint injury are at greater risk for the development of OA. The mechanisms by which injury causes cartilage ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Iron is a cofactor of a number biochemical reactions that are essential for life. In the marine environment, this micronutrient is a scarce resource that limits processes of global importance such as photosynthesis and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Improved methods are needed for routine, inexpensive monitoring of biomarkers that could facilitate earlier detection and characterization of complex diseases like cancer. Development of new assay formats based on microfluidic, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Animal noses have evolved the ability to rapidly detect a seemingly infinite array of odors at minute concentrations. The basis of this sensitivity are the olfactory (smell) receptors - a large, highly related class of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Immunostimulatory therapies that activate immune response pathways are of great interest for overcoming the immunosuppression present in advanced tumors. Agonistic antibodies against the co-stimulatory receptors CD40 and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The dissemination of lymphoma into anatomical compartments that are poorly accessible from circulation, such as lymph nodes, necessitates high doses of systemic chemotherapy. However, the potencies of many chemotherapeutic ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Mechanical forces play an important role in cell morphology, orientation, migration, adhesion and can even induce apoptosis. The eukaryotic cell is equipped with a dynamic frame, known as the cytoskeleton, that provides ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Surface-based sensors take advantage of the natural high surface-to-volume ratios in microfluidic devices, low reagent consumption and high potential for integration in more complex micro total analysis systems (microTAS ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The physical properties of a cell are manifestations of its most basic molecular and metabolic processes. In particular, size has been a sought metric, which can be difficult to ascertain with great resolution or for smaller ...
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