Background: Full-thickness defects measuring 3 mm in diameter have been commonly used
in studies of rabbits to evaluate new procedures designed to improve the quality of articular …

To investigate subject-to-subject variability in commonly used parameters from bronchoalveolar
lavage (BAL), we analyzed the results of BAL from 78 consecutive normal volunteer …

Plasmid DNA (pDNA) vaccines represent an alternative to conventional inactivated influenza
vaccines that are likely to experience supply constraints during a pandemic. Several …

The presence of proliferating cells has been sought in the synovium of rheumatoid arthritic (RA)
and osteoarthritic (OA) joints using the monoclonal antibody Ki67, which marks a …

Background Minimally invasive surgical fusion of the sacroiliac (SI) joint using machined solid
triangular titanium plasma spray (TPS) coated implants has demonstrated positive clinical …

Electroporation (EP)-assisted intralesional delivery of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) plasmid (pDNA) has
the potential to increase the local concentration of the expressed cytokine for an extended …

Human alveolar macrophages obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage have different accessory
cell characteristics than do autologous, peripheral-blood-derived macrophages for the …

Publisher Summary The most blood-compatible material known is the natural, healthy, living
lining of human beings' blood vessels. This “material” functions well by a combination of …

VCL-AB01, a cationic lipid-formulated plasmid DNA (pDNA)-based vaccine that contains
genes encoding genetically detoxified B. anthracis protective antigen (PA) and lethal factor (LF)…

Experiments were conducted with a cationic lipid-formulated pDNA vaccine (VCL-AB01) to
evaluate the models used to determine biodistribution, persistence and the potential for …