A novel method of pannus suspension during massive panniculectomy

Morbidly obese patients are often burdened by a massive abdominal pannus that can only be addressed with a panniculectomy.However, as its size and weight increase, pannus handling during surgery becomes a real challenge for the surgeon and his/her assistants.We describe a case where we use a novel method of pannus suspension, the Spider Tenet, TOOT

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Schistosoma mansoni heat shock protein 70 elicits an early humoral immune response in S. mansoni infected baboons

A study was undertaken to search for DNA recombinant Schistosoma mansoni proteins responsible for eliciting an antibody response from the host at a very early phase after infection.A S.mansoni adult worm cDNA expression library was screened using pooled sera from baboons with four weeks of infection.Based on their specific reactivity with the S.man

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Large Depth-of-Field Integral Microscopy by Use of a Liquid Lens

Integral microscopy is a 3D imaging technique that permits the recording of spatial and angular information of microscopic samples.From Egg Turners this information it is possible to calculate a collection of orthographic views with full parallax and to refocus computationally, at will, through the 3D specimen.An important drawback of integral micr

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