Biomechanics of manual-bent versus patient-specific mandibular implants.

The patient-specific mandibular reconstruction plate (PSMRP) has gained prominence for its precise adaptation to mandibular contours and reported enhanced mechanical reliability compared to the manual-bent mandibular reconstruction plate (MBMRP). Despite this, a biomechanical comparison between MBMRP and PSMRP is essential for informed clinical decision-making and advancing the field of mandibular reconstruction. Thereupon, biomechanical behavior was compared between two reconstructed mandibles with the MBMRP made of commercial pure titanium plate and the PSMRP stemmed from a common ramus reconstruction case, respectively, in physiological simulation using finite element analyses.

GZR101, a Novel Premixed Insulin for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus.

Inadequate glycemic control in patients with current premixed insulin regimens is often due to the short half-life and pronounced peak-to-trough ratio of basal insulin. This study evaluated insulin GZR33 (GZR33), an ultra-long basal insulin, and insulin GZR101 (GZR101), which is a premix of GZR33 and postprandial insulin aspart. The binding affinity of GZR33 to the human insulin receptor (hIR) was analyzed using surface plasmon resonance.

Biomechanical feasibility of non-locking system in patient-specific mandibular reconstruction using fibular free flaps.

Mandibular reconstruction with free fibular flaps is frequently used to restore segmental defects. The osteosythesis, including locking and non-locking plate/screw systems, is essential to the mandibular reconstruction. Compared with the non-locking system that requires good adaption between plate and bone, the locking system appears to present a better performance by locking the plate to fixation screws.

Biomechanical validation of structural optimized patient-specific mandibular reconstruction plate orienting additive manufacturing.

Background And Objective: Owing to the unexpected in vivo fracture failure of the original design, structural optimized patient-specific mandibular reconstruction plates (PSMRPs) were created to boost the biomechanical performance of bridging segmental bony defect in the mandibular reconstruction after tumor resection. This work aimed to validate the biomechanical benefit of the structural optimized PSMRPs relative to the original design and compare the biomechanical performance between PSMRP1 with generic contour customization and PSMRP2 with a tangent arc upper margin in mandibular angle region.

Methods: Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was used to evaluate the biomechanical behavior of mandibular reconstruction assemblies (MRAs) concerning these two structural optimized PSMRPs by simulating momentary left group clenching and incisal clenching tasks.

Preclinical study of additive manufactured plates with shortened lengths for complete mandible reconstruction: Design, biomechanics simulation, and fixation stability assessment.

Background: A combination of short titanium plates fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) provides multiple advantages for complete mandible reconstruction, such as the minimisation of inherent implant deformation formed during AM and the resulting clinical impact, as well as greater flexibility for surgical operation. However, the biomechanical feasibility of this strategy is still unclear, and therefore needs to be explored.

Method: Three different combinations of short mandible reconstruction plates (MRPs) were customised considering implant deformation during the AM process.

Biomechanical comparison of locking and non-locking patient-specific mandibular reconstruction plate using finite element analysis.

Patient-specific mandibular reconstruction plate (PSMRP), as one of the patient-specific implants (PSIs), offers a host of benefits to mandibular reconstruction. Due to the limitation of fabricating screw hole threads in the PSMRP, 3D printed PSMRP is applied to the non-locking system directly in the mandibular reconstruction with bone graft regardless of the locking system. Since the conventional manual-bending reconstruction plate (CMBRP) provides better fixation in the locking system, it needs to be validated whether the locking PSMRP performs better than the non-locking PSMRP in the patient-specific mandibular reconstruction.

Construction and application of carbohydrate microarrays to detect foodborne bacteria.

The rapid detection of pathogenic bacteria is vital for the prevention of outbreaks of infectious diseases, including infections by the common foodborne bacteria E.coli and Salmonella Carbohydrate microarrays have been developed as a powerful method to investigate carbohydrate-protein interaction with only very small amounts of glycans, which show great potential for detect the carbohydrate mediated interaction with pathogens. Here, different mannose-coated microarrays were constructed and tested with E.

Overview on the antiviral activities and mechanisms of marine polysaccharides from seaweeds.

Marine polysaccharides are attracting increasing attention in medical and pharmaceutical development because of their important biological properties. The seaweed polysaccharides have now become a rich resource of potential antiviral drugs due to their antiviral activities against various viruses. The structural diversity and complexity of marine polysaccharides and their derivatives contribute to their antiviral activities in different phases of many different viral infection processes.