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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessEngineering

A microfluidic transistor for automatic control of liquids

Kaustav A. Gopinathan, Avanish Mishra, Baris R. Mutlu et al. · 2023 · Nature

Abstract Microfluidics have enabled notable advances in molecular biology 1,2 , synthetic chemistry 3,4 , diagnostics 5,6 and tissue engineering 7 . However, there has long been a critical need in the field to manipulate fluids and suspended matter with the precision, modularity and scalability of electronic circuits 8–10 . Just as the electronic transistor enabled unprecedented advances in the automatic control of electricity on an electronic chip, a microfluidic analogue to the transistor could enable improvements in the automatic control of reagents, droplets and single cells on a microflui

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

In Vitro Neutralization Is Not Predictive of Prophylactic Efficacy of Broadly Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies CR6261 and CR9114 against Lethal H2 Influenza Virus Challenge in Mice

Troy C. Sutton, Elaine W. Lamirande, Kevin W. Bock et al. · 2017 · Journal of Virology

ABSTRACT Influenza viruses of the H1N1, H2N2, and H3N2 subtypes have caused previous pandemics. H2 influenza viruses represent a pandemic threat due to continued circulation in wild birds and limited immunity in the human population. In…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessEarth and Planetary Sciences

Crystal Size Distribution (CSD) Analysis of Volcanic Samples: Advances and Challenges

K. V. Cashman · 2020 · Frontiers in Earth Science

Studies of magmatic systems have long used the textures of erupted samples to infer processes that control the location and duration of magma storage and drive volcanic eruptions from these storage regions. Models of volcanic processes and magmatic systems have evolved substantially over the past decades, in large part because of advances in analytical and experimental techniques. Cooling- and decompression-experiments have greatly enhanced our understanding of crystal textures produced by crystallization associated with volcanic eruptions, while advances in compositional mapping, isotopic ana

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Efficacy and biodistribution analysis of intracerebroventricular administration of an optimized scAAV9-SMN1 vector in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy

Nicole Armbruster, Annalisa Lattanzi, M. Jeavons et al. · 2016 · Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease of variable severity caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene. Deficiency of the ubiquitous SMN function results in spinal cord α-motor neuron degeneration and proximal muscle…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and Avelumab in early stage resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer

Arafat Tfayli, Majd Al Assaad, Ghina Fakhri et al. · 2020 · Cancer Medicine

Multiple randomized studies have shown that combination of chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) leads to better response rates and survival as compared to chemotherapy alone in the advanced stage of NSCLC. Data suggesting a benefit to using ICIs in the neoadjuvant therapy of patients with early stage NSCLC are emerging. Eligible subjects were treatment naïve patients with stage IB, II, and resectable IIIA NSCLC. Patients received three cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with four doses of avelumab every 2 weeks. Patients with squamous cell cancer received cisplatin or carboplat

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Failed Experiment ReportPhysics and Astronomy

A versatile phenomenological model for the S-shaped temperature dependence of photoluminescence energy for an accurate determination of the exciton localization energy in bulk and quantum well structures

V. K. Dixit, S. Porwal, S. D. Singh et al. · 2014 · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

Temperature dependence of the photoluminescence (PL) peak energy of bulk and quantum well (QW) structures is studied by using a new phenomenological model for including the effect of localized states. In general an anomalous S-shaped…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Protection Against Staphylococcus aureus by Antibody to the Polyglycerolphosphate Backbone of Heterologous Lipoteichoic Acid

Christian Theilacker, Andrea Kropec, Felix Hammer et al. · 2012 · The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Type 1 lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is present in many clinically important gram-positive bacteria, including enterococci, streptococci, and staphylococci, and antibodies against LTA have been shown to opsonize nonencapsulated Enterococcus…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Treatment of ovarian cancer by targeting the tumor stem cell-associated carbohydrate antigen, Sialyl-Thomsen-nouveau

Kristen Starbuck, Linah Al-Alem, David A. Eavarone et al. · 2018 · Oncotarget

// Kristen Starbuck 1, 4 , Linah Al-Alem 1, 4 , David A. Eavarone 2 , Silvia Fatima Hernandez 1, 4 , Chiara Bellio 1, 4 , Jillian M. Prendergast 2 , Jenna Stein 2 , Daniel T. Dransfield 2 , Bianca Zarrella 1 , Whitfield B. Growdon 1, 3, 4 , Jeff Behrens 2 , Rosemary Foster 1, 3, 4, * and Bo R. Rueda 1, 3, 4, * 1 Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 2 Siamab Therapeutics, Inc., Newton, MA, USA 3 Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hosp

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Phase 1/2 AAV5-hRKp.RPGR (Botaretigene Sparoparvovec) Gene Therapy: Safety and Efficacy in RPGR-Associated X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa

Michel Michaelides, Cagri G. Besirli, Yesa Yang et al. · 2024 · American Journal of Ophthalmology

PURPOSE: To assess the safety and efficacy of AAV5-hRKp.RPGR in participants with retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR)-associated X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP). DESIGN: Open-label, phase 1/2 dose escalation/expansion study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03252847). METHODS: vg/ml) was administered to the poorer-seeing eye (n = 10). Dose confirmation (intermediate dose) was carried out in 3 pediatric participants. In the dose expansion phase, 36 participants were randomized 1:1:1 to immediate (low or intermediate dose) or deferred (control) treatment. The primary outcome was s

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Prostate-Specific Antigen-Retargeted Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus for Prostate Cancer Virotherapy

Shobana Raghunath, Siba K. Samal, Subbiah Elankumaran · 2013 · Journal of Virology

Oncolytic virus (OV) therapies of cancer are based on the use of replication-competent, tumor-selective viruses with limited toxicity. Newcastle disease virus (NDV), an avian paramyxovirus, is a promising OV and is inherently tumor…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Degradation of Rural and Urban Great Tit Song: Testing Transmission Efficiency

Emily J. Mockford, Rupert C. Marshall, Torben Dabelsteen · 2011 · PLoS ONE

Acoustic signals play a fundamental role in avian territory defence and mate attraction. Several studies have now shown that spectral properties of bird song differ between urban and rural environments. Previously this has been attributed to competition for acoustic space as a result of low-frequency noise present in cities. However, the physical structure of urban areas may have a contributory effect. Here we investigate the sound degradation properties of woodland and city environments using both urban and rural great tit song. We show that although urban surroundings caused significantly le

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

A multi‐centre, single‐arm, open‐label study evaluating the safety and efficacy of fixed dose rituximab in patients with refractory, relapsed or chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (R‐ITP1000 study)

Huyen Tran, Tim Brighton, Andrew Grigg et al. · 2014 · British Journal of Haematology

The efficacy of a fixed-dose rituximab schedule was prospectively explored in primary/acute refractory, relapsed or chronic (platelet count >10 × 10(9) /l and ≤50 × 10(9) /l) idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Patients received two…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Identification of Novel Cathepsin B Inhibitors with Implications in Alzheimer’s Disease: Computational Refining and Biochemical Evaluation

Nitin Chitranshi, Ashutosh Kumar, Samran Sheriff et al. · 2021 · Cells

Amyloid precursor protein (APP), upon proteolytic degradation, forms aggregates of amyloid β (Aβ) and plaques in the brain, which are pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cathepsin B is a cysteine protease enzyme that catalyzes the proteolytic degradation of APP in the brain. Thus, cathepsin B inhibition is a crucial therapeutic aspect for the discovery of new anti-Alzheimer's drugs. In this study, we have employed mixed-feature ligand-based virtual screening (LBVS) by integrating pharmacophore mapping, docking, and molecular dynamics to detect small, potent molecules that act a

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessImmunology and Microbiology

Adjuvant MUC vaccination with tecemotide after resection of colorectal liver metastases: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter AIO phase II trial (LICC)

Carl Christoph Schimanski, Stefan Kasper, Susanna Hegewisch‐Becker et al. · 2020 · OncoImmunology

= .2141), respectively. Cox regression models revealed no dependence of RFS or OS on MUC1 expression. The most common tecemotide-related grade 3/4 adverse events were diarrhea, injection site reaction, intestinal perforation, peritonitis…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Inhibitory Receptors Induced by VSV Viroimmunotherapy Are Not Necessarily Targets for Improving Treatment Efficacy

Kevin G. Shim, Shane Zaidi, Jill Thompson et al. · 2017 · Molecular Therapy

Systemic viroimmunotherapy activates endogenous innate and adaptive immune responses against both viral and tumor antigens. We have shown that therapy with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) engineered to express a tumor-associated antigen…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Biologic Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer: A Road with Hurdles

Pol Specenier, Jan B. Vermorken · 2012 · ISRN Oncology

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in the vast majority of cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). A high EGFR expression is associated with an unfavorable prognosis. Cetuximab is a chimeric human/murine IgG1 antibody which binds with high affinity to the EGFR. It is the only targeted agent which got approval for the treatment of SCCHN from the regulatory agencies of Europe and the United States, both in locoregionally advanced disease, in association with radiation, and in recurrent/metastatic disease. The outcome of trials involving other EGFR

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessImmunology and Microbiology

Retargeting Oncolytic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus to Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Adult T-Cell Leukemia

Dillon M. Betancourt, Juan Carlos Ramos, Glen N. Barber · 2015 · Journal of Virology

UNLABELLED: Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive cancer of CD4/CD25(+) T lymphocytes, the etiological agent of which is human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). ATL is highly refractory to current therapies, making…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Calmangafodipir for Prevention of Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Two Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Phase 3 Studies (POLAR-A/POLAR-M)

Per Pfeiffer, Maryam B. Lustberg, Jacques Näsström et al. · 2022 · JNCI Cancer Spectrum

BACKGROUND: Calmangafodipir (CaM, PledOx) demonstrated efficacy in preventing patient-reported chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in a randomized phase 2 study in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. The Preventive Treatment of OxaLiplatin Induced peripherAl neuRopathy (POLAR) program aimed to assess efficacy and safety of CaM in the prevention of CIPN in patients treated with oxaliplatin in adjuvant (POLAR-A, ClinicalTrials.gov.NCT04034355) or metastatic (POLAR-M, ClinicalTrials.gov.NCT03654729) settings. METHODS: Two randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trials investi

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Bone Health Outcomes from the International, Multicenter, Randomized, Phase 3, Placebo-Controlled D-CARE Study Assessing Adjuvant Denosumab in Early Breast Cancer

Robert E. Coleman, Ying Zhou, Danielle Jandial et al. · 2021 · Advances in Therapy

INTRODUCTION: D-CARE, an international, phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in women with early-stage breast cancer at high risk of disease recurrence, failed to meet its primary endpoint-improvement in bone…

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Respiratory Insufficiency Correlated Strongly with Mortality of Rodents Infected with West Nile Virus

John D. Morrey, Venkatraman Siddharthan, Hong Wang et al. · 2012 · PLoS ONE

West Nile virus (WNV) disease can be fatal for high-risk patients. Since WNV or its antigens have been identified in multiple anatomical locations of the central nervous system of persons or rodent models, one cannot know where to investigate the actual mechanism of mortality without careful studies in animal models. In this study, depressed respiratory functions measured by plethysmography correlated strongly with mortality. This respiratory distress, as well as reduced oxygen saturation, occurred beginning as early as 4 days before mortality. Affected medullary respiratory control cells may

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Vaccinated and Convalescent Donor–Derived Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2–Specific T Cells as Adoptive Immunotherapy for High-Risk Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients

Penelope‐Georgia Papayanni, D. Chasiotis, Kiriakos Koukoulias et al. · 2021 · Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic poses an urgent need for the development of effective therapies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS: We first tested SARS-CoV-2-specific…

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Geographic atrophy: pathophysiology and current therapeutic strategies

Kalpana Rajanala, Farokh Dotiwala, Arun K. Upadhyay · 2023 · Frontiers in Ophthalmology

Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that leads to gradual and permanent vision loss. GA is characterized by the loss of photoreceptor cells and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), leading to distinct atrophic patches in the macula, which tends to increase with time. Patients with geographic atrophy often experience a gradual and painless loss of central vision, resulting in difficulty reading, recognizing faces, or performing activities that require detailed vision. The primary risk factor for the development of geographic atrophy is advanced ag

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Epigenetic remodeling to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy in human glioblastoma: pre-clinical evidence for development of new immunotherapy approaches

Maria Fortunata Lofiego, Francesca Piazzini, Francesca Pia Caruso et al. · 2024 · Journal of Translational Medicine

BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive primary brain tumor, that is refractory to standard treatment and to immunotherapy with immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Noteworthy, melanoma brain metastases (MM-BM), that share the same niche as GBM, frequently respond to current ICI therapies. Epigenetic modifications regulate GBM cellular proliferation, invasion, and prognosis and may negatively regulate the cross-talk between malignant cells and immune cells in the tumor milieu, likely contributing to limit the efficacy of ICI therapy of GBM. Thus, manipulating the tumor

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessPsychology

The effect of cognitive training in older adults: be aware of CRUNCH

Li Fu, Roy P. C. Kessels, Joseph H. R. Maes · 2020 · Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition

Cognitive training research has revealed support for both the magnification and compensation accounts, respectively predicting larger or smaller training benefits for individuals already having strong cognitive abilities. A recent study in…

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Chest computed tomography outcomes in a randomized clinical trial in cystic fibrosis: Lessons learned from the first ataluren phase 3 study

Harm A.W.M. Tiddens, Eleni‐Rosalina Andrinopoulou, Joe McIntosh et al. · 2020 · PLoS ONE

A phase 3 randomized double blind controlled, trial in 238 people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and at least one nonsense mutation (nmCF) investigated the effect of ataluren on FEV1. The study was of 48 weeks duration and failed to meet its primary endpoint. Unexpectedly, while FEV1 declined, chest computed tomography (CT) scores using the Brody-II score as secondary outcome measures did not show progression in the placebo group. Based on this observation it was concluded that the role of CT scans in CF randomized clinical trials was limited. However, more sensitive scoring systems were developed

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New trials in resistant hypertension: mixed blessing stories

Carmine Zoccali, Francesca Mallamaci, Luca De Nicola et al. · 2023 · Clinical Kidney Journal

Resistant hypertension (RH) is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular and renal complications. Treatment options include non-pharmacological interventions, such as lifestyle modifications, and the use of specific antihypertensive…

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