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Therapy with nucleos(t)ide analogues: Current role in dialysis patients

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 329 - 338 - published online 28/07/2010

Fabrizio Fabrizi, Piergiorgio Messa, Vivek Dixit, Paul Martin

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Effects of low concentrated BMP-7 administered by co-cultivation or plasmid transfection on human osteoarthritic chondrocytes

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 339 - 347 - published online 28/07/2010

Karsten Gavenis, Ulrich Schneider, Reinhard Wallich, Ralf Mueller-Rath, Bernhard Schmidt-Rohlfing, Stefan Andereya

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Characterization of two subpopulations of the PICM-19 porcine liver stem cell line for use in cell-based extracorporeal liver assistance devices

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 348 - 361 - published online 28/07/2010

Neil C. Talbot, Thomas J. Caperna, Ryan R. Willard, John H. Meekin, Wesley M. Garrett

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A three-dimensional traction/torsion bioreactor system for tissue engineering

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 362 - 369 - published online 28/07/2010

Silvia Scaglione, Barbara Zerega, Roberto Badano, Umberto Benatti, Marco Fato, Rodolfo Quarto

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Alternatives to dimethylsulfoxide for serum-free cryopreservation of human mesenchymal stem cells

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 370 - 380 - published online 28/07/2010

Tanja A. Grein, Denise Freimark, Christian Weber, Klaus Hudel, Christine Wallrapp, Peter Czermak

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Perfusion enhances solute transfer into the shell of hollow fiber membrane bioreactors for bone tissue engineering

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 381 - 390 - published online 28/07/2010

Ilaria Ester De Napoli, Gerardo Catapano

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Hemodynamic performance of a sutureless anastomosis device (the Graft Connector): A numerical study

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 392 - 398 - published online 28/07/2010

Anqiang Sun, Yubo Fan, Xiaoyan Deng, Zaipin Xu

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CASE REPORT
Feasibility of using sodium chloride as a tracer for the characterization of the distribution of matter in complex multi-compartment 3D bioreactors for stem cell culture

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 399 - 404 - published online 28/07/2010

J�rg C. Gerlach, Tom Witaschek, Catrin Strobel, Candace A. Brayfield, Reinhard Bornemann, Gerardo Catapano, Katrin Zeilinger

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LETTER TO EDITOR
Peritoneal dialysis versus hemodialysis: Comparing the comparable

Int J Artif Organs 2010; 33: 408 - 409 - published online 28/07/2010

Paraskevi Tseke, Marianthi Androulaki, Emilios Andrikos

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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;February 22-25, 2011 &lt;br /&gt;Sharjah (UAE)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The First Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering (MECBME) will provide a forum for professional engineers,&amp;nbsp; scientists and academics engaged in research and development to convene and present their latest scholarly work in&lt;br /&gt;biomedical engineering. It will also provide engineers with an opportunity to interact and share their experiences in industry and technology applications. The conference will run for four days and will be accompanied by an industrial exhibition. diverse tutorial sessions by leading experts will be held on the first&amp;nbsp; day of the conference. Submitted papers will be peer reviewed. Conference proceedings will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore. Papers are invited in all areas of biomedical engineering including (but not limited to) the following areas:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biomedical Signal and Image Processing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Bioinstrumentation; Nanomedicine and Biosensors&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biomedical Circuits and Systems&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Neuroengineering; Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Systems&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biomedical Imaging&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biophotonics&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biomedical System Modeling&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Bioinformatics&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biomechanics; Artificial Organs and Prosthesis&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Healthcare Information Systems and e-Health&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Clinical Engineering&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Nuclear Medicine&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Bioelectromagnetism&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Biomedical Education&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Industrial Applications&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; Medical Physics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prospective participants of MECBME are invited to submit their 4-page papers using the &lt;a href="http://mecbme.trackchair.com"&gt;online submission system&lt;/a&gt; which will be opened in March 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guidelines for paper preparation and updated conference information and dates will be posted on the &lt;a href="http://www.mecbme.org"&gt;conference website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The organizing committee welcomes proposals for special sessions and tutorials to be held in conjunction with MECBME. &lt;a href="mailto:mecbme@aus.edu?subject=Enquiry%20on%201.%20MECMBE%20"&gt;Please send your proposals by email&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</Body>
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    <Title>XXXVII Congress of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO)</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;September 8-11, 2010&lt;br /&gt;Skopje, R. Macedonia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, as the venue of the ESAO Congress in 2010, will provide the atmosphere for a perfect scientific event. Attendees will enjoy the &amp;ldquo;state of the art&amp;rdquo; presentations and lectures in some of the most attractive fields of medicine. The ESAO Congress 2010 will bring together distinguished clinicians and scientists from the fields of biotechnologies and bioengineering from all over the world. They will discuss results from scientific research in all areas of artificial organs. The congress aim is to bring together and foster exchange and collaboration among scientists, clinicians and industrial partners.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT DATES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Submissions accepted from: 1st February 2010&lt;br /&gt;Submission deadline: 10th April 2010, Midnight Central European Time (CET)&lt;br /&gt;Notifications to submitters: 15th May 2010&lt;br /&gt;Abstracts received after the deadline will not be accepted!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For further information: &lt;a href="http://www.esao2010.org.mk"&gt;http://www.esao2010.org.mk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</Body>
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