A HANDS-ON MICROSURGERY COURSE FOR NURSES

A hands-on microsurgery course for nurses

Microsurgical procedures are time-consuming and sometimes fatigue-inducing.However, a skilled assistant and scrub nurse can help surgery be performed more smoothly and rapidly.Three microsurgical simulation courses were held for perioperative nurses at our institution.Each course consisted of two lectures and two practice microsurgical sessions, an

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A recombinant gp145 Env glycoprotein from HIV-1 expressed in two different cell lines: Effects on glycosylation and antigenicity.

The envelope glycoprotein (Env) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been the primary target for the development of a protective vaccine against infection.The extensive N-linked glycosylation on Env is an important consideration as it may affect efficacy, stability, and expression yields.The expression host has been shown to influence the

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Exposed and Sequestered Antigens in Testes and Their Protection by Regulatory T Cell-Dependent Systemic Tolerance

Continuous exposure of tissue antigen (Ag) to the autoantigen-specific regulatory T cells (Treg) is required to maintain Treg-dependent systemic tolerance.Thus, testis autoantigens, previously considered as sequestered, may not be protected by systemic tolerance.We now document that the complete testis antigen sequestration is not valid.The haploid

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