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1. Design of Functional Degradable Aliphatic Polyesters and Porous Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Abstract : The regeneration of damaged tissues or organs using porous scaffolds which act as temporary guides for the patient’s own cells, i.e. tissue engineering, is a means to overcome the shortcomings of current standard medical treatments. READ MORE
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2. Sharers in Divine Nature : 2 Peter 1:4 in Its Hellenistic Context
Abstract : This book offers a theological study of an expression unique in biblical literature concerning the purpose of life: “that you might become sharers in divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). Following an analysis of the text-immanent features in 2 Peter 1:1—11, the study delineates comparable notions of “sharers in divine nature” in selected writings that were current in the first century and contrasts these with 2 Peter. READ MORE
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3. Rethinking the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy : A historiographical case study of Second Peter and Jude
Abstract : Since the beginning of modern New Testament exegesis, the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy has been influential as a heuristic tool. However, the concept of Hellenism is ambiguous and its historiographical foundation needs rethinking, having been formed out of Hegelian idealism with a Christian bias. READ MORE
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4. Genetic epidemiological aspects of obesity and related traits. Human studies in Swedish and North-American cohorts
Abstract : Aims: To investigate two obesity candidate genes, the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) and the adiponectin hormone (APM1), by screening their genomic sequences. To search the human genome for quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to resting metabolic rate (RMR), and respiratory quotient (RQ). READ MORE
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5. EGFR and HER2 Targeting for Radionuclide-Based Imaging and Therapy : Preclinical Studies
Abstract : The optimal way to detect and treat cancer is to target cancer cells exclusively without affecting the surrounding tissue. One promising approach is to use radiolabelled molecules to target receptors that are overexpressed in cancer cells. READ MORE