Essays about: "kidneys"

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  1. 6. Feasibility of single time point dosimetry during 177Lu-PSMA-617 treatments of prostate cancer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Elias Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Introduction: Standard dosimetry methods for radionuclide therapies re- quire imaging at multiple time points post injection. An alternative method has been presented in the literature that uses previously acquired pharma- cokinetic data to create so-called dose factors. READ MORE

  3. 7. Designing a kidney perfusion machine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovation

    Author : Tove Rassmus; [2022]
    Keywords : usability; reliability; kidney perfusion; interaction; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Today, it is difficult to take care of organs that could have been donated to patients. In Sweden around 92 000 people die every year yet less than 200 of them become kidney donors. UGLK Science AB has developed a patented technology for restoring kidney function which increases the time window for donations significantly. READ MORE

  4. 8. Endothelial Protein C Receptor : Expression in the murine kidney

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap

    Author : Lina Molin; [2022]
    Keywords : Endothelial protein C receptor; murine kidney; murine kidney endothelial cells; glomerular cells; flow cytometry; western blot; dot blot; SDS-PAGE; murine kidney tissue;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate if the endothelial protein C receptor is expressed in the murine kidney. This was done by performing flow cytometry and Western blot analysis on cultivated murine kidney endothelial cells (mKECs) as well as SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis on murine kidney tissue. READ MORE

  5. 9. Surface Guided Helical Tomotherapy for Total Marrow Irradiation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Hedda Enocson; [2022]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background: Total marrow irradiation (TMI) with helical tomotherapy treatment (HT-TMI) can be used as conditioning regimen for leukemia patients prior to stem cell transplantation by radiating the skeletal tissue. To ensure adequate dose coverage a margin is applied to the clinical target volume (CTV), i.e. planning target volume (PTV) margin. READ MORE

  6. 10. Novel mRNA therapeutics for cardiomyogenesis and vasculogenesis

    University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Author : Xiaoting Huang; [2022]
    Keywords : Heart; Placental growth factor PLGF ; Cardiomyogenesis; Vasculognesis; Regeneration; hjärta; PLGF; kardiomyogenes; vaskulogenes; regenerering;

    Abstract : Kardiovaskulära sjukdomar är fortfarande en av de främsta dödsorsakerna i dag. Den främsta orsaken till sjukdomen är skador på hjärtcellerna, som kanske inte kan repareras av sig själva, så att utveckla en ny terapi för att regenerera eller reparera hjärtcellerna är ett viktigt mål inom forskningen om hjärtsjukdomar. READ MORE