ACCEPTANCE OF MOBILE HEALTH IN COMMUNITIES UNDERREPRESENTED IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: BARRIERS AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCIENTISTS

Acceptance of Mobile Health in Communities Underrepresented in Biomedical Research: Barriers and Ethical Considerations for Scientists

Background The rapid expansion of direct-to-consumer wearable fitness products (eg, Flex 2, Fitbit) and research-grade sensors (eg, SenseCam, Microsoft Research; activPAL, PAL Technologies) coincides with new opportunities for biomedical and behavioral researchers.Underserved communities report among the highest rates of chronic disease and could b

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Multiplex detection of bacteria on an integrated centrifugal disk using bead-beating lysis and loop-mediated amplification

Abstract Although culture-based identification of bacteria is the gold-standard for the diagnosis of infectious diseases, it is time consuming.Recent advances in molecular diagnostics and microfluidic technologies have opened up new avenues for rapid detection of bacteria.Here, we describe a centrifugal-microfluidic chip for the detection of bacter

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Glucose metabolism and its role in the maturation and migration of human CD1c+ dendritic cells following exposure to BCG

IntroductionTuberculosis (TB) still kills over 1 million people annually.The only approved vaccine, BCG, prevents disseminated disease in children but shows low efficacy at preventing pulmonary TB.Myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) are promising targets for vaccines and immunotherapies to combat infectious diseases due to their essential role in linkin

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