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Soft Iron/Silicon Composite Tubes for Magnetic Peristaltic Pumping: Frequency-Dependent Pressure and Volume Flow by Fuhrer, Roland, Schumacher, Christoph M., Zeltner, Martin, Stark, Wendelin J.

“…The combination of force and flexibility enables controlled and soft movements. In sharp contrast, presently used machines are solid and mostly based on stiff…”
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Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, for treatment of acute heart failure (RELAX-AHF): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial by Teerlink, John R, Prof, Cotter, Gad, MD, Davison, Beth A, PhD, Felker, G Michael, MD, Filippatos, Gerasimos, Prof, Greenberg, Barry H, Prof, Ponikowski, Piotr, Prof, Unemori, Elaine, PhD, Voors, Adriaan A, Prof, Adams, Kirkwood F, MD, Dorobantu, Maria I, Prof, Grinfeld, Liliana R, MD, Jondeau, Guillaume, Prof, Marmor, Alon, Prof, Masip, Josep, Prof, Pang, Peter S, MD, Werdan, Karl, Prof, Teichman, Sam L, MD, Trapani, Angelo, PhD, Bush, Christopher A, PhD, Saini, Rajnish, MD, Schumacher, Christoph, PhD, Severin, Thomas M, MD, Metra, Marco, Prof

“…Summary Background Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, is a vasoactive peptide hormone with many biological and haemodynamic effects. In a pilot study,…”
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A Soft Total Artificial Heart—First Concept Evaluation on a Hybrid Mock Circulation by Cohrs, Nicholas H., Petrou, Anastasios, Loepfe, Michael, Yliruka, Maria, Schumacher, Christoph M., Kohll, A. Xavier, Starck, Christoph T., Schmid Daners, Marianne, Meboldt, Mirko, Falk, Volkmar, Stark, Wendelin J.

“…The technology of 3D‐printing has allowed the production of entirely soft pumps with complex chamber geometries. We used this technique to develop a completely…”
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Design, Performance and Reinforcement of Bearing-Free Soft Silicone Combustion-Driven Pumps by Loepfe, Michael, Schumacher, Christoph M, Stark, Wendelin J

“…We present a design and parameter study on 3D-printed, lost-wax-casted and combustion-powered soft silicone pumps, which are internally cooled by the conveyed…”
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Aldosterone synthase inhibition for the treatment of hypertension and the derived mechanistic requirements for a new therapeutic strategy by Schumacher, Christoph D, Steele, Ronald E, Brunner, Hans R

“…We describe the clinical investigation of the first generation aldosterone synthase inhibitor, LCI699, in patients with essential, uncontrolled, resistant, or…”
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Effects of flame made zinc oxide particles in human lung cells - a comparison of aerosol and suspension exposures by Raemy, David O, Grass, Robert N, Stark, Wendelin J, Schumacher, Christoph M, Clift, Martin J D, Gehr, Peter, Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara

“…Predominantly, studies of nanoparticle (NPs) toxicology in vitro are based upon the exposure of submerged cell cultures to particle suspensions. Such an…”
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Large-Scale Synthesis of PbS–TiO2 Heterojunction Nanoparticles in a Single Step for Solar Cell Application by Bubenhofer, Stephanie B, Schumacher, Christoph M, Koehler, Fabian M, Luechinger, Norman A, Grass, Robert N, Stark, Wendelin J

“…The demand for low cost solar energy technology calls for manufacturing processes using economic liquid- or gas-phase synthesis of the corresponding materials…”
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Contrast Agent Incorporation into Silicone Enables Real-Time Flow-Structure Analysis of Mammalian Vein-Inspired Soft Pumps by Loepfe, Michael, Schumacher, Christoph M., Burri, Cornelia H., Stark, Wendelin J.

“…The construction of machines consisting essentially of soft parts is a nascent and multidisciplinary research field between material science, machine…”
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Quantitative Recovery of Magnetic Nanoparticles from Flowing Blood: Trace Analysis and the Role of Magnetization by Schumacher, Christoph M., Herrmann, Inge K., Bubenhofer, Stephanie B., Gschwind, Sabrina, Hirt, Ann-Marie, Beck-Schimmer, Beatrice, Günther, Detlef, Stark, Wendelin J.

“…Magnetic nanomaterials find increasing application as separation agents to rapidly isolate target compounds from complex biological media (i.e., blood…”
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Template-Particle Stabilized Bicontinuous Emulsion Yielding Controlled Assembly of Hierarchical High-Flux Filtration Membranes by Hess, Samuel C, Kohll, A. Xavier, Raso, Renzo A, Schumacher, Christoph M, Grass, Robert N, Stark, Wendelin J

“…A novel solvent-evaporation-based process that exploits template-particle stabilized bicontinuous emulsions for the formation of previously unreached membrane…”
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Purification of NaYF4‑Based Upconversion Phosphors by Stepuk, Alexander, Casola, Gioele, Schumacher, Christoph M, Krämer, Karl W, Stark, Wendelin J

“…Applications of upconversion phosphors have grown extensively in number during the past decade. Hexagonal sodium yttrium fluoride (β-NaYF4) is known to be one…”
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Nanomagnet-based removal of lead and digoxin from living rats by Herrmann, Inge K, Schlegel, Andrea, Graf, Rolf, Schumacher, Christoph M, Senn, Nico, Hasler, Melanie, Gschwind, Sabrina, Hirt, Ann-Marie, Günther, Detlef, Clavien, Pierre-Alain, Stark, Wendelin J, Beck-Schimmer, Beatrice

“…In a number of clinical conditions such as intoxication, bacteraemia or autoimmune diseases the removal of the disease-causing factor from blood would be the…”
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Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagogastric Junction Are More Likely to Respond to Preoperative Chemotherapy than Distal Gastric Cancer by Reim, Daniel, Gertler, Ralf, Novotny, Alexander, Becker, Karen, Büschenfelde, Christian Meyer zum, Ebert, Matthias, Dobritz, Martin, Langer, Rupert, Hoefler, Heinz, Friess, Helmut, Schumacher, Christoph

“…Background Preoperative chemotherapy has been shown to improve outcome of patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) and gastric cancer…”
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Roll-to-Roll Preparation of Mesoporous Membranes by Nanoparticle Template Removal by Kellenberger, Christoph R, Hess, Samuel C, Schumacher, Christoph M, Loepfe, Michael, Nussbaumer, Jeremy E, Grass, Robert N, Stark, Wendelin J

“…Mechanistic and kinetic insights into the removal of soluble nanoparticles as templates for mesopores now permit scale-up of mesoporous polymer membranes…”
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Endotoxin Removal by Magnetic Separation-Based Blood Purification by Herrmann, Inge K., Urner, Martin, Graf, Samuel, Schumacher, Christoph M., Roth-Z'graggen, Birgit, Hasler, Melanie, Stark, Wendelin J., Beck-Schimmer, Beatrice

“…This work describes a magnetic separation‐based approach using polymyxin B‐functionalized metal alloy nanomagnets for the rapid elimination of endotoxins from…”
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In vivo risk evaluation of carbon-coated iron carbide nanoparticles based on short- and long-term exposure scenarios by Herrmann, Inge K, Beck-Schimmer, Beatrice, Schumacher, Christoph M, Gschwind, Sabrina, Kaech, Andres, Ziegler, Urs, Clavien, Pierre-Alain, Günther, Detlef, Stark, Wendelin J, Graf, Rolf, Schlegel, Andrea A

“…While carbon-encapsulated iron carbide nanoparticles exhibit strong magnetic properties appealing for biomedical applications, potential side effects of such…”
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Physical Defect Formation in Few Layer Graphene-like Carbon on Metals: Influence of Temperature, Acidity, and Chemical Functionalization by Schumacher, Christoph M, Grass, Robert N, Rossier, Michael, Athanassiou, Evagelos K, Stark, Wendelin J

“…A systematical examination of the chemical stability of cobalt metal nanomagnets with a graphene-like carbon coating is used to study the otherwise rather…”
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Effectiveness of hospital transfer payments under a prospective payment system: An analysis of a policy change in New Zealand by Schumacher, Christoph

“…Prospective payment systems reimburse hospitals based on diagnosis‐specific flat fees, which are generally based on average costs. While this encourages…”
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Uptake of ferromagnetic carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticles in endothelial cells: influence of shear stress and endothelial activation by Jacobson, Melanie, Roth Z'graggen, Birgit, Graber, Sereina M, Schumacher, Christoph M, Stark, Wendelin J, Dumrese, Claudia, Mateos, Jose Maria, Aemisegger, Caroline, Ziegler, Urs, Urner, Martin, Herrmann, Inge K, Beck-Schimmer, Beatrice

“…Magnetic field guided drug targeting holds promise for more effective cancer treatment. Intravascular application of magnetic nanoparticles, however, bears the…”
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Rapid Surface–Biostructure Interaction Analysis Using Strong Metal-Based Nanomagnets by Rotzetter, Aline C. C, Schumacher, Christoph M, Zako, Tamotsu, Stark, Wendelin J, Maeda, Mizuo

“…Nanomaterials are increasingly suggested for the selective adsorption and extraction of complex compounds in biomedicine. Binding of the latter requires…”
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