Journal: RSC Advances

Article Title: Immediate separation of microneedle tips from base array during skin insertion for instantaneous drug delivery

doi: 10.1039/c8ra02334d

Figure Lengend Snippet: Cross-section views of the insertion sites of porcine skin applied with fluorescein-loaded IRMNs-SWS, as imaged by a fluorescence microscope. Scale bars represent 300 μm.

Article Snippet: The samples were imaged using an inverted fluorescence microscope (Nikon Eclipse 80i, Tokyo, Japan).

Techniques: Fluorescence, Microscopy

Journal: PLoS ONE

Article Title: Bacteriophage Mediated Killing of Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro on Orthopaedic K Wires in Presence of Linezolid Prevents Implant Colonization

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090411

Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Naked wire [not immersed in bacterial suspension] stained with fluorescent dye as viewed under 10x,Nikon eclipse 80i B) naked wire as seen with adhered bacteria (immersed for 6 h in bacterial susupension,10 7 CFU/ml) C) naked wire as seen with adhered bacteria (immersed for 24 h in bacterial susupension,10 7 CFU/ml) D) and E) Syto 9 stained HPMC coated wires (not immersed in bacterial suspension) showing coating on the wire F) and G) HPMC coated wires (immersed for 6 h in bacterial susupension,10 7 CFU/ml) as seen with adhered bacteria (seen as green spots) and H) HPMC coated wires as seen with adhered bacteria (immersed for 24 h in bacterial susupension,10 7 CFU/ml). (Note: Although the coating was uniform but the white arrows show slight discrepancy in the coating at some locations on wires)

Article Snippet: All the stained wires were visualized under epi-fluorescence microscope (Nikon Eclipse 80i).

Techniques: Suspension, Staining, Bacteria