Comprehensive Collection of Whole-Slide Images and Genomic Profiles for Patients with Bladder Cancer.

Bladder cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality in the urinary system. Understanding genomic information is important in the treatment and prognosis of bladder cancer, but the current method used to identify mutations is time-consuming and labor-intensive. There are now many novel and convenient ways to predict cancerous genomics from pathological slides. However, the publicly available datasets are limited, especially for Asian populations. In this study, we developed a dataset consisting of 75 Asian cases of bladder cancers and 112 Whole-Slide Images with one to two images obtained for each patient. This dataset provides information on the most frequently and clinically significant mutated genes derived by whole-exome sequencing in these patients. This dataset will facilitate exploration and development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic technologies for bladder cancer.

Monodisperse Alginate Microcapsules with Spatially Confined Bioactive Molecules via Microfluid-Generated W/W/O Emulsions.

A simple process is developed for the one-step preparation of dual-compartment alginate microcapsules with controlled size and structure from microfluid-generated water-in-water-in-oil (W/W/O) emulsion droplet. Unlike other methods that rely on transient W/W/O emulsion droplet, we introduce an aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) to form a stable W/W/O emulsion droplet as a template for preparing dual-compartment alginate microcapsules. Two different bioactive molecules are able to be spatially confined encapsulated in the shell and core of alginate microcapsules due to the partitioning effect of ATPS and the high viscosity of alginate solution. Moreover, an enzyme cascade reaction with a spatial confined glucose oxidase and horseradish peroxidase in the shell and core of alginate microcapsules confirms its excellent biocompatibility and high activity. This method provides a green platform for enzyme-catalyzed tandem reactions and controlled sequential release of multiple drugs based on alginate microcapsules.

Aqueous Two-Phase Droplet-Templated Colloidosomes Composed of Self-Formed Particles via Spatial Confined Biomineralization.

A facile and green approach is developed for fabricating colloidosomes with well-controlled size and structure from the microfluidic-generated aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) emulsion droplet. Unlike other methods that rely on self-assembly of externally added colloidal particles at the emulsion interface, urease-mediated biomineralization induced by "drainage" is introduced to form CaCO3 particles at the alginate emulsion interface for preparing Ca-alg@CaCO3 colloidosomes. Two types of bioactive molecules (bovine serum albumin and catalase) can be encapsulated with high efficiency (>85%) because of the partitioning effect of the ATPS and high viscosity of alginate solution. The encapsulated bioactive molecules can be controllably released by regulating the compactness of colloidosomes. Moreover, after being freeze-dried or dried at 37 °C, the activity of catalase in colloidosomes is obviously higher than that in alginate hydrogels, which confirms that the Ca-alg@CaCO3 structure has strong protection for inclusions. We believe that the biocompatible and controllable Ca-alg@CaCO3 colloidosomes possess great potential applications in bioencapsulation for foods, daily chemicals, and synthetic protocell formation.