Charles University, Prague

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

Transvaginal Mesh Insertion in the Ovine Model

Iva Urbankova^1,2, Geertje Callewaert^1,3, Nikhil Sindhwani¹, Alice Turri¹, Lucie Hympanova^1,2, Andrew Feola¹, Jan Deprest^1,3

¹Centrum for Surgical Technologies, Department of Development and Regeneration, Clinical Specialties Research Groups, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, ²Institute for the Care of Mother and Child and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, ³Pelvic Floor Unit, University Hospitals KU Leuven

This protocol describes mesh implantation in the ovine rectovaginal septum using a single vaginal incision technique, with and without the trocar-guided insertion of anchoring arms.

Cancer Research

Assessment of the Metabolic Profile of Primary Leukemia Cells

Katerina Hlozková¹, Julia Starková¹

¹CLIP - Childhood Leukemia Investigation Prague, Second Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Charles University, Prague

Here we present a protocol for the isolation of leukemic cells from leukemia patients bone marrow and analysis of their metabolic state. Assessment of the metabolic profile of primary leukemia cells could help to better characterize the demand of primary cells and could lead up to more personalized medicine.