Diffusion in Biological Technology

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of a $2.9 Million Private Placement and Company Presentations at Upcoming Industry Conferences in Geneva, Switzerland and Naples, Florida

... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical-stage drug ... David G. Kalergis, Chief Executive Officer of diffusion Pharmaceuticals, will be presenting at two ... ) To date, diffusion Pharmaceuticals has raised $13.1 million in ...

New map IDs the core of the human brain

... researchers led by Hagmann used state-of-the-art diffusion MRI technology, which is a non-invasive scanning ... trajectories based on gradient maps of the diffusion of water molecules through brain tissue. A highly sensitive variant of the method, called diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI), can depict the ...

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Announces Addition of Mark T. Giles to its Board of Directors

... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical-stage ... of private capital. In addition to VNB and diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, Mr. Giles is a director of ... and financial leadership capabilities." About diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC ...

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7351844, Titled 'Bipolar Trans Carotenoid Salts and Their Uses,' for Its Family of First-In-Class Molecules

... in major international markets. About diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC is a clinical-stage ... use a novel method of action to enhance oxygen diffusion to oxygen deprived (hypoxic) tissue. Potential ...

Co-Inventor of Amgen's Aranesp(R) Technology Directs Worldwide Patent Strategy for Diffusion Pharmaceuticals' First-in-Class Oxygen Enhancing Therapeutics

... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, a clinical stage ... No. 7,217,689). Mr. Byrne, who is an Officer of diffusion Pharmaceuticals and a member of its Board of ... Chief Executive Officer. About diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC ...

NIST/NIH micromagnets show promise as colorful 'smart tags' for magnetic resonance imaging

... used to create images. The open sandwich design allows the movement or diffusion of water through the micromagnet, producing a signal that may be thousands ... that produced by a similarly sized, but stationary, volume of water. The diffusion effectively increases local MRI sensitivity, which in a future clinical ...

Using catalysts to stamp nanopatterns without ink

... traditional microcontact printing is that pattern transfer relies on the diffusion of ink from the stamp to the surface. This same diffusion spreads out beyond the limits of the pattern as the stamp touches the ...

DOR BioPharma Announces Publication of orBec(R) Clinical Pulmonary Data in Bone Marrow Transplantation

... . Among the data published: A decrease in gas exchange as measured by the diffusion of carbon monoxide from the lung (DLCO) was observed in 33 of 42 (79%) of the placebo-treated patients, from pre-transplant to 80 days after ...

No small measure: Origins of nanorod diameter discovered

... to the next lowest layer, they begin to stack up and grow higher. It is the cooperation and competition of atoms in this process of multi-layer diffusion that accounts for the fundamental diameter of nanorods, Huang shows in the new study. The rate at which atoms are being deposited onto the surface, ...

Sangart, Inc. Completes Series F Funding Round

... polyethylene glycol conjugation with human hemoglobin and was specifically designed to the optimal molecular size, viscosity, oxygen affinity and diffusion potential to target oxygen delivery to tissues at risk of oxygen deprivation based on experiments with artificial capillaries and in several ...

DiFUSION Technologies Completes Successful Testing of Antimicrobial Spinal Implant

... 4 weeks. Unlike other devices on the market, DiFUSION's CleanFUZE(TM) will be capable of releasing its dosage amount over time and the rate of diffusion can be controlled by parts-per-billion. Additionally, rather than antimicrobial coatings currently used in devices, CleanFUZE(TM) contains ...

Sangart, Inc. Announces Key Executive Appointments and Company Restructuring

... glycol conjugation with human hemoglobin. Hemospan(R) was specifically designed to the optimal molecular size, viscosity, oxygen affinity and diffusion potential to target oxygen delivery to tissues at risk of oxygen deprivation based on experiments with artificial capillaries and in several ...

New label-free method tracks molecules and drugs in live cells

... and chemical biology in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. "We've already used the technology to map lipids in a live cell, and to measure diffusion of medications in living tissue. These are just two early examples of how SRS microscopy may impact cell biology and medicine." Xie, Freudinger, ...

NanoBio to Give Four Scientific Presentations at Upcoming National Meeting of Pharmaceutical Scientists

... conference: Tuesday, November 18, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- In-vitro Skin Permeation of Novel Antimicrobial Nanoemulsion Formulations -- Lateral diffusion of a Novel Antifungal Nanoemulsion In-vitro Human Cadaver Skin -- Pharmacokinetics of a Novel Topical Antimicrobial Nanoemulsion Wednesday, ...

Minimally Invasive Treatment Offers Hope for Liver Cancer Patients

... says Phil Scrutton, Analyst at MRG. "The particles also embolize the surrounding arteries, blocking blood flow to the cancerous tissue. This slows diffusion of the chemotherapy agents away from the tumor, which increases its effectiveness in targeting the liver tumor, while the embolization also deprives ...

All done with mirrors: NIST microscope tracks nanoparticles in 3-D

... software techniques can calculate and track 2-D position to better than 10 nanometers. Measuring the nanoparticle motion at that fine scalespeeds, diffusion and the likewill allow researchers to calculate the forces acting on the particles and better understand the basic rules of interaction between the ...

Hoya Announces Third Quarter and Nine Month Results for 2007

... were successful at increasing sales, however, the net sales of the unit decreased year-on-year basis. In the Optical Component business, sales of the diffusion type of digital camera module increased. The Micro Lens business was forced to reduce unit selling prices influenced by the decrease of the market ...

WTN Interview: Carl Gulbrandsen
WARF - A Unique and Successful Technology Transfer Organization

... disease and diabetes. In the computer hardware area, we have a technology developed by the UW-Madisons current Chancellor, John Wiley. Its a diffusion barrier technology that allows high-speed microprocessors to be made without allowing them to short-circuit. WTN: Is Wileys technology currently ...

WTN interview: Dr. Jeffrey Grossman, CEO UW Medical Foundation

... lagged in extending information technology. Independent physicians typically feel that they have no capital to spend on this. I think there is a diffusion of responsibility for this piece of healthcare delivery. WTN: What is your perspective on recent government efforts to help accelerate ...

UW-Madison puts heart and mind into stem cells

... level of dopamine, which the disease lowers. One strategy for getting the chemical into the brain is to insert GDNF directly in the brain, but the diffusion of the chemical is limited and costs about $2,000 a day. Svendsen said that getting the neural stem cells into the brain can help the levels of ...

Monitoring Bacterial Genetic Diversity in a Freshwater Lake Using TTGE and DNA Sequence Analysis

... under UV light (302 nm). Various individual DNA bands were cut from the gel with a sterile scalpel, eluted by passive diffusion into 1.25x TAE and sequenced. Results and Discussion TTGE analysis of freshwater Nitrosospira 16S rDNA PCR ...

The Bio-Rad Silver Stain, Rev E

... the alkaline organic development reagent. Before a protein gel can be stained, the proteins must be fixed to minimize diffusion of molecules in the gel. Fixation also elutes substances from the gel that are likely to interfere with establishment of the ...

Detection of Platinum Species in Plant Material by Preparative Isotachophoresis Using the Model 491 Prep Cell, Rev A

... Each zone contains only the sample component and the counter ion. In isotachophoresis, there is an efficient counteraction of diffusion as a consequence of a zone sharpening phenomenon. Sample zones maintain sharp boundaries resulting in high resolution and ...