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Acrylamide Polymerization A Practical Approach

...ly but thoroughly. Holding the flask by the neck with one hand, swirl it 8 to 10 cycles. This mixes the initiators completely without introducing too much oxygen. Swirling too little can result in uneven polymerization. Cast the gel by introducing the monomer solution into the g...

Inoculation, Growth & Harvesting in a New Easy-to-Use Disposable Cell Culture System

...icensed gene therapydrug, a treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.New Brunswick Scientific offers a wide range ofbioreactor systems incorporating the FibraCel packed-bedtechnology in 0.5 to 150 Liter working volume capacities,but FibraStage is the first of their single-use systems for cellcu...

ProCertus BioPharm secures $2.3M in financing

...inflammation and ulceration, that follows head and neck radiotherapy or systemic chemotherapy. ProCertus has not only completed animal proof-of-concept for these targets, it is starting a series of five clinical studies to establish safety and efficacy for each. Of the three drug candidates, Fahl said ...

TomoTherapy's 100th radiology system reaches public sector

...s to treat veterans with prostate cancer, head and neck injuries, lung and brain tumors, and other conditions. The system will not only improve treatments, but enable the center to perform more of them, Kiehl said. "The average time for delivery of a conventional linear accelerator treatment ranges from...

Sir Ken Robinson: Companies, kids "get" innovation, but K-12 doesn't nurture it

...re of innovation, including an animator in his new neck of the woods. "I always quote Pixar , which is an interesting example, not just because they are in animation, which you may think of as being in an evidently creative field, but because they have a particular culture that encourages creative thin...

Summer venture investments total $18 million for Wisconsin start ups

...ls. "There has always been angel investing in our neck of the woods that is below the radar," Goff said. "What's different today is that these angel networks are making an effort to be a little more public." Still, financial analysts are reluctant to point to this summer as part of a larger trend. "The...

Former astronaut a leader in Wisconsin Spaceport

...ed. "It made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck and I got goose-bumps. You just think: `I can't believe I'm looking at this, it's just beyond description,'" Lee said. "The freedom and the distances overwhelm you at that point." One of his most rewarding missions was his last. In it, Lee and his c...

Tommy Thompson to get RFID implant

...s at animal shelters. "They can scan the animal's neck and it tells you who the owner is it takes it from the visual line of sight into the electronic sight," Silverman said. Since its inception the program has been tested in hospitals in Mexico and Italy, and VeriChip estimates that of 7,000 chips sol...

U.K. firm develops smart fabrics

... for the most part, an accessory. They dangle from neck cords. Some sport cute bangles. Most are stuffed in a pocket or handbag, if not worn on the hip like a modern day six-shooter. Mobile phones are an essential tool, but they are, somehow, still separate from their users. By contrast, consider the iP...

This wheelchair will save lives

...d. Spinal cord patients who are paralyzed from the neck or the waist down can spend up to an hour and a half each day moving their bowels. Since they have no sensation in the areas that are paralyzed, they dont know how hard their pelvic bones are pressing against the toilet seat. Malassign This is ...

Students will show off biomedical devices to professors and investors

...esearch, and a CT scanner add-on to allow improved neck rotation. Each team must prepare a poster that summarizes the products development and goals, a working prototype, and a presentation that will be given to the project advisors and any interested parties. Its part of the educational process for the ...

Seven reasons new technology product development goes astray

...s is challenging enough. Some days, you think your neck will snap from the weight of all the hats youre going to have to wear. New product development is one area that must go as smoothly as possible and like atomic clockwork. The real strategic value of marketing in the NPD process is having someone wi...

Living in the Unreal World: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs

...repreneurs need. Mentoring is hard to find in this neck of the woods, but Ill discuss that in a later column. With that caveat, Ill offer some suggestions to consider if youre trying to make this transition. I keep these issues in mind when I work with start-up tech companies. This list is obviously not ...

Im Still Waiting for the Information Age in Healthcare

...at will improve healthcare. I will speak about my neck of the woods, image management and Radiology, which is one of the big ancillary services in hospitals. Radiology today is ready to go filmless. Just as the commercial photographic market has moved to high-resolution digital cameras, so too has the...