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New drug could reduce tissue damage after heart attack

...d broad application in medicine." Patents, patent applications and proprietary knowledge related to this work are owned by Pentraxin Therapeutics Ltd, a UCL spin out company of which Professor Pepys is director. ...

Detection of DNA on nanotubes offers new sensing, sequencing technologies

...e used to target specific DNA sequences. Potential applications for the new sensors range from rapid detection of ... with a complementary DNA probe has many potential applications in medicine, microbiology and environmental science," said Esther Jeng, a graduate student at Illino...

Researchers get neurons and silicon talking

The ultimate applications are potentially limitless. In the long term it wil...uters that use living neurons as their CPU. Those applications are potentially decades away, but in the much nearer term the new technology could enable very advan...

Nano machine switches between biological and silicon worlds

...plications," says Firman. The number of potential applications is staggering. They can be used for flow-control v... molecular scale mechanical devices. The potential applications are difficult to predict, but are only limited by the imagination of researchers, such is the versat...

Virginia Tech scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers

... ?creating a new nanoscale material with potential applications where biocompatible materials are required, such a...at self organize and can be electrospun. Potential applications include drug delivery, that is, a carrier and matrix to control the release of drugs." Long's rese...

Novel molecular 'signature' marks DNA of embryonic stem cells

...most infinite potential, which will have important applications to our understanding of normal biology and disease." Chromatin–the protein scaffold that surrounds DNA ?acts not only as a support for the double helix but also as a kind of gene "gatekeeper." It accomplishes the latter task by selecting which gene...

Sea coral's trick helps scientists tag proteins

...nts. A major breakthrough in fluorescent protein applications came when Sergey Lukyanov first found GFP-like proteins in corals, Zimmer said. Before Lukyanov, no one had looked for GFP-like proteins in corals because they do not glow in the dark like fireflies and jellyfish. The corals' native green and red flu...

Wisconsin scientists find a way to make human collagen in the lab

...ho have tried mightily to synthesize it for use in applications ranging from new wound-healing technologies to all...more, the new work may also lay the foundation for applications in nanotechnology -- such as microscopic sensors that could be implanted in humans to confront the e...

Wound monitor 'sniffs out' infections

...her monitoring equipment next to the patient. Key applications for the device will include monitoring trauma injuries, chronic ulcers and in military field hospitals. Manchester will coordinate a European team of engineers and medical experts, which will include consultants from the Department of Burns and Plas...

Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say

... manager, said. "This research also may have real applications in addressing skeletal deformities that occasionally occur in captive penguins. By establishing the normal mechanics of penguin walking, we can better understand how to recognize and deal with abnormalities." King penguins were chosen because of ...

UC Riverside psychologist explores human perception, finds 'wow factor'

...nsiderations are important. "We discuss practical applications in papers so engineers can use them in the work they do, whether it's designing computer software or rehabilitation programs for the blind or the deaf." Rosenblum has taught at UCR since 1989. In addition to his scientific work, he holds the post of...

Research updates 65-year-old genetic discovery

...tion for Biomedical Research. Stone, who works on applications of population genetics to questions concerning the origins, population history and evolution of humans and the great apes, sent DNA samples of each of three subspecies of chimpanzees to the University of Utah. "No chimpanzees were harmed to obtain t...

Berkeley researchers lay groundwork for cell version of DNA chip

.... This makes integrin-coated cells ill-suited for applications that require precise patterns of multiple cell types. The authors behind the Angewandte Chemie paper have solved the problem with the creation of a highly selective cell adhesion system that uses single-strands of synthetic DNA to fasten the cells t...

Heparin prepared synthetically could replace animal-derived drug

... structures that regulate cell growth and may have applications in wound healing or cancer treatment, according to the researchers. The findings were reported Dec. 30, 2005, in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in a paper titled "Enzymatic redesigning of biological active heparan sulfate." The process also can...

Tandem transcripts team together

...in a variety of tissues. "Our findings might have applications in drug development," says Sorek. "Recombinant engineered fused proteins are currently being developed as therapeutic proteins by several companies and institutes. The problem is that these proteins often elicit an immune response and therefore, ar...

Brittlestar provides new model for stem cell research

...ry of the nervous system which could have possible applications in the future for understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases. Using the brittlestar as a model is particularly useful as it is more closely related to vertebrates than previous models with extensive regeneration capabilities such as Hydra....

Stable polymer nanotubes may have a biotech future

...iences,* the NIST nanotubes may have biotechnology applications as channels for tiny volumes of chemicals in nanofluidic reactor devices, for example, or as the "world's smallest hypodermic needles" for injecting molecules one at a time. Carbon nanotubes are of keen interest in nanotechnology research, especiall...

New method enables gene disruption in destructive fungal pathogen

...ns." The new gene disruption method may also find applications in the study of fungal pathogens that directly impact humans and human health. In addition to causing numerous plant diseases, Alternaria are involved in the development of such chronic airway diseases as asthma, allergy and chronic rhinosinusitis. G...

Manchester scientists create new bio-gel for 3D cell culture

...hich naturally occur in the body and has potential applications for wound healing and tissue engineering. Cell sc...hese materials offer us great potential for future applications in wound healing and regenerative medicine." Dr Ulijn and his collaborators have successfully cultu...

New method for identifying microbes

...ue of Applied Environmental Microbiology, has many applications -- from assessing the microbes present in environm... very interesting!" In another test with possible applications for identifying agents used in bioterror attacks, the technique also clearly discriminated between c...

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