iron in Biological Technology

NC State breakthrough results in super-hard nanocrystalline iron that can take the heat

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a substance far stronger and harder than conventional iron, and which retains these properties under extremely high temperatures opening the door to a wide variety of potential applications, such as engine components that are exposed to ...

Penn scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron

PHILADELPHIA - Due to its remarkable electronic properties, few layer graphene, or FLG, has emerged as a promising new material for use in post-silicon devices that incorporate the quantum effects that emerge at the nanoscale. Now, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Antimicrobial Proven To Be Completely Inert to Steel In Independent Corrosion Testing

...crobial was found to be completely non-corrosive to steel. Many of today's commercially available antimicrobials and cleaners are corrosive to iron and steel. As confirmed by this independent test, Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Antimicrobial was found to be completely inert and not corrosive while all...

Magellan Diagnostic Businesses to Feature Automated Systems and Diagnostic Tests at Clinical Lab Expo

...ad testing system can use a capillary or venous sample, can be combined with other routine waived blood tests, such as hemoglobin and ZPPH, a test for iron deficiency anemia, and saves considerable administrative time spent on paperwork, tracking, and follow-up. Tests are reimbursable (CPT code 83655) and...

Novel drug discovery tool could identify promising new therapies for Parkinson's disease

...als in patients to test whether specific antioxidants slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. High doses of heavy metals such as lead, manganese, iron and mercury are known to be toxic to brain cells. The researchers are conducting further experiments to explore how cyclic peptides prevent cell de...

Monitoring Circulating Tumor Cells With the CellSearch(R) System Can Predict Prognosis in Metastatic Breast Cancer

...and received honoraria from Veridex, LLC. About CellSearch (R) The CellSearch(R) test works by using antibodies that are joined to microscopic iron particles, called ferrofluid. These antibody/ferrofluid combinations attach very specifically to CTCs. Powerful magnets then draw the CTCs out of the ...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase 2 Study Results of Zerenex (Ferric Citrate) for the Treatment of Hyperphosphatemia in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients

... four serious adverse events which were deemed unrelated to Zerenex. Darkened stool was reported in the study and was associated with the presence of iron in the gastrointestinal tract. With the exception of the reporting of darkened stool as an (asymptomatic) adverse event, the gastrointestinal adverse ...

A billion-year ultra-dense memory chip

...ital memory storage that consists of a crystalline iron nanoparticle shuttle enclosed within the hollow of...memory system that is based on a moveable part an iron nanoparticle, approximately 1/50,000th the width o...." The multiwalled carbon nanotube and enclosed iron nanoparticle shuttle were synthesized in a single ...

Centocor Ortho Biotech Data to be Presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

...or to and regularly during PROCRIT therapy monitor iron status; transferrin saturation should be greater t...o 100 ng/mL. During therapy absolute or functional iron deficiency may develop and all patients will eventually require supplemental iron to adequately support erythropoiesis stimulated by...

Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect

...pper, conduct electricity better as they became colder. But in the 1930s, scientists found that adding even trace amounts of ferromagnetic metals like iron would throw off this effect. In the 1960s, Japanese physicist Jun Kondo explained the effect: while cooling normal metals results in fewer vibrations ...

MIT virus battery could power cars, electronic devices

...y charged cathode, usually cobalt oxide or lithium iron phosphate. Three years ago, an MIT team led by Bel...engineered viruses that first coat themselves with iron phosphate, then grab hold of carbon nanotubes to c...in materials (carbon nanotubes in this case), each iron phosphate nanowire can be electrically "wired" to ...

UB engineers prove that carbon nanotubes are superior to metals for electronics

... the material so that, when electrons move during conduction, they bump into atoms. This creates friction and generates heat, the same way a household iron works. "On the other hand, in carbon nanotubes, electric conduction happens in a very different, one-dimensional 'ballistic' way," he said. "The ele...

Shire's Project Playground Gives Boost to Philadelphia

...ous. It motivated Sherwin-Williams to donate paint for representatives of City Year, a Philadelphia non-profit service organization, to re-finish the iron fence that surrounds the facility and create a mural on the handball wall. "Helping people is what we do at Shire, and this initiative is a tangi...

Varian Medical Systems to Exhibit X-ray and CT Technologies for Non-Destructive Testing at the Upcoming ASNT 18th Annual Spring Conference

...s highly efficient and features a very low filtration value, allowing more X-rays to be generated at lower energies than is possible with the standard iron (Fe) window version of the NDI 451 tube. Varian Medical Systems, through its Security & Inspection Products business, is the mar...

Alltech, Mitsui and Asahi Breweries Create New Venture

...sales, worldwide logistics and financing, through to the development of major international infrastructure and other projects in the following fields: iron & Steel Products, Mineral & Metal Resources, Infrastructure Projects, Motor Vehicles, Marine & Aerospace, Chemicals, Energy, Foods & R...

3SBio Inc. Announces Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Results

... commercialize Ferumoxytol, a new generation of IV iron therapy, in China. 3SBio plans to initiate ...net revenues in the period. Sales from in-licensed iron Sucrose supplement increased 117.8% to RMB7.0 mill... 31 209 31 iron 1,796 263 ...

Cheaper materials could be key to low-cost solar cells

...m materials and a number of unconventional solar cell candidates, including iron pyrite, copper sulfide and copper oxide. They showed that iron pyrite is several orders of magnitude better than any alternative on import...

Carbon nanotube avalanche process nearly doubles current

...graduate student Albert Liao and undergraduate student Yang Zhao first grew single-wall carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition from a patterned iron catalyst. Palladium contacts were used for measurement purposes. The researchers then pushed the nanotubes close to their breaking point in an oxygen-...

Beckman Coulter Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results; Earnings Outlook Achieved on Strong Fundamentals

...ments. Received FDA clearance for the Access(R) Soluble Transferrin Receptor assay and the sTfR/log ferritin index as aids in the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia and anemia of chronic disease. Launched the SPRI-TE(TM) Nucleic Acid Extractor for simple, automated purification of DNA and...

FDA Approves KAPIDEX(TM) (Dexlansoprazole) delayed release capsules for the Treatment of GERD

...tazanavir. KAPIDEX may interfere with the absorption of drugs for which gastric pH is important for bioavailability (e.g., ampicillin esters, digoxin, iron salts, ketoconazole). Patients taking concomitant warfarin may require monitoring for increases in international normalized ratio (INR) and prothrombi...

Domain walls that conduct electricity

...c as well. (Ferrum is Latin for iron; magnetism in iron was the first ferroic property ever observed, in a...t targets of ceramic oxides containing bismuth and iron with a laser pulse and convert the solid to a plas... of oxygen atoms and lighter atoms (like iron). An iron atom is at the center of the basic bismuth ferrite...

BioTrends Releases TreatmentTrends(TM): US Nephrology, an Ongoing Syndicated Publication Providing Insight into Physician Perceptions and Management of Renal Anemia, Hyperphosphatemia, and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

... hypo-responders, and increased focus on patients' iron status. The commercialization of new ESAs could a...ntly in development, interest is high. The IV iron market, on the other hand, is likely to see more c...re reported this quarter. In the CKD market, oral iron continues to be the first line treatment of choice...

Soliris(R) Reduced Measures of Thrombosis and Inflammation, and Decreased Indicators of Pulmonary Hypertension, in Studies of Patients with PNH

...that eculizumab was safe and well tolerated in the study patients, and that iron parameters in PNH patients treated with eculizumab should be monitored to determine if iron supplementation should be altered or iron depletion therapy should be consi...

European Nephrologists Share Insights on the Management of Renal Anemia and Hyperphosphatemia in Latest BioTrends Report

... in both dialysis and CKD. In general, IV iron is reserved for patients on hemodialysis with abou...ng a consistent maintenance dose. The use of oral iron is more commonplace than the use of IV iron among CKD patients, but many CKD patients do not r...

Video: 8-Minute Film Documentary Explores Why Humans Age

... years, characterized by the shuttling of calcium, iron and copper to make new bones, red blood cells and ... reaching a steady state of minerals. For example, iron stores do not increase any further. ...d menopause. During their fertile years, losses of iron and copper during menstruation, and donation of ca...

Therapure Biopharma Inc. Announces Manufacturing Agreement with Biomedical Frontiers Incorporated -- Contract will Support Phase II Trials for Thalassemia Treatment

...al Frontiers Incorporated for the production of an iron chelating agent used in the treatment of thalassem...al Frontiers Incorporated for the production of an iron chelating agent used in the treatment of thalassem...e injectable iron-binding drugs used to neutralize iron build-up in the blood of patients with an...

Cleveland Clinic Recognizes Circulating Tumor Cell Technology as Top Medical Innovation for 2009

...detect lymph node metastases in breast cancer. About CellSearch(R) The CellSearch(R) test works by using antibodies that are joined to microscopic iron particles, called ferrofluid. These antibody/ferrofluid combinations attach very specifically to CTCs. Powerful magnets then draw the CTCs out of the ...

3SBio Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results

...rter 2007. Revenue from the Company's in- licensed iron Sucrose supplement was RMB1.7 million (US$0.3 mill...onths of 2007, while revenue from the in- licensed iron Sucrose supplement was RMB5.2 million (US$0.8 mill... 2,864 2,439 359 iron 1,110 ...

Sysmex America Set to Launch New XT-Series(TM) Parameters

...lammatory Diseases and in Monitoring iron Deficiency MUNDELEIN, Ill., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/...The RET-He parameter is a sensitive measurement of iron available for red cell production. Functional iron available for incorporation into the red cell hemo...

Progress toward new storage media

...elves into a preferred orientation along the line. Furthermore, the researchers were able to transfer the pattern of a recorded CD onto a film of this iron compound. This is the first proof that it is possible to produce readable logic patterns with a spin-transfer compound. To make the stripe structure...

BioTrends Releases TreatmentTrends(TM): Nephrology and Renal Dietitians, Two Syndicated Reports Providing Continuing Insight into the Management of Renal Anemia, Hyperphosphatemia, and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

...or CKD patients. More than half of Nephrologists believe that the introduction of this new product will lead to an overall increase in their use of IV iron in CKD. About BioTrends Research Group, Inc. BioTrends Research Group, Inc. ( http://www.bio-trends.com ) provides syndicated and custom market re...

InVitria Touts Product Advantages at Cambridge's Cell Culture Conference

... and primary cell media.(see http://www.Cellastim.com ) -- Lacromin - Lacromin is recombinant human lactoferrin, a growth factor that also delivers iron similar to transferrin in cell culture media. (see http://www.Lacromin.com ) -- Lysobac - Lysobac is a bacterial cell lysis agent that is more effi...

New Study by BioTrends Highlights Anemia Practice Patterns According to Anemia Managers in Both Dialysis Units and CKD Clinics/Offices

...ved in monitoring lab values related to ESA and IV iron use and making therapy decisions based on labs and...ently, and placing more emphasis on a patient's IV iron status. Relatedly, Anemia Managers predict a significant increase in their use of IV iron in the next three months, and over one-third repor...

Scientists peel away the mystery behind gold's catalytic prowess

...s at which the critical oxidation reaction occurs when gold is supported on iron oxide. In an article to be published in Science, the premier scientific ...ity. The article, titled "Identification of Active Gold Nanoclusters on iron Oxide Supports for CO Oxidation," is scheduled to be published in the Sept....

NIST and partners identify tiny gold clusters as top-notch catalysts

...tion of the active gold nanocrystals absorbed onto iron oxide surfaces. In fact, the resolution was sensit...size range at which gold nanocrystals supported by iron oxide become highly active as catalysts for CO oxi...technique allows the researchers to study the real iron oxide catalyst systems as synthesized, identify al...

33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, 12-16 September 2008

...niversity of California Irvine Medical Center. Supportive care Adding iron to darbepoetin therapy helps with chemotherapy-induced anaemia (Embargoe...or patients suffering from chemotherapy-induced anaemia, adding intravenous iron to treatments with the drug darbepoietin alfa results in better haematologi...

Creating unconventional metals

... The semiconductor silicon and the ferromagnet iron are the basis for much of mankind's technology, used in everything from computers to electric motors. In this week's issue of the journal Nature (Au...

3SBio Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results

...d quarter 2007, while revenue from our in-licensed iron Sucrose supplement was RMB2.1 million (US$0.3 mill...t half of 2007, while revenue from our in-licensed iron Sucrose supplement was RMB3.5 million (US$0.5 mill...rcialize ferumoxytol, a new generation intravenous iron replacement therapeutic agent to treat...

BMP Sunstone Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

...The Company will market and distribute Ferriprox under its five-year licensing agreement with Apotex, Inc. Ferriprox is a cost-effective treatment for iron overload in the bloodstream which is often associated with thalassemia, a disease that can lead to organ damage and heart failure. Thalassemia is part...

Penn researchers demonstrate a flexible, 1-step assembly of nanoscale structures

...nd elastic interactions between them generate long-range orientational order of their axes into a "diamond plate" pattern. By lacing the solvent with iron nanoparticles, the team found that evaporation of the solvent drives the assembly of the nanoparticles onto the membrane surface along these distorted...