Zeus Webinar: Bioabsorbable Polymers as Biomaterials
Anticipated to promote greater awareness and understanding in the field of bioabsorbable polymers, Zeus presents free webinar on August 28, 2008. Orangeburg, SC (PRWEB) August 22, 2008 -- Zeus, Inc., a leader in polymer science, is pleased to announce it will be hosting...Air Products in Advanced Discussions With Wacker Over Polymers Business
Portfolio Management Move Continues Focus on Growth Businesses LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD ) and Wacker Chemie AG are in advanced discussions over Wacker's purchase of Air Products' shareholdings in their two joint ventures, Wacker Polymer...Novel Light Weight Polymers Made Up of Carbon Nanotubes
University of Virginia engineering professor Mool C. Gupta and his team have used carbon nanotubes to unite the virtues of plastics and metals in a new ultra-lightweight , conductive material that may revolutionize electromagnetic shielding and more. The team's innovation will be honored with...Physics research with atomic force microscope could lead to better health care
... heat to indent within the polymer during scratching but not to destroy the polymer sample. Such research investigated how these tiny dunes created on polymers change with the application of heat. In this case, heat functions like wind would on real sand dunes. The researchers investigated under which conditi...UGA researchers achieve breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells
...tructure of the film resembles a toothbrush, where the chains of conjugated polymers are like the bristles. We call these types of coatings polymer brushes. To ...t by linking many thiophene molecules together in a controlled fashion, the polymers have conducting properties." More importantly, he said, "this technique...Intradigm Announces Issuance of RNA Interference (RNAi) Patent Covering Potent siRNA Sequence
...eatures for a next generation of RNAi molecules, biodegradable polycationic polymers for the delivery of RNAi therapeutics, and proprietary siRNA sequence appli...eatures for a next generation of RNAi molecules, biodegradable polycationic polymers for the delivery of RNAi therapeutics and proprietary siRNA sequences. Our...Tepha Announces First Human Usage of Medical Devices Derived from New Class of Resorbable Polymers
Tepha Corporate Partners, Aesculap and Tornier, Conduct Clinical Evaluations of TephaFLEX(R) Suture Products LEXINGTON, Mass., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Tepha, Inc., a developer of medical devices derived from a new class of polymers, announced today that two of its corporate p...DSM Obtains Exclusive World-Wide License for Innovative Drug Delivery Technology
...ics and drugs is based on a next generation set of polymers exclusively licensed from Cornell University . G...ntaining over 60 issued or pending US patents. The polymers are biodegradable, biocompatible and bioabsorbable...approach which is based on DSM's core strengths in polymers combined with its extensive in-house library of sy...Spherics, Inc. Offers Extended Release Formulation for Sustained and Stable Levodopa Levels
...ervous system products. These patents cover polyanhydride-based bioadhesive polymers and nanotechnology (PIN). In addition to these issued patents, Spherics has...d numerous applications covering compositions of matters of its proprietary polymers (SPHEROMERS), novel oral delivery systems (including BIOGIT, BIOROD and PIN...Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer
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Description:... The formulation of Cem-Ostetic combines well-established biocompatible calcium-based phases with water and does not involve other materials such as polymers or plasticizing agents. The bone putty can be used safely to reconstruct the skeletal system. Caution: Cem-Ostetic does not harden when mixed with blo...Inion S-1 Biodegradable Anterior Cervical Fusion System
Features:... No imaging interference: The polymers from which Inion products are made do not intefere with any imaging technique e.g. X-ray or MRI Load sharing: Inherent material flexibility allo...Biodegradable polymers show promise for improving treatment of acute inflammatory diseases
A family of biodegradable polymers called polyketals and their derivatives may improve treatment for such inflammatory illnesses as acute lung injury, acute liver failure and inflammatory bowel disease by delivering drugs, proteins and snips of ribonucleic acid to disease locations in the body. ...Researcher examines polymers created with poultry feathers
Biodegradable polymers created from poultry feathers may add value to the poultry industry and help solve the growing environmental problem of plastic waste. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than 29 million tons of non-biodegradable plastic waste ends up in landfills ea...All-in-1 nanoparticle: A Swiss Army knife for nanomedicine
...hich bind to charged gold atoms. Gao compares the completed structure to a golden egg, where the quantum dot is the yolk, the gold is the shell, and polymers fill up the space of the egg white. Using ions allowed the researchers to build a 2- to 3-nanometer gold shell that's thin enough to allow about hal...New windows opened on cell-to-cell interactions
...rch team built tiny artificial molecules that mimic brush-like membrane proteins and contain tiny fluorescent probes at the outer end. These miniscule polymers were incorporated into artificial membranes placed on a silicon wafer that acts like a mirror, allowing precise optical measurements of the orientatio...Carnegie Mellon's Kris Matyjaszewski recieves EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
... "Approximately 400 billion pounds of synthetic polymers are produced each year. Often, hazardous chemicals...ization (CRP). It allows scientists to easily form polymers by piecing together their component parts in a controlled fashion. Assembling polymers in such a manner has allowed scientists to create ...Zeus Webinar: Bioabsorbable Polymers as Biomaterials
Anticipated to promote greater awareness and understanding in the field of bioabsorbable polymers, Zeus presents free webinar on August 28, 2008 ORANGEBURG, S.C., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeus, Inc., a leader in polymer science, is pleased to announce it will be hosting an informative and cut...Bluestar Silicones Presents Adhesive Gels for Wound Care at Medical Grade Polymers Conference
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- At the upcoming Medical Grade Polymers Conference, Dr. Remi Thiria, Bluestar Silicones R&D Team Leader, will present "Silicone Elastomer Gels: New Soft Adhesives for Wound Care." The conference will take place in Philadelphia, September 16-17. Ac...Researchers engineer new polymers to change their stiffness and strength when exposed to liquids
CLEVELAND -- An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the departments of macromolecular science and engineering and biomedical engineering at the Case School of Engineering and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center has published ground-breaking work on a new...Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact
...air, inside plastic solar cells. These bubbles and channels form within the polymers as they are being created in a baking process, called annealing, that is us...urrent research, Ginger said, can help scientists determine quickly whether polymers they are working with are ever likely to reach the 10 percent efficiency th...RNase H from Roche Applied Science
Description:...ly(A) x poly(dT). RNase H produces ribonucleotides with 5-phosphate and 3-OH termini. Nearly no activity is detected with polyribonucleotides alone or polymers annealed to their complementary ribopolymer....HISTAR DETECTION KIT from AbD Serotec
Description:... method that utilises novel polymer labelling technology. Secondary antibodies are polymerised directly with Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) into compact polymers bearing a high ratio of enzyme to antibody. This biotin-free system offers enhanced sensitivity and minimal background staining....Bio-Beads S-X8 Support, 100 g from Bio-Rad
Description:... Bio-Beads S-X media are neutral, porous styrene divinylbenzene beads for size exclusion chromatography of lipophilic polymers and other solutions that require organic eluents. The beads are compatible with benzene, toluene, xylene, carbon tetrachloride, dimethylformamide, ket...