Mussel-Based Glue May Make Surgery Safer
The natural medical adhesive might be applied using inkjet printer technology, researchers say WEDNESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Using such unlikely partners as marine mussels and printer inkjet technology, researchers say they've come up with medical adhesives that can be used w...Molecular glue with new effect
This release is also available in German . Ten years ago, researchers at the IMP - a basic research institute in Vienna - discovered a fundamental and amazingly plausible mechanism of cell division. They identified a protein complex, which, as a ring-shaped molecule, slides over the doubl...Clinical Study Published Showing Benefits of Glue Used in Facelift Surgery
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Davis B. Nguyen, M.D. announced today that his and Dr. Frank M. Kamer, M.D.'s co-authored study on the benefits of the use of fibrin glue adherent in facelift surgery has been published in the September issue of world's premier Plastic and Re...Narconon of Georgia Saves Lives of Orphaned Children in Honduras
...cial than their dedication to saving lives of orphaned children addicted to glue in Honduras. *(PHOTO 72dpi: www.Send2Press.com/mediaboom/09-0713-H... turn to violence and drugs to survive. If they can't steal food, sniffing glue or "flying" is something they will do to ease the pains of hunger and as a ...Remembrance of Fat May Be at Root of Cravings
...nts. The study was published online in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . "OEA is part of the molecular glue that makes memories stick," neuroscientist Daniele Piomelli, a co-author of the study, said in a university news release. "By helping mammals remember...E-Communication Might Be Outpacing Emotion
...ay from other ways of engaging with humanity -- having actual conversations, for instance, or even reading a book. And that ability is part of the glue that holds society together, a bedrock of socially minded individuals, interested in caring for others and building a better world, according to a stu...Make Lashes Longer, Thicker, and Darker with Latisse™
...well. Virtually everyone who has used it has seen great results. Until now people looking for longer eyelash had to apply cosmetics such as mascara or glue false eyelashes onto their eyelids. Now with Latisse Epione is proud to offer our patients a new option for making their eyelashes longer," says ...Looking Years Younger, Raising a Few Brows
...HELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Brett Kotlus is the first cosmetic surgeon to use a combination of radiofrequency energy and tissue glue to lift the brow for facial rejuvenation. The result is a safer and less-invasive alternative to previous brow-lifting techniques. Cosmetic surgeons a...Caring for Aging Loved Ones Can Be a Catch-22
...the in-home care that is provided is carried out by home health care aides, who are often woefully under-trained, the experts said. "They are the glue that is holding the home health care system together," said Raphael. But, she added, she is "shocked" that, in most states, "we have very minimum trai...BD Cell-Tak Cell and Tissue Adhesive
Description:... Tissue Adhesive is a formulation of polyphenolic proteins extracted from Mytilus edulis (marine mussel). These proteins are the key components of the glue secreted by the mussel to anchor itself to solid substrates in its marine environment. BD Cell-Tak Cell and Tissue Adhesive is used to attach cells or...Researchers create freestanding nanoparticle films without fillers
...don't form coherent thin films unless they are encapsulated in a polymer coating or mixed with molecules called chemical "cross-linkers" that act like glue to stick the nanoparticles together. "Adding this extra material can complicate the fabrication of nanoparticle films and make them more expensive...Sugar on bacteria surface serves as base for a web of resistance
...ia, common causes of death in very sick intensive-care patients. With Psl clearly identified as the foundation of the matrix, or the architectural glue that holds a biofilm together, scientists hope the research could lead to therapies that target the sugar and thus prevent the development of these ma...Covering the bases: Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications
...les, you get a signal. It's a new way of doing recognition at the atomic scale." Crucial to the new technique is the fact that the strength of the glue fastening complementary bases differs for A-T and C-G pairs. While two hydrogen bonds hold A-T bases together, C-G pairs use three hydrogen bonds. For...Shellfish and inkjet printers may hold key to faster healing from surgeries
... Using the natural glue that marine mussels use to stick to rocks, and a variation on the inkjet printer, a team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has dev...Biotech scientists team with curators to stem decay of world's art, cultural heritage
...-organisms instead of chemicals to remove alterations black crusts, nitrates, sulphates and other alterations from masonry, as well as unwanted animal glue from important painted frescos in Pisa and elsewhere in Italy subjected to well-intentioned but ill-advised restoration and preservation attempts in t...In just 5 years, gene discovery to clinical trial of potential treatment
...S genetic mutation, a single-letter "misspelling" in the LMNA gene located on chromosome 1. This gene carries the DNA recipe for lamin A, the protein glue that holds together the cell's nucleus. The mutated LMNA gene generates an abnormal Lamin A protein (also called progerin) that disrupts the cell's n...Urea tanks on diesel trucks -- that's the law in the United States starting in 2010
... world's urea production is for fertilizersbut new demands for urea SCR may change that," Baanante says. Urea is also used in animal feed, plastic and glue manufacture, highway de-icing, cloud seeding to induce rain, and tooth-whitening products. Stringent New EPA Exhaust Emission Rules Kedzie says...Nothing stops an expert in the art of living
...g at it with cryo-SEM, the team could see that the glue seemed to run like a fluid over the thick greasy s... in contact with a section of blowfly cuticle, the glue formed a discrete mass that looked like a gel with...mirid bug's greasy coating appeared to disrupt the glue in some way, preventing it from adhering to the in...How nonstick bugs evade natural fly paper
...g at it with cryo-SEM, the team could see that the glue seemed to run like a fluid over the thick greasy s... in contact with a section of blowfly cuticle, the glue formed a discrete blob that looked like a gel with...he mirid bug's greasy coating seems to disrupt the glue in some way, preventing it from adhering to the in...Rapid heating prepares energy-saving zeolite for greater role in industrial separations
...operation of the membrane," says Snyder, who worked with Tsapatsis as a postdoctoral researcher. "In short, this type of heat treatment may chemically glue the crystal domains together." A second round of RTP or conventional slow-heating is then necessary, says Snyder, to completely remove the SDA mole...MIT: 'Nanostitching' could strengthen airplane skins, more
...rn are held together with a polymer glue. But that glue can crack and otherwise result in the carbon-fiber...rnals. How does nanostitching work? The polymer glue between two carbon-fiber layers is heated, becomin...ach carbon-fiber layer are then sucked up into the glue on both sides of each layer. Because the nanotubes...Sophisticated nano-structures assembled with magnets
...y be scaled up to create large quantities of custom-designed nano-structures in high-volume reaction vessels. However, the trick is to also be able to glue the structures together, because they will fall apart when the external field is turned off, he said. "The magnetic forces assembling these particl...Attraction at the atomic level
...aterials" The team with the new results says, "No." The Princeton scientists say that high-temperature superconductivity does not hinge on a magical glue binding electrons together. The secret to superconductivity, they say, may rest instead on electrons ability to take advantage of their natural repuls...MIT creates gecko-inspired bandage
...s the same kind of nanoscale hills and valleys that allow the lizards to cling to walls and ceilings. Layered over this landscape is a thin coating of glue that helps the bandage stick in wet environments, such as to heart, bladder or lung tissue. And because the bandage is biodegradable, it dissolves ove...DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures
...cles to arrange differently in space. The structures that finally form are the ones that maximize DNA hybridization. DNA is the stabilizing force, the glue that holds the structure together. These structures are a new form of matter, said Mirkin, that would be difficult, if not impossible, to make any oth...World's smallest radio uses single nanotube to pick up good vibrations
... simple - that's the beauty of it." Zettl's team assembles the nanoradios very simply, too. From nanotubes copiously produced in a carbon arc, they glue several to a fixed electrode. In a vacuum, they bring the electrode within a few microns of a second electrode, close enough for electrons to jump to ...Is your competitive edge really a wedge?
...uthors point out that this one-dimensional view of how humans behave in business has contributed to the preponderance of selfish individualism. Social glue in the form of values and engagement with society at large must exist. When businesses act purely in pursuit of their individual economic self interes...Part 5 Project Performance Get on the path to continuous improvement
... tools are all requirements of successful project management. While process is often described as a leg of the triad, it may also be considered the glue that unifies it. Remember that a process is a set of practices performed to achieve a given purpose; it may include tools, methods, materials and/or p...