who earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering at Rutgers and now works in biopharmaceutical research and development at Glaxosmithkline.
The North carolina Biotechnology Center awarded a $50, 000 Technology Enhancement Grant to the School to help develop the technology into a viable treatment that can be licensed and commercialized."
#Self-Assembled DNA NANOSTRUCTURES Could Be used as Smart Drug-Delivery Vehicles Researchers from Aalto University have published an article in the recent Trends in Biotechnology journal.
and the group has published just recently two research articles regarding DNA-based applications in biotechnology and molecular medicine.
Many of the methods routinely used in the biosciences are based on the specific modification of proteins, in particular antibodies,
One of Tkaczyk co-authors on the research was Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice Malcolm Gillis University Professor, director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering and of Rice 360°:
#New Biosensors Allows Scientists to Control Engineered Bacteria Super productive factories of the future could employ fleets of genetically engineered bacterial cells,
Critical to this process of metabolically engineering microbes is the use of biosensors. Made of a biological component-such as a fluorescent protein
biosensors act as the switches and levers that turn programmed functions on and off inside the engineered cells.
But so far, scientists have had only access to a limited variety of biosensors that have little relevance to the biomanufacturing of valuable chemicals.
"The Wyss team aims to leverage the new biosensors to aid in their efforts to develop renewable chemical production strategies using genetically engineered microbes.
the biosensors can be used to trigger individual cells to give off visible fluorescence in a rate directly proportional to how well they are able to produce a desired chemical commodity.
Using the new biosensors, the most efficient microbial workers are identified easily so that they can serve as the predecessors for colonies of engineered bacteria that evolve to become more efficient at producing renewable chemicals with each subsequent generation.
"Our team is developing several different ways to make even more custom biosensors, "said Church.""We're trying to control biological processes
which we would rely on biomanufacturing for the clean production of chemical and pharmaceutical commodities, "said Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald E. Ingber, M d.,Ph d,
According to a study published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics the technology works by using the smell receptors in the human nose.
a professor of biotechnology and bioengineering at The swiss Federal Institute of technology in Zurich, described this experiment as an legant proof of conceptthat could lead to greatly improved treatments for viral infection. entinel designer cells engineered with the DNA sense
as a biotechnology company with expertise in developing antibodies, they are in a position to act on it
and to be replaced with manufacturing at the point of care specific threat response without requiring specific preparedness. ao told Tuesday conference moving biomanufacturing to the front lines echoes the decentralisation of pharma supply chains to civilians,
Rao told Tuesday conference moving biomanufacturing to the front lines echoes the decentralisation of pharma supply chains to civilians,
and professor in the department of Anesthesiology and Radiology at Stony Brook University School of medicine in New york told Bioscience Technology that it is too early to comment on humans,
Benveniste told Bioscience Technology. Read More: Researchers Discover Missing Link Between Brain and Immune Systemshe explained how the system lushesout waste:
Benveniste told Bioscience Technology. Benveniste and colleagues used dynamic contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to image the glymphatic pathway at work in rodentsbrains.
Bioscience Technology. Imaging testing in humans is needed still. Up next Benveniste and colleagues are working to study how the glymphatic system can be controlled
Now MIT spinout AIM Biotech has developed a microfluidics device based on years of research that lets researchers co-culture multiple cell types in a 3d hydrogel environment that mimics natural tissue.
said AIM Biotech cofounder Roger Kamm, the Cecil H. Green Distinguished Professor in MIT departments of mechanical engineering and biological engineering. f you want realistic models of these processes,
AIM Biotech will begin deploying the commercial devices to 47 research groups in 13 countries for user feedback.
AIM Biotech devices, on the other hand, he said, can be put directly under the microscope like a traditional plate,
IM Biotech launched in Singapore in 2012, under current CEO Kuan Chee Mun, who Kamm met through SMART.
AIM Biotech microfluidics device produces a similar microenvironment: When endothelial cells are seeded into the side channels or the central gel region,
AIM Biotech may offer to more accurately screen cancer drugs for pharmaceutical companies. In fact, he said, AIM Biotech recently discovered that its devices revealed discrepancies in some clinically tested therapeutics.
In a study published in Integrative biology, MIT researchers used Kamm's microfluidics technology to screen several drugs that aim to prevent tumors from breaking up
professor at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Karolinska Institutet and also affiliated to the Scilifelab facility.
capable of on-demand biomanufacturing new classes of proteins. his manufacturing technology will enable scientists to decrypt the phosphorylation odethat exists in the human proteome,
. who now works in biopharmaceutical research and development at Glaxosmithkline, published their results in the journal Lab on a Chip in addition to being able to use less fluid,
biotechnology and medical treatments. The study appears September 21 in Nature Materials. he very simple design rules that we have discovered provide a powerful engineering tool for many biomedical
and biotechnology applications, said Ashutosh Chilkoti, chair of the Department of Biomedical engineering at Duke. e can now,
a professor of biotechnology and bioengineering at The swiss Federal Institute of technology in Zurich, described this experiment as an legant proof of conceptthat could lead to greatly improved treatments for viral infection. entinel designer cells engineered with the DNA sense
physiology and biotechnology and associate professor of engineering at Brown. e knew it was a relatively high-throughput system,
the Wellcome Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological sciences Research Council will be published in the science journal Oncogene on 5 october 2015.
Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions.
The historical irony is that Europe once led in biotech: In 1983, Marc Van Montagu and Jeff Schell at the University of Ghent in Belgium introduced the world to modern plant genetic engineering.
because biotech traits make them cheaper. Yet these same traits such as herbicide tolerance and insect resistance are barred now widely from domestic use.
where anti-Western conspiracy theories about biotech companies have become part of the ruling party ideology. According to Tobaiwa Mudede, a crony of President Robert Mugabe, exual dysfunction is a huge problem in the U s a,
I was interrupted by an organic farmer who said he was determined never to grow biotech crops. His grounds?
Yet from drought tolerant maize to virus-resistant cassava, many biotech traits are being developed that could quickly improve the livelihoods of poorer African farmers.
to scrawl messages such as hear-triggered crystal. he researchers said the molecule may be useful in biosensors,
who directs the Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, which focuses on developing new detection technologies."
so that faculty and students across our campuses will successfully compete for grant dollars and launch bioscience ventures."
"In close collaboration with his TUM colleagues Johannes Buchner, professor of biotechnology and Sevil Weinkauf, professor of electron microscopy, Reif determined that the small heat shock protein uses a specific nonpolar beta-sheet structure pile in its center
"In the short to medium term, the researchers hope to use their method to make printed, disposable biosensors,
The Córdoba-based company Canvax Biotech has participated also in the development of the patent. A nontoxic drug One of the major advantages of the drug is that it is nontoxic.
In the last two months, the research project has received funding of over#124,930 from the public sector from the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the firm Canvax Biotech SL and#20
"said Ellington, professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and member of the UT Center for Systems and Synthetic biology."
"What we found may have a big impact on future plant biotechnology research, "Dr Bally said."
and biotechnology can join forces.""Professor Sels, is of KU Leuven Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis),
and Dr Dusselier, KU Leuven Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis) and California Institute of technology i
#New half-fat soft cheese solution Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a whey protein solution that enables dairies to produce low-fat soft ripened cheeses that taste as good as the full-fat versions.
Along with wearables, biosensors are advancing to the point at which within the next five years, they will not only become incorporated into clothing (Athos, Under Armour Under Armour, etc.
the researchers used biotechnology to create the proteins in bacteria. The polymer can then either be molded using heat
and are already in use as a platform for other applications by biotechnology companies. The University of Chicago team is currently investigating other enzymes that might benefit from monobody technology,
was funded by Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological sciences Research Council h
Startup biotechnology company Kallistem in Lyon, France, revealed the breakthrough earlier this year, but now have taken out a patent describing the technique, in tandem with The french National Centre for Scientific research (CNRS).
In Seattle, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research center and the company Presage Biosciences designed a device called CIVO that includes up to eight needles arranged in an array.
"The Seattle researchers'work was funded by the National institutes of health and Presage Biosciences, and the MIT researchers'work was funded by the National Cancer Institute and Massachusetts-based biotech company Kibur Medical.
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#Nepal Earthquake: Health Threats Loom Over Survivors The aftermath of the Nepal earthquake brings a risk of disease outbreaks including measles and diarrheal diseases among the survivors,
The research jointly lead by Professor Christoph Hagemeyer, Head of the Vascular Biotechnology Laboratory at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and Professor Frank Caruso,
#New graphene oxide biosensors may accelerate research of HIV and cancer drugs Longing to find a cure for cancer, HIV and other yet incurable diseases,
Researchers from the Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology-MIPT (Russia) have devised a novel type of graphene oxide (GO) based biosensor that could potentially significantly speed up the process of drug development.
New GO based biosensor chips exploit the phenomenon of surface plasmon resonance (SPR. Surface plasmons are electromagnetic waves propagating along a metal-dielectric interface (e g.,
Owing to the above-mentioned merits, SPR biosensing is an outstanding platform to boost technological progress in the areas of medicine and biotechnology.
This involves a biosensor system that can measure heartbeat, hydration levels, sweat, temperature and other vital signs through miniature circuitry.
and the biotechnology company Illumina have created an innovative tool to directly detect the delicate, single-molecule interactions between DNA and enzymatic proteins.
As they report Sept. 28 in Nature Biotechnology, this tool should provide fast and reliable characterization of the different mechanisms cellular proteins use to bind to DNA strands--information that could shed new light on the atomic-scale interactions within our cells
"We embedded biosensors in it to measure several different substances in the blood or blood serum along with an array of electronics to transmit the results in real time to a tablet via Bluetooth,
"We embedded biosensors in it to measure several different substances in the blood or blood serum along with an array of electronics to transmit the results in real time to a tablet via Bluetooth,
#Biosensors; New Option to Diagnose Leukemia Iranian researchers from Tarbiat Modarres University designed a biosensor that enables the early diagnosis of leukemia in the test sample by using naked eyes.
The biosensors have been produced at low cost, and they enjoy high sensitivity, selectivity and speed. The aim of the research was to design an effective system to diagnose blood cancer (leukemia) by using gold nanobars.
To this end, samples of a nanobiosensor have been designed and their application has been evaluated in the diagnosis of the disease.
In this latest study, published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels("A microbial platform for renewable propane synthesis based on a fermentative butanol pathway"),scientists at the Universitys Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB
more sustainable forms of energy as well as using biotechnology techniques to produce synthetic chemicals are currently being developed at The University of Manchester.
#Millions of liters of juice from 1 grapefruit (Nanowerk News) The Austrian Centre of Industrial biotechnology (acib) uses the positive aspects of synthetic biology for the ecofriendly production of a natural compound("Production of the sesquiterpenoid
"The challenge of the biotechnologists Tamara Wriessnegger and Harald Pichler in Graz was to produce Nootkatone in large quantities.
as a biopharmaceutical component or as a natural insect repellent.""We have installed new genetic information in the yeast Pichia pastoris,
The common biotech variant via Valencene and a chemical synthesis step is less ecofriendly, more difficult and expensive.
developed by researchers at University college London with funding from the Biotechnology & Biological sciences Research Council (BBSRC),
"Fundamental bioscience research is vital to reveal the biological mechanisms underlying normal physiology across the lifespan.
The research jointly lead by Professor Christoph Hagemeyer, Head of the Vascular Biotechnology Laboratory at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and Professor Frank Caruso,
the researchers used biotechnology to create the proteins in bacteria. The polymer can then either be molded using heat
biotechnology and medical treatments. The study appears September 21 in Nature Materials("Sequence Heuristics To Encode Phase Behaviour In Intrinsically Disordered Protein Polymers"."
and biotechnology applications,"said Ashutosh Chilkoti, chair of the Department of Biomedical engineering at Duke.""We can now,
a professor of biotechnology and bioengineering at The swiss Federal Institute of technology in Zurich, described this experiment as an legant proof of conceptthat could lead to greatly improved treatments for viral infection. entinel designer cells engineered with the DNA sense
#New graphene oxide biosensors may accelerate research of HIV and cancer drugs Longing to find a cure for cancer, HIV and other yet incurable diseases,
Researchers from the Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology-MIPT (Russia) have devised a novel type of graphene oxide (GO) based biosensor that could potentially significantly speed up the process of drug development.
New GO based biosensor chips exploit the phenomenon of surface plasmon resonance (SPR. This is a photo of the state-of-art biosensor.
Photo: Victor Anaskin) Surface plasmons are electromagnetic waves propagating along a metal-dielectric interface (e g.,, gold/air) and having the amplitudes exponentially decaying in the neighbor media.
Owing to the above-mentioned merits, SPR biosensing is an outstanding platform to boost technological progress in the areas of medicine and biotechnology.
and the biotechnology company Illumina have created an innovative tool to directly detect the delicate, single-molecule interactions between DNA and enzymatic proteins.
As they report Sept. 28 in Nature Biotechnology("Subangstrom single-molecule measurements of motor proteins using a nanopore),
"said Ellington, professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and member of the UT Center for Systems and Synthetic biology."
"What we found may have a big impact on future plant biotechnology research, "Dr Bally said."
including Lohitash Karumbaiah of the University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center, has developed a brain-friendly extracellular matrix environment of neuronal cells that contain very little foreign material.
#Nose-Like Biosensor Sniffs Out Stinky Drinking water Electronic noses can detect bugs, disease or even explosives.
according to a study published recently in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics. To make water drinkable, treatment plants weed out most harmful chemicals and bacteria.
a biotechnologist who has helped developed stem cell-based treatments for ischemic diseases. The Hoope idea originated from a NASA camp where Damel team bested 80 other scientists in developing an impactful product.
Now, researchers from the Technical University of Dortmund in Germany have outlined in the journal Biotechnology Letters how they looked into
The study appears online April 6 in Nature Biotechnology.""The epigenome is associated everything with the genome other than the actual genetic sequence,
saving critical time and trips to the lab. Researchers at Mcmaster University have developed a new way to print paper biosensors,
The research was supported by a University of California Discovery Biotechnology Award, the National institutes of health, Nanocav and the National Science Foundation n
"said Liang Xu, associate professor of molecular biosciences and corresponding author of the paper. The results hold promise for treating a broad array of cancers in people.
since Swedish biotech company Atlas Antibodies has shown interest in commercialising our findings, 'says Per-Henrik Edqvist.
However, this is not the case of the latest cutting-edge devices such as ultra-precise biosensors, single electron transistors, molecular circuits and quantum computers.
Biopharmaceuticals, or biologics, are produced proteins by living cells. Proteins such as catalase are tens of thousands of times larger than the small molecules that make up traditional drugs.
"The discovery will also be useful in the biotechnology field for the development of a variety of marketable products
therefore necessary for the production of gibberellins--a mechanism that is highly relevant to the growth and development of plants,"says Poppenberger, Professor for the Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops.
The NAPA invention was licensed by Protea Biosciences Group, Inc, . and commercialized under the REDICHIP#name in June 2015.
Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. exclusively licensed the NAPA platform; in June 2015, the company commercialized the platform under the name of REDICHIP#i
This biotechnology method could also have similar applications to other low-concentration ions in solution.
and Biosciences Division, Heavy Element Chemistry Program under contract number DE-FG02-07er15865 to C. H
A major goal in biotechnology is to modify enzyme activity in order to carry out bespoke reactions. Current methods use genetic engineering to physically mutate enzymes.
and are already in use as a platform for other applications by biotechnology companies. The team is now investigating other enzymes that might benefit from monobody technology,
Next steps Biotechnologists know how to build the complex protein structures they find in nature, but the Stanford team took this further.
and different aspects are licensed to a biotechnology company in which Swartz has a founding interest. The approach is in its early stages
who also is an affiliate of the Berkeley National Laboratory's Physical Biosciences Division.""We've showed that we can greatly simplify the construction of these factories,
biotechnology and medical treatments.""The very simple design rules that we have discovered provide a powerful engineering tool for many biomedical
and biotechnology applications,"said Ashutosh Chilkoti, chair of the Department of Biomedical engineering at Duke.""We can now,
"In the short to medium term, the researchers hope to use their method to make printed, disposable biosensors, energy harvesters and RFID tags.
Zhang and his team at Rice's Bioscience Research Collaborative have become specialists in finding such needles in haystacks.
which Jin-Soo Kim points out,"paves the way for the widespread use of RNA-guided genome editing in plant biotechnology and agriculture."
This technological breakthrough hails opportunities for the development of smaller and cheaper sensors for various fields such as consumer electronics, information and communication technology, biotechnology and automotive.
where the specific marker shows in a few seconds,"explains project coordinator Dr. Marco Antonio Rite Palomares, director of the Biotechnology Center of the Tec de Monterrey FEMSA.
The director of FEMSA Biotechnology Center mentions that he considered using the camera phone to detect the marker in saliva,
Biosensors experts are enthusiastic about the sensor. Ben Zhong Tang from the Hong kong University of Science and Technology particularly likes the design
and envisages that his smart strategy will generate a large array of light up biosensors with outstanding performance.
The results were published today in two Nature Biotechnology reports. Sequencing the genome of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) will help breeders develop varieties of cotton that are equipped better to combat the pests,
are the lead authors in a study published in the April 20 edition of the journal Nature Biotechnology.
from the School of Biosciences. or the first time we have found a link airways inflammation,
a metabolic product in saliva, using disposable biosensor strips. La Belle is an assistant professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, one of ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
#New biosensors for managing microbial orkersresearchers at Harvard Wyss Institute have unveiled new biosensors that enable scientists to more effectively control
Critical to this process of metabolically engineering microbes is the use of biosensors. Made of a biological component such as a fluorescent protein
biosensors act as the switches and levers that turn programmed functions on and off inside the engineered cells.
But so far, scientists have had only access to a limited variety of biosensors that have little relevance to the biomanufacturing of valuable chemicals.
The Wyss team aims to leverage the new biosensors to aid in their efforts to develop renewable chemical production strategies using genetically engineered microbes.
the biosensors can be used to trigger individual cells to give off visible fluorescence in a rate directly proportional to how well they are able to produce a desired chemical commodity.
Using the new biosensors, the most efficient microbial workers are identified easily so that they can serve as the predecessors for colonies of engineered bacteria that evolve to become more efficient at producing renewable chemicals with each subsequent generation.
or toxins and could unlock new fundamental insights into metabolic pathways. ur team is developing several different ways to make even more custom biosensors,
which we would rely on biomanufacturing for the clean production of chemical and pharmaceutical commodities, said Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald E. Ingber,
and performance in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics. he ability to monitor continuously and non-invasively saliva biomarkers holds considerable promise for many biomedical and fitness applications, said Wang.
If field tests show the biosensor can successfully measure zinc levels the researchers hope to extend the concept to other micronutrients,
The biosensor is modified based on Escherichia coli (E coli), a bacterium that is frequently used in genetic engineering. E coli has a transcriptional system that responds to the level of zinc in its environment,
UED creates unprecedented opportunities for ultrafast science in a broad range of disciplines, from materials science to chemistry to the biosciences.
who earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering at Rutgers and now works in biopharmaceutical research and development at Glaxosmithkline.
and easily multiplexed biosensor could significantly improve patient health by providing new point-of-care diagnostics for a wide variety of diseases said Patricia Escoffier, Project Manager at Univalor.
and easily multiplexed biosensor could significantly improve patient health by providing new point-of-care diagnostics for a wide variety of diseases said Patricia Escoffier, Project Manager at Univalor.
computers and biosensors all have improved because of the rapidly increasing efficiency of semiconductors. Since the turn of the 21st century, organic,
In the short to medium term, the researchers hope to use their method to make printed, disposable biosensors,
Zhang and his team at Rice Bioscience Research Collaborative have become specialists in finding such needles in haystacks.
He used his research to launch three biotech companies centered on forensic science, fertility assessment and contraception methods.
and Differentiation in the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences have established a technique to isolate hipsc-derived liver progenitor cells (LPCS, cells
said Ellington, professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and member of the UT Center for Systems and Synthetic biology.
#Researchers Smash Records with Pig-to-Primate Organ transplants A biotech company is genetically engineering pigs so that their organs might work in people.
With the financial aid of a biotechnology executive whose daughter may need a lung transplant, U s. researchers have been shattering records in xenotransplantation,
The GM pigs are being produced in Blacksburg, Virginia, by Revivicor, a division of the biotechnology company United Therapeutics.
The technology might also pave the way to new biotech drugs. Nearly all such drugs
"says Sanjeev Mariathasan, a biologist Genentech, the biotech company behind the study. That's a big problem because drugs that are used normally against staph infections can take over four hours to work far longer than it takes for Staph bacteria to move into new cells,
biotechnology companies have made them as well. Genentech manufactured antibodies based on those the immune system makes to combat staph infections.
a biotechnology company that's working on a similar technique. Now, the researchers have to show that it works against multiple strains of bacteria as well,
#South korea to invest $300m in biotech The South korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy,
and other local agencies have announced plans to invest $300 million in fostering biotechnology over the course of 2015
As of 2012, it controlled just 1. 3 percent share in global biotechnology, the ministries said.
Biotechnology is quickly gaining popularity in South korea, the government said, with startups working on the area accounting for 13.7 percent of listed companies on the KOSDAW based on market value.
Venture capitalists invested a total of $225 million in biotech last year more than IT manufacturing's $150. 8 million and IT services'$131 million.
The government expects the global biotechnology market to see rapid growth, and expects it to dwarf the semiconductor, chemical,
RNA interference was identified more than a decade ago launching a new research field that has spawned a Nobel prize and new biotech firms.
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