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Nanoscale structure and property changes in collagen fibrils on the extracorporeal shockwave therapy applications of the rat Achilles tendon injury

Choi S., Lee G.J., Chon J., Chae S.-J., Yoo S.-D., Park H.K., Park J.H., Kim K.S., Park H.K., Park J.H., Kyung Hee University, KR

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is popular in the treatment of musculo-skeletal injuries. However, the mechanism by which such therapy might have an effect on tendon injury is unknown. The Achilles tendons are mainly composed of [...]

Reliability in Nano-Engineering: Nuclear Spin of Magnesium-25 as Reliability Factor in Molecular and Biomolecular Nanoreactors

Koltover V.K., Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, RU

The trend of nanoscaling brings engineering down to the dimensions of molecular structures. However, it poses the problem of how to create a reliable system from molecular components which experience permanent thermal and environmental fluctuations. [...]

Morphological Studies on Nano-Neuronal Interactions

Islam A., Menon L., Northeastern University, US

Nanostructures are expected to play a key role in the fundamental investigation of neuronal activity at the nanoscale level. Neurons are complex structures with feature sizes ranging from the millimeter to micron to nanoscale regimes. [...]

The Method of Instant Amplification of the MCG&MEG Signals

Sklyar R., Independent researcher, UA

Simultaneous amplification of the piking up MCG&MEG neurosignals by an on-site magnetic flow has been implemented. Matrix of the sensing micro-nanocoils are distributed under the heart or brain surface with temperature of the body. Magnetic [...]

Bacteriophages and cryogels: A new efficient tool in Bioseparation

Noppe W., Galaev I.Y., Mattiasson B., Deckmyn H., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kortrijk, BE

In the field of affinity chromatography, the search for new ligands is of great interest, where apart from the use of antibodies as affinity ligands, also synthetic ligands were introduced. Special attention was focused on [...]

Design of a lipid nanovesicle system encapsulating bacteriophages integrated in a multiple emulsion formulation: a proof-of-concept

Balcão V.M., Azevedo A.F., Castro L.M., Costa C.I., Santos S., Matos C.M., Moutinho C.G., Teixeira J.A., Azeredo J.C., University Fernando Pessoa and Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, PT

of the optimized bacteriophage-encasing nanovesicles encompassed determination of particle hydrodynamic size, size distribution and particle charge via DLS, surface morphology via CRYO-SEM, and thermal analysis via DSC, whereas antimicrobial activity of the nanoemulsions produced was [...]

Chromatographic Purification of Bacteriophages for Improved Surface Capture of Bacteria – Towards a General Approach

Naidoo R., Singh A., Glass N., Arya S., Evoy S., National Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Alberta, CA

We report in this study the largest surface capture density of E Coli using the wild-type T4 bacteriophage; whereby higher surface capture density can enable higher sensitivities for surface-based biosensors. This was possible due to [...]

Imaging Molecules and cells

Sharma R., Florida State University and TCC, US

Proteins provide the building blocks for multicomponent molecular units, or pathways, from which higher cellular functions emerge. These units consist of either assemblies of physically interacting proteins or dispersed biochemical activities connected by rapidly diffusing [...]

Nanoparticles that facilitate imaging of biological tissue and methods of forming the same

Sharma R., Florida State University, US

A superparamagnetic nanoparticle (SPIOM) containing antimyoglobin coated and polyethylene encapsulated biotin-avidin-iron-oxide core in center may be provided according to an example in the invention. These nanoparticles may be used as imaging contrast agents due to [...]

Creation of Protein Nanoarrays using Dip-Pen Nanolithography

Thompson D.G., McKenna E., Pitt A., Graham D., University of Strathclyde, UK

This presentation describes the creation of protein nanoarrays on a nitrocellulose surface using Dip-Pen Nanolithography and their use in studying protein:protein interactions in an assay format.