Akaike T. – TechConnect Briefs

Ca-Mg Phosphate Nano-Crystals for High Efficiency Gene Delivery and Expression in Mammalian Cells

Chowdhury E.H., Akaike T., Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP

Significant efforts are now being made for the development of non-viral gene-delivery techniques as alternatives to the viral vectors for basic research and clinical medicine. Despite existence of a wide variety of non-viral techniques particularly [...]

pH-Sensitive Nano-Crystals of Carbonate Apatite Regulate Delivery and Release Kinetics of DNA for Efficient Expression in Mammalian Cells

Chowdhury E.H., Akaike T., Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP

The completion of whole human genome sequencing encourages the development of a powerful gene delivery technology for elucidating structure, regulation and function of genes and proteins in addition to the emerging biomedical applications, such as [...]