Medical & Biotech – Page 6 – TechConnect Briefs

Characterizing the transplanar and in-plane water transport property of fibrous materials under different sweat rate: Forced Flow Water Transport Tester

Tang K.P.M., Chau K.H., Kan C-W, Fan J.T., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

The water absorption and transport properties of fabrics are important in determining the thermophysiological comfort of apparel and health-care products, especially for sportswear and protective clothing. In the textile industry, a number of water absorption [...]

Characterizing the stickiness property of fibrous materials under wet skin surface: Textile Friction Tester

Tang K.P.M., Chau K.H., Kan C-W, Fan J.T., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

People sweat a lot when staying in hot environment or exercising. The presence of moisture within fabric-skin interface will cause sensorial discomfort. When applying pressure and friction on wet skin surface, it may lead to [...]

Materials for Personal/Home Care & Cosmetics

Numerical investigation of Electric field, Ion Transport and pH damage during Electrochemical Treatment of Tumors: Effects of physicochemical reactions and chlorine bleaching

Mokthare A., Reddy S.K., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Electrochemical therapy (EChT) is a promising alternative to conventional tumor treatment due to its relatively high efficiency, flexibility, reduced side effects and versatility. Tumor electrolysis, a form of EChT, utilizes low-level direct electric current (DEC). [...]

Overcoming Challenges in Manufacturing Scale-Up of Plasmonic Gold Nanorods: Bringing Photothermal Therapy to the Clinic.

Pagliaro L., Siva Therapeutics Inc, US

Siva Therapeutics is developing a simple, safe, and effective adjunct cancer treatment termed Targeted Hyperthermia™, which generates therapeutic heat emanating from within solid tumors using systemically injected precision gold nanorods and an infrared light engine [...]

Graphenoid plates in glioma therapy.

Grodzik M., Szczepaniak J., Strojny B., Jaworski J., Wierzbicki M., Jagiello J., Soltan E., Mandat T., Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS), PL

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a malignant primary tumour. The presence of necrotic areas and atypical vascularisation as well as the presence of atypical cells with nuclear pleomorphism and high proliferative ratio constitute the most important [...]

Cancer Nanotechnology

Customized Nanoparticle Probes for Biomedical Imaging, Diagnostics and Therapeutics Applications

Nallathamby P., University of Notre Dame, US

The modular synthetic approach that was developed to design a spectral library of core-shell nanoparticle contrast agents, which will have broad applications in biomedical imaging due to the potential for multi-modal imaging (e.g., fluorescence, MRI, [...]

RECAL: A New Ultrastable Luminescent Probe for Bioimaging

Borders B.C., Kang C.H., Brozik J.A., Photon Biosciences, LLC, US

Luminescent probes, such as fluorescent proteins, fluorescent dyes, phosphorescent dyes, and quantum dots, are important tools in biology, biophysics, and medical diagnostics. While these tools are incredibly useful and are suitable for use in many [...]

Functionalized Carbon Nanotube-based Microelectronic Sensor Array for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Johnston A.S., Tang Y., Alam M.M., InnoSense LLC, US

We designed and developed a lab-on-a-chip for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) based on our patent-pending innovative nanotechnology by utilizing patterned microelectronic sensor devices for detecting Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved AD biomarkers [...]