Correlation between protein expression and capacity of tumor cells to metastasize could lead to personalized cancer treatment
Protein Expression Leads to Metastasis
Wild Strawberries Sequenced
New pattern recognition program helps identify protein-coding genes to decode genome of woodland strawberry
Don’t Waste Waste Chemicals
Substance found in compost shown to degrade organic pollutants
Viral ZnO Nanoparticles
Binding ZnO nanoparticles to polyhedrosis virus suitable for biological applications such as surface display technologies
Hydrogels – Enhanced Swelling Ratios
Unique strategy enabled the preparation of highly swelling and rapidly deswelling hydrogels - potential applicability as biomaterials
Elution Teases Proteins from Tissue
Competitive elution selectively pulls proteins from tissue and avoids false-positives
Transgenic Pollen Screening
A fast, simple and high-throughput method in which flow cytometry is employed, is able to count 5,000 pollen grains per minute
Phosphatidylserine – Novel Receptor
Phosphatidylserine lipid photoaffinity cross-linking probes synthesized for identification of novel receptors (discovery biology, anti-inflammatory therapeutics, cellular delivery)
High-Throughput Screening for Cellulase
Testing of cellulase-based methods for converting cellulose into glucose may be increased with new screening technique
Changing Bacteria from Warm- to Cold-Loving
Only a limited number of functions required to change the predilection of microorganisms for radically different environments