Current methods of tissue fixation leave much to be desired, essentially relying on technologies developed from the clothing and carpentry industries i.e. sutures, screws, and pins. Bioadhesives offer a less traumatic method of tissue ...

Category LifeSciences and BioTechnology    Keywords Immunotherapy, Neutrophils, COPD, Neutrophilic Asthma, Cancer, Metastasis, Sepsis, Neutrophil dermatoses, Stroke, TGFbeta, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology, Targeted therapy Current ...

  Category LifeSciences and BioTechnology    Keywords Oncology, Cancer, Solid tumors, Retroviral vectorApplication Solid tumors are known to continually form hypoxic microenvironments because the proliferating tumor cells grow faster than ...

To date, clinical tests that assess the level of malignancies from patient biopsies rely almost inclusively on histological analysis for specific markers and morphological cues as well as on genetic data i.e mutation analysis. In spite of the ...

  Cancer research is moving into the frontiers of how to assign the correct drug(s) to a given patient. Cancer clinicians and researchers commonly search for overexpression of oncogenic biomarkers to assign a targeted treatment, but lack ...

  Considerable efforts have been invested in recent years in developing new, effective, yet less toxic drugs for targeted cancer therapy. Currently, this diverse group of drugs includes monoclonal antibodies, immunomodulators, proteasome ...

  The physical size of protein drugs and their susceptibility to degradation are key determinates that make them more dependent on drug delivery technologies. However formulating protein delivery systems so that they maintain their stability ...

  Category LifeSciences and BioTechnology    Keywords Pain, Opioid receptor, Addiction, Opioid addiction, Narcotics, AnalgesiaApplication Severe, high-impact chronic pain affects 20 million people in the US annually, and presents a common, ...

Synthetic biology is the discipline of engineering application-driven biological functionalities that were not evolved by nature. Early breakthroughs of cell engineering, which were based on ectopic (over)expression of single sets of transgenes, ...

Category Nanotechnology     Keywords Ellipsometry, characterization, surfaces, materials, semiconductors, 2D materials, non-contact Current development stage General list: TRL5 Technology validated in relevant environement              ...

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system and other organs in the body. There is no known cure for cystic fibrosis and the average life expectancy is between 42 and 50 years in the ...

Background Zeaxanthin is a carotenoid pigment that provides health benefits as a dietary anti-oxidant, and is also a preventive agent against degenerative diseases. Specifically, it is thought to inhibit the progression of age-related macular ...

Background Measurements of volatile acidity in wines can be a challenging issue in many young and aging wines. The primary acid that contributes to volatile acidity in wines is acetic acid. Its presence, above a specific threshold, indicates ...

  Category Life Sciences and Bio Technology    Keywords new contrast agent, imaging, mammography, tumor, visual detection, sentinel lymph node, liposomesApplication Liposomal formulation with a new moiety having very high loading of the ...

The ability to control the shape, size and crystalline state of CaCO3 is significant for several industries including: Powder additives- improved flow properties (spherical shape versus irregular) of ink material, rubber filler, and tablet ...

Neuropathic pain- One of our distinctive results which we optimized recently identifies several compounds that we identified as having a potential protective role in neuropathic pain. We pursued this finding in collaboration with the Clinical ...

  Category Agriculture Keywords Passionfruit, Passiflora edulis, plant breeding, warm temperature flower abscission out-of-season fruit. Current development stage General list: TRL5 Technology validated in relevant ...

  Category Agriculture    Keywords Stress hormone abscisic acid, harvest index, transgenes Current development stage TRL4 Technology validated in lab             Application Following drought stress, plants sharply reduce yield, along ...

  Category Metabolic diseases Keywords Abdominal obesity, obesity Current development stage Pharmaceutical development: TRL2  Hypothesis Formulated        Collaboration Opportunity Sponsored Research with an option to License Research ...

  Category Agriculture. Fruit Keywords Passion fruit, Passiflora edulis, plant breeding, warm temperature flower abscission out-of-season fruit. Current development stage General list: TRL5 Technology validated in relevant ...