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Selection from Classical Literature of China Li Po A.D. 702-762 Memories with the Dusk Return The yellow dusk winds round the city wall;
The crows are drawn to nest,
Silently down the west
They hasten home, and from the branches call.
A woman sits and weaves with fingers deft
Her story of the flower-lit stream,
Threading the jasper gauze in dream,
Till like faint smoke it dies; and she, bereft,
Recalls the parting words that died
Under the casement some far eventide,
And stays the disappointed loom,
While from the little lonely room
Into the lonely night she peers,
And, like the rain, unheeded fall her tears.
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Duke Cell Therapy Center. "... special laboratory where therapeutic cells will be made and stored." Victor J Dzau MD, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University, and CEO for Duke University Health System, has informed:
"The emerging field of regenerative medicine has great promise, and this generous gift will accelerate the pace of Dr. Kurtzberg's, and other Duke scientists', world-renowned, translational work in.....
Rapid culture method. Adipocyte differentiation. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Saitama, Japan.
"Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) derived from bone marrow are multipotent stem cells that can regenerate mesenchymal tissues such as adipose, bone or muscle."1
Researchers from Translational Research Center, Saitama International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan; and Division of Functional Genomics and.....
Adult stem cells. "... stem-cell-active growth factors that not only stimulate stem cell expansion but also orchestrate differentiation of these stem cells into their mature progeny ..." Dr Jason Butler, Senior Investigator from Weill Cornell Medical College, has said:
"We are the first group to demonstrate that endothelial cells elaborate a repertoire of stem-cell-active growth factors that not only stimulate stem cell expansion but also orchestrate differentiation of these stem cells into their.....
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Muscle regeneration. Rejuvenation. "... niche factors, growth factors, and other stem cells, which are involved in skeletal muscle regeneration."
"Skeletal muscle regeneration is a complex process, which is not yet completely understood."1
"Satellite cells, the skeletal muscle stem cells, become activated after trauma, proliferate, and migrate to the site of injury."
Researchers from Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology, Radboud.....
Stroke. "... injections of beta-hCG, a hormone that triggers the growth of neural stem cells." A Release from the University of California - Irvine has informed:
"A clinical research trial of a new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke has passed an important safety stage, according to the UC Irvine neurologist who led the effort."
More from the Release dated March 10, sourced from.....
hES cell lines. Shanaghai. China.
"Human embryonic stem (hES) cells are pluripotent cells derived from the inner cell mass of blastocysts."1
"Their unique properties of self-renewal and pluripotency make them an attractive tool for basic research as well as a potential cell resource for therapy."
"However, each hES cell line.....
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Microbubble stem cell treatment. "... the bubble prevents the body's immune system from reaching and attacking the transplanted cells." Frank Wacker MD, Interventional Radiologist from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, has said:
"Bone marrow stem cells, which have the ability to renew themselves, could unlock the door to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with cell-based methods."
"They offer a future novel method.....
Artificial periosteum. "The sock-like sheath on the outside of the bone is a habitat for stem cells ..." Melissa Knothe Tate, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical ; Aerospace Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and Ulf Knothe, Orthopedic Surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic, have reported the development of '... an artificial sleeve that spurs fast healing when a car wreck, bomb blast or disease leaves too.....
Reprogramming. Human fibroblasts to pluripotent stem cells. "... avoids DNA integration and may be developed to replace the use of DNA vectors in the formation of iPS."
"Reprogramming of differentiated cells into induced pluripotent cells (iPS) was accomplished in 2006 by expressing four, or less, embryonic stem cell (ESC) - specific transcription factors."1
"Due to the possible danger of DNA damage and the potential tumorigenicity associated with such DNA damage, attempts.....
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Pluripotent cells. "... reprogramming of cultured, terminally differentiated amniotic fluid cells results .... much easier, faster and more efficient than reprogramming neonatal and adult cells." Dr Katalin Polgar, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has said:
"There remains today a need in stem cell research for an easily reprogrammable cell type ..."
"Our study shows that reprogramming of.....
Anesthesia. "... research team discovered, by chance, a link between stem cell loss and ..." Professor Klas Blomgren, from the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sweden, has said:
"Paediatric anaesthetists have long suspected that children who are anaesthetised repeatedly over the course of just a few years may suffer from impaired memory and learning ..."
"This is a theory that is also supported by.....
Reprogramming cells. Fewer steps. Increased yields. "Early clinical trials using these reprogrammed cells on actual heart patients could begin within one or two years." Robert Schwartz, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, from the University of Houston, has said:
"We're trying to advance science in ways folks never even dreamed about ..."
"The idea of having your own bag of stem cells that you can carry through life and use for tissue regeneration.....
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Hair. Skin. Rejuvenation. Cutaneous mesenchymal stem cells.
"Within the next decade stem cell-based therapies can be expected to be part of clinical medicine."1
"In regard to the skin, the focus of stem cell research is on the epidermis and the hair follicle."
Researchers from Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA;.....
Transferable findings. Oct4 transcription factor. "... gene that is essential for maintaining pluripotency, and is what makes egg cells, as well as embryonic stem cells and early embryos, potentially immortal." According to a Release dated March 8, sourced from Max-Planck-Gesellschaft:
"... scientists have puzzled over to what extent the findings of studies on the embryonic stem cells (ES cells) of mice are transferable to humans."
"It is certainly true that human and mouse ES cells are both.....
Progenitor cell fate. "... predicted with 99 percent accuracy if the rat retinal progenitor cells would split into self-renewing or specialized cells ..." Badri Roysam, Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has said:
"If you have many cells in a culture, they all look the same."
"But our new method senses all sorts of tiny differences in the shapes and movements of the cells, and uses these cues.....
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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Debra E Weese-Mayer MD, Professor of Pediatrics from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has informed:
"This discovery confirmed what we had long believed to be true: first, that CCHS is a genetic disorder; second, that the gene responsible for CCHS has a key role in the early embryology of the ANS;.....
Bone marrow. 'While further studies are needed to demonstrate that stem cells can harbor the HIV virus, the study results confirm that HIV targets some long-lived progenitor cells ....' Researchers from the University of Michigan have reported '... a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. The findings, which appear online March 7 in Nature Medicine, indicate a new target for curing the disease so those infected with the virus may someday no longer rely on.....
2D-3D sequential culture. Three step system. "... induce human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into cartilage like tissues."
"... a three step culture system, 2D-3D sequential culture in vitro and further implantation in vivo was developed to induce human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into cartilage like tissues."1
Researchers from Reproductive Medical Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing China; and Stem Cell Research.....
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Hair follicles. Stem cells. A Release dated March 12, sourced from American Association for the Advancement of Science has informed:
'The stem cell that gives rise to all the different cells of the skin actually lives in the hair follicle, researchers report in the March 12 issue of Science. It may therefore be possible to harness these stem cells.....
Pluripotent cells from inner cell mass of pre-implantation blastocysts. "... capacity to undergo indefinite rounds of self-renewing cell division and differentiate into all the cell lineages ..."
"Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent cells isolated from the inner cell mass of the pre-implantation blastocyst."1
"They have the capacity to undergo indefinite rounds of self-renewing cell division and differentiate into all the cell lineages of the developing embryo."
Researchers from John.....
Kidney. "... administration of adult multipotent marrow stromal cells (commonly referred to as mesenchymal stem cells [MSCs]), effectively ameliorates experimental AKI by exerting paracrine renoprotective effects and by stimulating tissue repair." ;quot;Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical complication, associated with poor outcomes and the development of chronic kidney disease.;quot;1
Researchers from Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell College of Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, New York, USA; and Division of Nephrology,.....
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Stem cell functions. "... basis for a new generation of bioengineered vascular grafts." Guillermo Ameer, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery from Northwestern University, has said:
"Normally, stem cells are not studied in the context of improving vascular grafts for bypass surgery. Therefore, we had to develop new tests to assess their use in this application ..."
"We.....
ES and iPS cells. Cryopreservation. "... feeder-free cryopreservation and the expansion of present and future applications of human ES and iPS cells."
"... a simple and efficient human embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells cryopreservation protocol."
Researchers from Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran; Department of Developmental Biology,.....
Laser photoablation. Human pluripotent stem cells.
"Due to their pluripotency and their self-renewal capacity, human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC) provide fascinating perspectives for biomedical applications."1
Researchers from Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, Life ;amp; Brain Center, University of Bonn and Hertie Foundation, Bonn, Germany; Life.....
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Laser. Nanoparticles. Ignition. Functionalized fullerenes molecules. "It caused stress in the cells, and then after 10 seconds we just see the cells pop ..." Researchers from University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida, have indicated that '... they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design.'
More from a Release dated March 18, sourced from.....
Nano-precipitated calcium carbonate. "... Zibo facility, including 58-acres, has a total designed annual production capacity of 240,000 MT ..." ShengdaTech Inc has reported that the first phase of the Company's nano-precipitated calcium carbonate "... facility in Zibo, Shandong Province with annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons ("MT") is operating at 100% utilization rate since January, 2010."
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Gold colloid-labelled proteins. Nanoparticles. "... ensure the sensitivity, quality and reproducibility of batches of nanoparticle bio-conjugates."
"Colloidal metal particles, in particular gold, have found many biological applications often as probes in light and electron microscopy, and more recently since the 1980s in membrane-based rapid immunoaffinity tests."1
"The surface plasmon resonance absorbance properties in the visible spectroscopy region.....
nano-SIMS "... function of microbial fuel cells, carbon and nitrogen processing in cyanobacteria using nano-SIMS, the genomics of important metal-biotransforming microorganisms, and the mechanisms of microbial mineral formation and dissolution." According to a Release dated March 2, sourced from American Society for Microbiology, Kenneth H Nealson PhD, Wrigley Professor of Geobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles and his colleagues "... have researched the function of microbial fuel cells, carbon and nitrogen processing in cyanobacteria using.....
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Biosensors. "... nucleic acid sensors using functional biomolecules, such as DNAzymes, peptide aptamers and engineered proteins, and nanomaterials of different sizes ..."
"Interest in the development of sensitive, selective, rapid, and cost-effective biosensors for biomedical analysis, environmental monitoring, and the detection of bioterrorism agents is rapidly increasing."1
"A classic biosensor directly transduces ligand-target binding events into a measurable physical.....
Nanocrystalline grains. Kevin Hemker, Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering, from Johns Hopkins' Whiting School of Engineering has said:
"As we make smaller and smaller devices, we've been using more nanocrystalline materials that have much smaller crystallites -- what materials scientists call grains -- and are believed to be much.....
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Light twists. Nanoparticle ribbons. "Matter readily bends and twists light. That's the mechanism behind optical lenses and polarizing 3-D movie glasses." Nicholas Kotov, Professor in the departments of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, from University of Michigan, has said:
"I didn't believe it at the beginning ..."
"To be honest, it took us three and a half years to really figure out how photons of light can.....
Nanomaterials. Shelf life. Food products. Larry Branen, Food Scientist from the University of Idaho,has said:
"There's also no question that nanomaterials may help increase the shelf stability of food products and assure their safety."
"We've seen lots of technologies where we didn't get adoption because we didn't get consumer acceptance and.....
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Antimicrobial peptides. Naturally occurring proteins. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have informed that "... MIT scientists have recorded the first microscopic images showing the deadly effects of AMPs, most of which kill by poking holes in bacterial cell membranes."
More from a Release dated March 14, sourced from Massachusetts Institute of.....
Batteries. Paper. Cloth. Yi Cui, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, has indicated '... a way to cheaply and efficiently manufacture lightweight paper batteries and supercapacitors (which, like batteries, store energy, but by electrostatic rather than chemical means), as well as stretchable, conductive.....
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Nanocages. Photothermal therapy. "... bathed in laser light, the surrounding tissue is barely warmed, but the nanocages convert light to heat, killing the malignant cells." Younan Xia PhD, the James M. McKelvey Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St Louis, has said:
"The key to photothermal therapy ..."
"... is the cages' ability to efficiently absorb light and convert it to heat. "
"If we.....
Gold nanoparticles. "... if we direct those gold nanoparticles into the nucleus, we can kill the cancer cells that are in spots we can't hit with the light ..." Mostafa El-Sayed, Regents Professor and Director of the Laser Dynamics Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, has said:
"We've developed a system that can kill cancer cells by shining light on gold nanoparticles, but what if the cancer is in a place where we can't shine light on it?"
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Cyanine doped silica nanoparticles. "... points out an important hysteresis effect for quantum dots that was not detected for cyanine molecules and was only slightly detected for cyanine doped silica nanoparticles."
"Fluorescence techniques are widely used as detection methods in a wide range of biological imaging and analytical applications."1
Researchers from Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Department of Thermodynamics, Optical Molecular Spectroscopy Group, Torino, Italy; Department of Inorganic, Physics and.....
Nanoscale electric current. '... nano-sized molecules of gold, respond to electromagnetic waves by creating surface plasmons that induce and project electrical current across molecules, similar to that of photovoltaic solar cells.' Researchers from the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania have reported '... the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular circuit.'
More from a Release dated February 12, sourced from University of Pennsylvania:
Penn material scientists turn light into electrical.....
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Femtosecond laser. Space-selective precipitation. Xerogel suspension. "... precipitation of semiconducting nanoparticles inside a transparent silica xerogel ..."
"A simple method, suitable for direct space-selective precipitation of semiconducting nanoparticles inside a transparent silica xerogel, is presented."1
Researchers from Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (CNRS, UMR 8523), Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Lasers et Applications (CERLA),.....
Nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles. "... can effectively treat experimental skin abscesses caused by antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, even without surgical drainage ..." Joshua D Nosanchuk MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has said:
"Our work shows that nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles developed here at Einstein can effectively treat experimental skin abscesses caused by.....
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Smart nanoparticles. "To be a smart therapy, it should be targeted, and it should have some ability to be activated only when it's there and then kills just the cancer cells." Biomedical graduate student Dickson Kirui, from Cornell University, has said:
"If, down the line, you could clinically just target the cancer cells, you could then spare the health surrounding cells from being harmed - that is the critical thing ..."
More from a Release dated March 8, sourced from Cornell.....
Metallic nanoparticles. Heat resistance. "... more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic." Researchers from University of Pittsburgh have reported "... the first demonstration of high-temperature stability in metallic nanoparticles, the vaunted next-generation materials hampered by a vulnerability to extreme heat."
More from a Release dated November 30, sourced from University of Pittsburgh:
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Single molecules detection. "The sensor consists of a film of carbon nanotubes embedded in collagen." Chemical engineers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported the production of "... a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell."
Michael Strano, leader of the research team, has said:
"You could envision a.....
Magnetic nanosensor. Nanotags. Shan Wang, Professor of Materials Science and engineering and of Electrical Engineering from Stanford University has informed:
"In the early stage [of a cancer], the protein biomarker level in blood is very, very low, so you need ultra-sensitive technology to detect it ..."
"If you can detect it early, you.....
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Nanocrystals in the bone. "... nanotech investigation into the proteins, enzymes and other molecules that control the coupling of mineral ions (calcium and phosphate) ..." Dr Marc McKee, from the Faculty of Dentistry and the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has indicated
"Montreal is a world-leader in the biomineralization field, having attracted some of the top international specialists."
" ...research in this area is.....
Graphite. Magnetic behavior. "Carbon is biocompatible and the explored magnetic behaviour is therefore particularly promising for the development of biosensors." Scientists from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands have indicated that '... a material containing only carbon atoms can be a weak ferro magnet. This opens new routes for spintronics in carbon-based materials.'
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Renewable energy conference. March 26-28. Orlando, Florida. The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy's Annual Renewable Energy Conference has been scheduled for March 26, March 27 and March 28 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
More from a Release dated March 17, sourced from Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy:
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Biochemicals and biofuels from waste wood. "... discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis is capable of breaking furans down into harmless waste products, while leaving the wood sugars untouched." Han de Winde, Professor of Industrial Microbiology, from Delft University of Technology's Biotechnology Department has informed:
"The fact that we now have a process for breaking down furans, not to mention one that can be successfully incorporated into other organisms, paves the way for removing these kinds of.....
Lignocellulosic bioethanol in Europe. "... policy instruments should explicitly reward the higher value of lignocellulosic ethanol compared to first the generation ethanol and gasoline."
"Contrary to the case of the United States where a systematic management of the RD;amp;D on lignocellulosic ethanol prevails, in Europe the research works remain fragmented despite the efforts made by the European Union and in few member states."1
Researchers from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,.....
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Genomics of Energy and Environment. Meeting. March 24-26. Walnut Creek. California. The Fifth Annual User Meeting on Genomics of Energy ;amp; Environment is scheduled for March 24, March 25 and March 26 at the Marriott in Walnut Creek (2355 North Main Street, Walnut Creek, California.
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More from a Release dated March 17, sourced from DOE/Joint Genome Institute:
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Lignocellulosic ethanol. Techno-economic analysis. "... high spread of current and projected production costs ... composition and cost of feedstock, process design, conversion efficiency, valorisation of co-products, and energy conservation."
"Lignocellulosic ethanol is expected to be commercialised during the next decade as renewable energy for transport."1
"Competiveness with first generation bioethanol and with gasoline is commonly considered in techno-economic analyses for commercial stage."
Researchers from Swiss Federal Institute.....
Microfluids. Miniature lab. "... biofuels developer could use the device to screen populations of millions of organisms or metabolic pathways to find the most efficient producer of a chemical or fuel." Adam Abate, Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has said:
"Our concept was to build a miniature laboratory for performing biological experiments quickly and efficiently ..."
"To do this we needed to construct microfluidic versions of common.....
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Cellulosic-ethanol feedstock plants. Nematodes. "The high levels of nematodes found in our survey and the damage symptoms observed in infected roots suggest parasitism may contribute to the decline of biomass production ..." Tesfamariam Mekete, from from the University of Illinois, has said:
"Nematodes are a part of our soil systems ..."
"However, when it comes to potential crops for biofuel production, we simply don't know which nematodes are present in these crops and at what levels."
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Cellulose. Biofuel. Enzyme. Wood. Conversion. Industrial setting. "One of the most abundant enzymes is a cellulose degrading enzyme never before seen in animals." According to a Release dated March 8, sourced from University of York, in England, United Kingdom:
"... a team headed by Professor Simon McQueen-Mason and Professor Neil Bruce at York, and Dr Simon Cragg at Portsmouth reveal that the gribble digestive tract is dominated by enzymes that attack the polymers that make up.....
Algae biofuels. Production in the ocean. "... making the costs of algae oil production more economical ..." Weinqiao Yuan, Assistant Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, from Kansas State University, has said:
"Knowledge obtained from this research will foster design and manufacturing of solid carriers -- the major equipment proposed for manufacturing algae biofuels in the ocean ..."
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Plant like foam. Artificial photosynthesis. Solar energy to sugars. "You can convert the sugars into many different things, including ethanol and other biofuels ..."
"The advantage for our system compared to plants and algae is that all of the captured solar energy is converted to sugars, whereas these organisms must divert a great deal of energy to other functions to maintain life and reproduce ..."
"Our foam also uses no soil, so food production would not be.....
Bioethanol. Oxalic acid pretreatment. Bioconversion. Second generation bioethanol production.
"Saccharum (Saccharum spontaneum L. ssp. aegyptiacum (Willd.) Hack.), is a rapidly growing, wide ranging high-yield perennial, suitable for second generation bioethanol production."
Researchers from Dipartimento di Scienze Agronomiche, Agrochimiche e delle Produzioni Animali - Sezione Scienze Agronomiche,.....
Biodiesel blend. Ethanol blend. Dallas. "... includes E10 (10% ethanol blended with 90% petroleum gasoline), E20, and E85, as well as B20 (20% biodiesel blended with 80% petroleum diesel)." Evolution Fuels Inc has reported:
'... lease agreement for the Company's first fuel station located in Dallas, Texas ...'
"... the station will offer renewable fuel blends at the pump."
"The planned product offering includes E10 (10% ethanol blended with 90% petroleum gasoline), E20, and E85, as well as.....
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Efficient biodiesel production process. "... biodiesel production from soybean oil and bioethanol by reactive distillation."
"Biodiesel is a clean burning fuel derived from a renewable feedstock such as vegetable oil or animal fat."
"It is biodegradable, non-inflammable, non-toxic, and produces lesser carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and unburned hydrocarbons than petroleum-based fuel."
Researchers from the State.....
Flex technology. Ten million. Milestone. " ... more production and availability of ethanol, as results in Brazil have shown for decades." Marcos Jank, President of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, has said:
"We know this is not a simple or quick process, but the introduction of Flex-Fuel vehicles around the world is something that has to be considered, and it can only happen with decisive support from automakers."
"Without it,.....
Second generation ethanol production. Southeast Asia. "... now looking at making large-scale production of second-generation ethanol truly practical ..." Shunichi Yamashita, Director of Mitsui Engineering ;amp; Shipbuilding, has said:
"... we have taken an important step towards the establishing of a plant engineering business for the production of second-generation ethanol in Southeast Asia."
"We have already committed considerable resources to the.....
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Algal biofuel species. Genetic mapping. Dr Timothy Devarenne, AgriLife Research scientist from Texas A;M University's Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, has said:
"Oils from the green algae Botryococcus braunii can be readily detected in petroleum deposits and coal deposits suggesting that B. braunii has been a contributor to developing these.....
Naegleria genome. "... could help biologists understand hydrogen production that, in other organisms, might be used to produce energy.' Simon E Prochnik, Bbioinformaticist, from University of California - Berkeley, has said:
"In a sense, analyzing the Naegleria genome shows us what it would be like to be on this planet more than a billion years ago, and what kind of organisms were around then and what they might have looked like ..."
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Microwave irradiation. Energy consumption. Biogas production. "... water content was the most important factor that influenced the energy efficiency of raising the temperature and promoting the solubilization of solid materials."
"... energy consumption of pre-treating excess sewage sludge with microwave irradiation using several parameters, including temperature rise, degree of cell destruction, SCOD/TCOD ratio (solids solubilization), and biogas production to evaluate the energy efficiency."1
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BC Hydro Clean Power Call. '... help make British Columbia electricity self-sufficient by 2016, and meet demand using 90% of all new energy from clean domestic generation sources.' Finavera Renewables Inc has reported:
'... all four of its wind projects, comprising a total nameplate capacity of 293 megawatts ("MW"), submitted to the 2008 Clean Power Call have been accepted by BC Hydro for award of long term Electricity Purchase Agreements ("EPA").'
'The four bid submissions were in.....
Energy. Utilities. Solutions lab. Beijing. Dr Matt Wang, Vice president, China Development Labs for IBM, has said:
"As part of our growth strategy, we strive to become a key part of China's energy and utilities ecosystem, working with the Chinese government, utility companies, solution providers and business partners ...."
"Our strategic.....
Bioethonal bioproducts. "... bioethanol processing changes protein molecular structures, compared with original grains."
"... to determine the protein molecular structures of the new coproducts from bioethanol production, quantify protein structure amide I to II and alpha-helix to beta-sheet spectral peak intensity ratio, and illustrate multivariate molecular spectral analyses as a novel research tool for rapid characterization of.....
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Southwestern biofuels. Policy summit. Albuquerque. New Mexico. Vaughn Gangwish from Southwestern Biofuels Association has said:
"Biofuels are an increasingly important part of our national energy policy as we make the transition from petroleum-based fuels to renewable ‘green energy’ technologies ..."
"The Summit provides leaders in the biofuels field the opportunity to.....
Cyanobacteria. "These bacteria build miniature factories inside themselves that turn carbon into fuel." According to a Release dated March 4, sourced from Harvard Medical School:
"One of the biggest movers and shakers is the lowly cyanobacteria, an ocean-dwelling, one-celled organism. Pamela Silver, HMS professor of systems biology, and colleagues have uncovered details about how this bacteria fixes, or digests, carbon......
Sustainable Operations Summit. "President Bill Clinton will be the Keynote speaker at the 2010 Sustainable Operations Summit." The invitation-only 2010 Sustainable Operations Summit is scheduled for May 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas.
More from a Release dated February , sourced from CraigMichaels Inc:
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Visual stimuli. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. "... response to rewarding (sight and/or flavor of chocolate) and aversive stimuli (sight of moldy strawberries and/or an unpleasant strawberry taste) on the final day of drug treatment."
"Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are popular medications for anxiety and depression, but their effectiveness, particularly in patients with prominent symptoms of loss of motivation and pleasure, has been questioned."1
"There are few studies of the effect of SSRIs on neural reward.....
Gene therapy. "... graphical database of mutations in genes that cause eye diseases."
"KMeyeDB (http://mutview.dmb.keio.ac.jp/) is a database of human gene mutations that cause eye diseases."1
Researchers from Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan; have presented an article titled: "KMeyeDB: a graphical database of mutations in.....
Diet. Lens subluxation. Pupillary displacement. Cataract. Myopia. "Early treatment in conjunction with a galactose-free diet ..."
"Observations of multiple ocular malformations together with heterozygosity for galactosaemia in siblings and homozygosity in one child are highly unusual."1
Researchers from University of Freiburg Eye Clinic, Freiburg, Germany; have presented an article titled: "Congenital ocular malformations (lens.....
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Omega-3, omega-6 essential fatty acids. Dry eye. "Omega-3 and -6 EFAs need to be consumed together within a reasonable ratio to be effective."
"Dry eye is a common complaint often encountered in optometric practice."1
"However, it is a difficult condition to treat as clinical signs do not always correlate with patient symptoms."
"Essential fatty acids (EFA), particularly omega-3 EFA, may be effective in dealing with the underlying.....
Keratitis after LASIK. "The flap was amputated in patients who developed flap necrosis."
"... cases of microbial keratitis after LASIK from a tropical climatic zone."1
Researchers from the Cornea and Anterior Segment Service and Jhaveri Microbiology Center, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyperabad, Andhra Pradesh, India; have presented an article titled: "Microbial keratitis after.....
Gene therapy. Nanoparticles. "Gene therapy may become more common as the genetic basis of inherited retinal diseases ..."
"The field of vitreoretinal disease and surgery has seen tremendous growth and innovation in recent years."1
"In view of the latest advances, the present article highlights some of the current trends in vitreoretinal research that promise to be revolutionary in the coming decade."
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Eyelid bags. Plastic surgery. Asian population. Skin flap. Skin-muscle flap. "The length of follow-up ranged between 1 month and 10 years."
"... the effectiveness, patient selection criteria, complications, and the appropriate procedures for lower blepharoplasty in an Asian population."1
Researchers from Department of Plastic Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; have presented an article titled:.....
Contact lens survey. Attitude of practitioners. "... silicone hydrogel and daily disposable lenses becoming increasingly popular."
"... to appraise contact lens practice and care systems used in Hong Kong between March 2007 and February 2008, and to evaluate the attitude of practitioners towards prescribing different types of contact lenses."1
Researchers from the School of Optometry, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong;.....
Bilberry. Inflammation. Antioxidant activity. Anthocyanins. Nitric oxide levels. "... new evidence to elucidate the beneficial effects of bilberry extract on eye health." The bilberry, a deep blue fruit, with anthocyanin pigments, has been utilized by traditional Chinese herbalists.
"Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU), a useful animal model of ocular inflammation, is induced by injection of lipopolysacharide (LPS)."1
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Biofilm. Contact lens cases. "The prevalence of Acanthamoeba spp. in scraping of contact lens cases was 6.7% ..."
"To study the morphological characteristics of genus Acanthamoeba which is an opportunistic organism associated with wearing contact lenses that the biofilm phenomenon in contact lens cases contained Acanthamoeba causing keratitis by conventional culture technique."
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Migraine. Drooping eyelid. "Recurrent isolated ptosis is a very rare manifestation of ophthalmoplegic migraine."
"... rare case ofophthalmoplegic migraine associated with isolated, recurrent unilateral eyelid ptosis in a 10-year-old girl."1
Researchers from Sisli Etfal Education And Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey; have presented an article titled: "Ophthalmoplegic migraine associated with recurrent.....
Hyperactivity. Melatonin synthesis. Blurred vision. Teenager. "... ophthalmic clinical presentation of a pineal gland tumour in a teenager."
"A 17-year-old male was found to have a fourth cranial nerve palsy and chronic papilloedema following his presentation to our institution with a 6-week history of blurred vision in both eyes and vertical binocular diplopia."1
Researchers from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Colney Lane,.....
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Medicare patients. Most common surgery. "... findings provide ample reason to further investigate the determinants of cataract surgery rates." Dustin French PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine from the Indiana University School of Medicine, has said:
"We don't know yet what exactly accounts for the five and a half fold difference in surgery rates between the two systems."
"It may be related to how the two systems are funded by the government, it.....
Multifunction antioxidants. Free radical scavengers. Chelation. "... preventive treatment of cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and Alzheimer's dementia (AD)."
"Analogues of N,N-dimethyl-4-(pyrimidin-2-yl)piperazine-1-sulfonamide possessing a free radical scavenger group (FRS), chelating groups (CHL), or both (FRS + CHL) have been synthesized."1
Researchers from College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA; have presented an article.....
Gene therapy. Nano-ophthalmology.
"Much progress has been achieved in the field of nanotechnology and its applications in ophthalmology."1
"It is evident that drug delivery, gene therapy, implantable devices and regenerative medicine are some of the key areas of active research."
Researchers from Department of Ophthalmology, Keck.....
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LASIK. PRK. "Ten years after surgery, 45.5% of eyes in the LASIK group achieved uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) of 20/40 ..."
"To compare the long-term outcomes of LASIK and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for high myopia (;gt;/=-10.00 diopters [D])."1
Researchers from Vissum/Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, in Alicante, Spain; Universidad Miguel Hernández, in Alicante, Spain; and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye.....
Low cost 3D lenses. Invention. "... low-cost plastic frame or biodegradable linear polarizer eyewear, delivering the finest 3D image at an affordable price." Oculus3D and uniQoptics have reported an "... agreement to jointly develop and produce the sophisticated OculR™ lens system, a low-cost 3D lens and related print format ... "
More from a Release dated March 15 , sourced from Oculus3D:
Oculus3D and uniQoptics Announce Definitive Joint Development and Production.....
Antioxidants. AMD. "These treatments include nutritional supplementation, antioxidant prophylaxis, and intravitreal injection of medications ..."
"Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss in people over the age of 60 with a prevalence that continues to rise, particularly in industrialized nations."1
Researchers from Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles,.....
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Absorbable gel implant. Non-absorbable implant. Comparison. Cataract. Glaucoma. "... phacoemulsification - deep sclerectomy (PDS) with absorbable SK-gel or non-absorbable T-flux implantation."
"To compare the efficacy and safety of phacoemulsification - deep sclerectomy (PDS) with absorbable SK-gel or non-absorbable T-flux implantation."1
Researchers from Military Health Service Institute, Ophthalmology Department, Warsaw, Poland; have presented an article titled: "Combined surgery for.....
Oxidative stress. Antioxidant deficiency. "... biochemical composition ... the retina (unsaturated fatty acids), is an important factor making the eye more susceptible as compared to other organs."
"Oxidative stress is defined as an overflow of oxidative metabolites either in the human body or in a compartment of the body."1
"Today this chemical definition has been slightly modified and encompasses an elevation of oxidative metabolites or a relative deficiency of anti-oxidants."
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Aspirin. Hearing loss. "... one planned study of age-related hearing loss restoration and a second unrelated study of salicylate-induced tinnitus."
"Aspirin has been extensively used in clinical settings."1
Researchers from Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York; have presented an article titled: "Too much of a good thing: Long-term treatment with salicylate strengthens outer hair cell function but impairs auditory.....
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Nanoparticles. Eye drops. Sustained drug release. Bioadhesive. Mucoadhesive nanoparticle suspension. "Gatifloxacin showed better bioavailability and sustained action in aqueous humor and corneal tissue from the nanoparticles ..."
"A fluoroquinolone/glucocorticoid combination for the treatment of bacterial keratitis in the form of mucoadhesive nanoparticle suspensions was developed to prolong the release and improve patient compliance."1
"Gatifloxacin/prednisolone loaded nanoparticles were prepared using Eudragit RS 100 and RL 100.....
Laser. Accidental injury. Prolonged view. "... flash from the plasma formed at the focus of a femtosecond laser."
"... a case of macular injury caused by prolonged exposure to a flash from the plasma formed at the focus of a femtosecond laser."1
Researchers from Department of Ophthalmology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; have presented an.....
LASIK. LASEK. "... increases in spherical aberration, with LASIK additionally causing increases in two fourth order HOAs and LASEK additionally causing increases to two fifth order HOAs."
"To compare the change in higher order aberrations (HOAs) after LASIK and laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK)."1
Researchers from the School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland; Cathedral Eye Clinic, Belfast, Northern Ireland; and the Department of Ophthalmology, Mater.....
