Noninvasive imaging of protein-protein interactions in living organisms.

abstract：:Bovine mastitis, the most significant disease of dairy herds, has huge effects on farm economics due to reduction in milk production and treatment costs. Traditionally, methods of detection have included estimation of somatic cell counts, an indication of inflammation, measurement of biomarkers associated with the ons...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Viguier C,Arora S,Gilmartin N,Welbeck K,O'Kennedy R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine natural products (NP) are unanimously acknowledged as the 'blue gold' in the urgent quest for new pharmaceuticals. Although corals are among the marine organisms with the greatest diversity of secondary metabolites, growing evidence suggest that their symbiotic bacteria produce most of these bioactive metabolit...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Leal MC,Calado R,Sheridan C,Alimonti A,Osinga R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes synthetic chromosome construction in plants and speculates on how they might be applied to various uses in the future, as well as the possible impact for synthetic biology. The procedures to construct foundational platforms for synthetic chromosomes in plants are described, together with some ch...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Birchler JA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, biotechnology design has focused on the manufacture of chemicals and biologics. Still, a majority of biotechnology products that appear on the market today is the result of mechanical-electric (mechatronic) construction. For these, the biological components play decisive roles in the design solution; th...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Mandenius CF,Björkman M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many aims associated with the optimization of fermentation processes. Optimization is expected to increase the yield of the final product but the process must be compliant with good manufacturing practices, the available equipment and the expected final scale of operation. Dealing with genetically modified m...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Thiry M,Cingolani D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes are present at every crime scene and have been used as physical evidence for over a century. Advances in DNA sequencing and computational approaches have led to recent breakthroughs in the use of microbiome approaches for forensic science, particularly in the areas of estimating postmortem intervals (PMIs), l...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Metcalf JL,Xu ZZ,Bouslimani A,Dorrestein P,Carter DO,Knight R

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feedstocks that deserve serious consideration for fuels and chemicals are sugarcane, corn, trees and algae. Commercialization of biomass refining is imminent but the wild claims of those who think that bioenergy can replace much of our dependence on foreign oil are appalling. It is naive to view biomass as the panacea...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Bungay HR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineered tissues need a vascular network to supply cells with nutrients and oxygen after implantation. A network that can connect to the vasculature of the patient after implantation can be included during in vitro culture. For optimal integration, this network needs to be highly organized, including venules, capill...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Rouwkema J,Khademhosseini A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many organisms have the ability to form spores, a remarkable phase in their life cycles. Compared with vegetative cells, spores have several advantages (e.g. resistance to toxic compounds, temperature, desiccation and radiation) making them well suited to various applications. The applications of spores that first spr...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Wolken WA,Tramper J,van der Werf MJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioeconomy concept is proliferating globally. However, the enabling roles of biotechnology may be getting sidelined in the strategies of some countries. A goal for engineering biology is alignment with the engineering design cycle to enable more rapid commercialization. This paper considers several policy options ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Kitney R,Adeogun M,Fujishima Y,Goñi-Moreno Á,Johnson R,Maxon M,Steedman S,Ward S,Winickoff D,Philp J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global movement of people and goods has increased the risk of biosecurity threats and their potential to incur large economic, social, and environmental costs. Conventional manual biosecurity surveillance methods are limited by their scalability in space and time. This article focuses on autonomous surveillance sy...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Jurdak R,Elfes A,Kusy B,Tews A,Hu W,Hernandez E,Kottege N,Sikka P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfluidic devices offer automation and high-throughput screening, and operate at low volumes of consumables. Although microfluidics has the potential to reduce turnaround times and costs for analytical devices, particularly in medical, veterinary, and environmental sciences, this enabling technology has had limited...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Volpatti LR,Yetisen AK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with the great strides that have been made towards understanding cancer, has come a realization of the complexity of molecular events that lead to malignancy. Proteomics-based approaches, which enable the quantitative investigation of both cellular protein expression levels and protein-protein interactions invol...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Simpson RJ,Dorow DS

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques such as positron-emission tomography, single-photon-emission computed tomography, functional magnetic-resonance imaging and magnetoencephalography permit the observation of biological processes in the brain in a noninvasive manner. They have yielded new insights into the biological interrelations of sensory...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Müller-Gärtner HW

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic and commercial success of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has inspired innovative approaches aimed at increasing their potency and broadening their applicability. Among these, cocktails of recombinant human mAbs are a logical next step because they combine the technological advances made in the field of a...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Logtenberg T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promising recognition characteristics exhibited by biomolecules have caused significant interest in biomolecule-based sensor strategies. Here we review several emerging biosensor designs that use modulated electron or energy transfer to a bio-specific ligand as the signaling mechanism. The efficiencies of both ele...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Fan C,Plaxco KW,Heeger AJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravital imaging enables to study dynamic tumour-stroma interactions within primary and metastatic sites, including the lung. The combination of optical windows with specific molecular probes targeting the tumour microenvironment will provide new insights into prometastatic stromal interactions and lead to novel the...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Kitamura T,Pollard JW,Vendrell M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular imaging permits non-invasive visualization and measurement of molecular and cell biology in living subjects, thereby complementing conventional anatomical imaging. Herein, we review the emerging application of molecular imaging for the study of musculoskeletal biology. Utilizing mainly bioluminescence and fl...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Reumann MK,Weiser MC,Mayer-Kuckuk P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome engineering is crucial for answering fundamental questions about, and exploring practical applications of, microorganisms. Various microbial genome-engineering tools, including CRISPR/Cas-enhanced homologous recombination (HR), have been developed, with ever-improving simplicity, efficiency, and applicability. ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Wang Y,Liu Y,Zheng P,Sun J,Wang M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of studying dynamic three-dimensional samples has a long history in biological research. Recent advances in hardware and software have made it easier to visualise and record interior detail from multiple focal planes of three-dimensional samples as they change over time (four-dimensional imaging). Once cap...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Thomas CF,White JG

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial genomics has provided a plethora of potential targets for antibacterial drug discovery, however, success in the hunt for new antibiotics will hinge on selecting targets with the highest potential. A recent paper by Liu and coworkers describes a new approach to target selection that uncovers strategies used b...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Brown ED

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porous microcarriers are new support materials with important advantages in both industrial cell-culture processes and the culture of cells of medical importance. Porous microcarriers are now commercially available with internal architecture and surface chemistry suitable for culture of both anchorage-dependent and an...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Cahn F

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the demands in the production of microalgae at a technical scale cannot presently be met by state-of-the-art cultivation technologies based on suspensions. Immobilized cultivation using porous substrate bioreactors (PSBRs) is characterized by a reduction of liquid reaction volumes by several orders of magnitud...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Podola B,Li T,Melkonian M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the ultimate aim to construct a living cell, bottom-up synthetic biology strives to reconstitute cellular phenomena in vitro - disentangled from the complex environment of a cell. Recent work towards this ambitious goal has provided new insights into the mechanisms governing life. With the fast-growing library of...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Göpfrich K,Platzman I,Spatz JP

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the general properties of optical imaging in three-dimensional object domains from an information-theoretic standpoint, expressing system performance in terms of imaging mutual information (IMI). We use IMI to characterize volume holographic imaging, a new optical imaging method with depth discrimination ca...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Barbastathis G,Sinha A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques to enable direct communication between the brain and computers/machines, such as the brain-computer interface (BCI) or the brain-machine interface (BMI), are gaining momentum in the neuroscientific realm, with potential applications ranging from medicine to general consumer electronics. Noninvasive BCI tech...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Min BK,Marzelli MJ,Yoo SS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite considerable progress in the development of cell culture techniques, including the development of the serum- and protein-free media that now routinely support hybridoma and mammalian cell growth, fetal bovine serum (FBS) supplemented media are still commonly used: a practice that raises ethical, scientific and...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Even MS,Sandusky CB,Barnard ND

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated biorefineries have the potential to contribute towards sustainable production of transportation fuels, energy, and chemicals. However, because there are currently no commercial biorefining plants in operation, it is not clear how sustainable they really are. This paper sets out to examine key issues associa...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Azapagic A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its invention at the beginning of the 1990s, antibody phage display has revolutionized the generation of monoclonal antibodies and their engineering. It is now possible to create antibodies binding to any chosen target antigen without the use of laboratory animals or hybridomas, in a system that completely by-pa...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Hoogenboom HR

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases are of major socioeconomic importance and represent an enormous challenge for the scientific and medical communities. Advances in molecular genetics during the past decade have begun to provide approaches for the establishment of animal models for these disorders using transgenic technology....

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Theuring F,Thunecke M,Kosciessa U,Turner JD

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00