Reconstituted viral envelopes--'Trojan horses' for drug delivery and gene therapy?

abstract：:The extensive use of chemical insecticides for insect pest management has resulted in insecticide resistance now being recorded in >500 species of insects and mites. Although gut-active toxins such as those derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been successfully used for insect pest management, a diverse range...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Bonning BC,Chougule NP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the wake of public distrust regarding biotechnology, it has been suggested that the debate should be moved "upstream", whereby the public help to set research priorities. Although many scientists see this as an illogical reaction to a loss of faith in science, we argue that the boundaries between science and its te...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Davies KG,Wolf-Phillips J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, entrapment of cells within spheres of Ca2+ alginate has become the most widely used technique for immobilizing living cells. This versatile method includes applications ranging from immobilization of living or dead cells in bioreactors, immobilization of plant protoplasts for micropropagation and immo...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Smidsrød O,Skjåk-Braek G

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for techniques that ensure antibiotic removal in anaerobic digesters for robust methane production. In this article, we discuss recent strategies for enhanced antibiotic removal from swine wastewater and offer insights on anaerobic digestion (AD) process design for improved antibiotic removal. ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Zhou Q,Li X,Wu S,Zhong Y,Yang C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts through somatic cell nuclear transfer to expand wild populations that have shrunk to critical numbers is a logical extension of the successful cloning of mammals. However, although the first mammal was cloned 10 years ago, nuclear reprogramming remains phenomenological, with abnormal gene expression and epige...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Loi P,Galli C,Ptak G

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Atherosclerosis and heart disease are still the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The lack of suitable autologous grafts has produced a need for artificial grafts but the patency of such grafts is limited compared to natural materials. Tissue engineering, whereby living tissue replacements can be co...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Sales KM,Salacinski HJ,Alobaid N,Mikhail M,Balakrishnan V,Seifalian AM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex environment in the bladder weakens the efficacy of intravesical therapy. Hydrogel-based drug delivery systems are poised to revolutionize the delivery of therapeutic agents to bladder lesion sites. This forum article highlights the prospective applications of hydrogels as drug reservoirs in treating chroni...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Qiu H,Guo H,Li D,Hou Y,Kuang T,Ding J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, several groups have published data on the shear sensitivity of suspended animal cells and the protective effect of certain polymers. These findings did not, at the time, seem to have great practical application because shear sensitivity did not cause great problems for large-scale applications in sparged and...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： van der Pol L,Tramper J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a medicinal 'biotech revolution' has been widely accepted and promoted by academics, consultants, industry and government. This has generated expectations about significant improvements in the drug discovery process, healthcare and economic development that influence a considerable amount of policy-ma...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Nightingale P,Martin P

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent publication by Michael Longaker and colleagues represents a landmark for the use of adipose tissue as a source of cells for tissue regeneration. The authors investigated the ability of adipose tissue-derived cells (ADCs) to regenerate critical size calvarial (superior portion of the skull) defects in mice by ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Strem BM,Hedrick MH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal cancers rank second in overall cancer-related deaths. Carotenoids, sulfated polysaccharides, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from microalgae exhibit cancer chemopreventive features at different stages of carcinogenesis. For instance, sulfated polysaccharides bear a prophylactic potential via b...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Amaro HM,Barros R,Guedes AC,Sousa-Pinto I,Malcata FX

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorption in stable expanded beds enables proteins to be recovered directly from particulate-containing feedstocks, such as fermentation broths and preparations of disrupted cells, without the need for prior removal of the suspended solids, which would normally result in the blockage of packed beds. The adoption of t...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Chase HA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creating a magic bullet that can selectively kill cancer cells while sparing nearby healthy cells remains one of the most ambitious objectives in pharmacology. Nanomedicine, which relies on the use of nanotechnologies to fight disease, was envisaged to fulfill this coveted goal. Despite substantial progress, the struc...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Lussier F,Staufer O,Platzman I,Spatz JP

更新日期：2020-09-07 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：:The drive for industrial sustainability has pushed biosurfactants to the top of the agenda of many companies. Biosurfactants offer the possibility of replacing chemical surfactants, produced from nonrenewable resources, with alternatives produced from cheap renewable feedstocks. Biosurfactants are also attractive beca...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Marchant R,Banat IM

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breath-based metabolomics (breathomics) is an exciting developing area of biotechnology that centers on the capture, identification, and quantification of volatile organic compound (VOC) patterns in human breath and their utilization as tools in the diagnosis of a broad spectrum of medical problems. With the age of pe...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Rattray NJ,Hamrang Z,Trivedi DK,Goodacre R,Fowler SJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with the development of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology tools, various microbes are being used to produce aromatic chemicals. In microbes, aromatics are mainly produced via a common important precursor, chorismate, in the shikimate pathway. Natural or non-natural aromatics have been produced by engin...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Noda S,Kondo A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) account for 25% of global biotechnology patents. To understand the current and future landscape of the domain, it is important to better understand the capacity of these contributors. Here, we consider the thematic priorities, strategies, and key players...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Streltsova E,Linton JD

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Higher fungi with greater than 70000 species are regarded as a rich source of various natural compounds including terpenoids, the production of which represents a wide range of interest in pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. This review summarizes the current knowledge of terpenoids synthesized by higher fungi, ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Xiao H,Zhong JJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascularisation is key to developing large transplantable tissue constructs capable of providing therapeutic benefits. The vascularised tissue engineering chamber originates from surgical concepts in tissue prefabrication and microsurgery. It serves as an in vivo bioreactor in the form of a closed, protected space sur...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Yap KK,Yeoh GC,Morrison WA,Mitchell GM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of the human genome sequence has enabled the exploration and exploitation of the human genome and proteome to begin. Research has now focussed on the annotation of the genome and in particular of the proteome. With expert annotation extracted from the literature by biologists as the foundation, it has...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： O'Donovan C,Apweiler R,Bairoch A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have been shown to effectively downregulate gene expression in human cells, giving them potential to eradicate disease. Prospects for clinical applications are discussed in this review, along with an overview of recent history and our current understanding of siRNAs used for therapeutic...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Lares MR,Rossi JJ,Ouellet DL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life science in the 21st century is developing rapidly through the structural analysis of biomolecules, the completion of the human genome sequence and the analysis of transcriptomes. The mouse transcriptome has been comprehensively analyzed using a gene discovery approach to collect full-length cDNA (FL-cDNA) clones....

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Hayashizaki Y,Kanamori M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophobic charge induction chromatography using 4-mercapto-ethyl-pyridine as the ligand is an effective method for the separation of antibodies from a variety of feedstocks. Antibodies are adsorbed in physiological conditions without preliminary concentration. Desorption occurs when the pH is lowered, thus inducing ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Boschetti E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we discuss recent advances in the development of artificial red blood cell (RBC) substitutes, illustrating lessons learned from initial attempts using perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsions and acellular hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs). We also highlight novel oxygen-containing microparticles, nanoparticles, a...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Tao Z,Ghoroghchian PP

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006, the group of Dr C.M. Lieber pioneered the field of nanowire sensors by fabricating devices for the ultra-sensitive label-free detection of biological macromolecules. Since then, nanowire sensors have demonstrated their ability to detect cancer-associated analytes in peripheral blood, tumor tissue, and the exh...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Doucey MA,Carrara S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opinions on what synthetic biology actually is range from a natural extension of genetic engineering to a new manufacturing paradigm. It offers, for the first time in the life sciences, rational design and engineering standardisation. It could address problems across a broad spectrum of human concerns, including energ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Philp JC,Ritchie RJ,Allan JE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centromeres are a conundrum; although many proteins associated with centomeres are conserved from yeast to humans, the underlying DNA sequence is not. A proposed solution to this problem is that an epigenetic, largely heterochromatic, state be imposed by these proteins. Recent analysis of a human neocentromere and the...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Cooke HJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00