Generating recombinant antibodies to the complete human proteome.

abstract：:In Europe the commercialization of food derived from genetically modified plants has been slow because of the complex regulatory process and the concerns of consumers. Risk assessment is focused on potential adverse effects on humans and the environment, which could result from unintended effects of genetic modificati...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Rischer H,Oksman-Caldentey KM

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) are novel DNA mimics in which the sugar-phosphate backbone has been replaced with a backbone based on amino acids. PNAs exhibit sequence-specific binding to DNA and RNA with higher affinities and specificities than unmodified DNA. They are resistant to nuclease and protease attack in serum...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Buchardt O,Egholm M,Berg RH,Nielsen PE

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective delivery of lethal levels of drugs to tumors, without concomitant damage to normal tissues, is a major challenge in cancer chemotherapy. Prodrugs used in conjunction with enzyme-monoclonal antibody conjugates that can target tumors and convert prodrugs to their active drug forms in situ, offer exceptional pr...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Huennekens FM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although microorganisms have long been known as producers of edible oils, opportunities for their biotechnological exploitation are limited to the highest-value commodities. A recent attempt to develop a yeast oil cocoa-butter equivalent has not succeeded, not because of the inability to produce the correct formulatio...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Ratledge C

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wearable sensors have garnered considerable recent interest owing to their tremendous promise for a plethora of applications. Yet the absence of reliable non-invasive chemical sensors has greatly hindered progress in the area of on-body sensing. Electrochemical sensors offer considerable promise as wearable chemical s...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Bandodkar AJ,Wang J

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:The current productivity crisis in drug discovery has prompted the pharmaceutical industry to decentralize R&D, which is now more responsive, more flexible and better connected to research in academia and biotechnology firms. Organizational changes are also under way in academia. Universities are expanding their techn...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： West W,Nightingale P

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:High-throughput genetic screens interfering with gene expression are invaluable tools to identify gene function and phenotype-to-genotype interactions. Implementing such screens in the laboratory is challenging, and the choice between currently available technologies based on RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9 (CRISPR-associated pr...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Schuster A,Erasimus H,Fritah S,Nazarov PV,van Dyck E,Niclou SP,Golebiewska A

更新日期：2019-01-01 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

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：:Room temperature ionic liquids are non-volatile, thermally stable and highly polar; they are also moderately hydrophilic solvents. Here, we discuss their use as reaction media for biocatalysis. Enzymes of widely diverging types are catalytically active in ionic liquids or aqueous biphasic ionic liquid systems. Lipases...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： van Rantwijk F,Madeira Lau R,Sheldon RA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low production cost is a key factor driving the development of plants and plant tissue cultures for the synthesis of therapeutic and other foreign proteins. Because product yield and concentration exert a major influence on process economics, improving foreign protein accumulation is crucial for enhancing the commerci...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Doran PM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bacteria and fungi produce natural products that are toxic to other microorganisms and have a variety of physiological effects in animals. Recent studies have revealed that, in several cases, the targets of these agents are components of conserved signal-transduction cascades. This article looks at the mechanisms...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Cardenas ME,Sanfridson A,Cutler NS,Heitman J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-mediated manipulation of genomic information is becoming more versatile by combining nuclease-deficient CRISPR systems with a wide variety of effectors including base-editing deaminases, transcriptional regulators, and epigenetic modifiers. The program...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Mitsunobu H,Teramoto J,Nishida K,Kondo A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discussions on research quality and reproducibility are appearing in the pages of scientific journals with heightened significance and gaining media attention. Many institutions have developed guidelines to address the topic of quality in basic research, but questions remain about how best to implement and monitor com...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Riedl DH,Dunn MK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Platelet-derived products (PDPs) have gained popularity, mainly due to their high concentrations of bioactive molecules such as growth factors and cytokines, which play important roles in tissue healing and regeneration. PDPs are obtained through minimally invasive procedures and their therapeutic effect has been wide...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Soares CS,Babo PS,Reis RL,Carvalho PP,Gomes ME

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure is a thermodynamic parameter whose unique effects on biological systems are increasingly being studied in a growing number of scientific fields. As such, the effects of high pressure are currently being investigated at different levels, ranging from proteins, enzymes and viruses to microorganisms, mammalian c...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Aertsen A,Meersman F,Hendrickx ME,Vogel RF,Michiels CW

更新日期：2009-07-01 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 spatial distribution of molecules and cells is fundamental to understanding biological systems. Traditionally, microscopies based on electromagnetic waves such as visible light have been used to localize cellular components by direct visualization. However, these techniques suffer from limitations of transmissibil...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Boulgakov AA,Ellington AD,Marcotte EM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriorhodopsin (BR) is the photoactive proton pump found in the purple membrane of the salt marsh archaeon Halobacterium salinarum. Evolution has optimized this protein for high photochemical efficiency, thermal stability and cyclicity, as the organism must be able to function in a hot, stagnant and resource-limite...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Wise KJ,Gillespie NB,Stuart JA,Krebs MP,Birge RR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell differentiation is regulated by the complex interplay of multiple parameters, including adhesive intercellular interactions, cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix remodeling, and gradients of agonists and antagonists that individually and collectively vary as a function of spatial locale and temporal stages ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Kinney MA,McDevitt TC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mapping of the human genome was completed earlier this year and efforts are underway to understand the role of gene products (i.e. proteins) in biological pathways and human disease and to exploit their functional roles to derive protein therapeutics and protein-based drugs. A key component to the next revolution ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Maggio ET,Ramnarayan K

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Despite the recognized potential of viral vectors for gene therapy, growing biological concerns are prompting the exploration of safer, non-viral vectors to deliver therapeutic nucleic acids. In this context, recombinant proteins can be bioproduced on a large scale, without the need for further in vitro modifications,...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Arís A,Villaverde A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease resulting from the destruction of pancreatic insulin-producing beta cells that most frequently occurs in genetically predisposed children. Recent observations illustrating the regenerative capability of the endocrine pancreas in addition to advances in stem cell and gene ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Pasquali L,Fan Y,Trucco M,Ringquist S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA and RNA molecules can be detected as they are driven through a nanopore by an applied electric field at rates ranging from several hundred microseconds to a few milliseconds per molecule. The nanopore can rapidly discriminate between pyrimidine and purine segments along a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule. Nan...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Deamer DW,Akeson M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A switch from a petroleum-based to a biobased economy requires the capacity to produce both high-value low-volume and low-value high-volume products. Recent evidence supports the development of microalgae-based microbial cell factories with the objective of establishing environmentally sustainable manufacturing soluti...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Butler T,Kapoore RV,Vaidyanathan S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00