Angels and Devils: Dilemmas in Dual-Use Biotechnology.

abstract：:The best long-term prospects for the reduction in the number of deaths due to cancer lie with screening and prevention rather than with therapy of the advanced disease. Screening efficiency will be improved by the identification of individuals at inherited high risk of cancer. Understanding the mechanism of predisposi...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Ponder BA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short, self-assembling peptides form a variety of stable nanostructures used for the rational design of functional devices. Peptides serve as organic templates for conjugating biorecognition elements, and assembling ordered nanoparticle arrays and hybrid supramolecular structures. We are witnessing the emergence of a ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Lakshmanan A,Zhang S,Hauser CA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is still some skepticism in the biological community regarding the value and significance of quantitative computational modeling, important steps are continually being taken to enhance its accessibility and predictive power. We view these developments as essential components of an emerging 'respectful m...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Tsigkinopoulou A,Baker SM,Breitling R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioelectrochemical power-to-gas (BEP2G) is considered a potentially convenient way of storing renewable surplus electricity in the form of methane. In methane-producing bioelectrochemical systems (BESs), carbon dioxide and electrical energy are converted into methane, using electrodes that supply either electrons or h...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Geppert F,Liu D,van Eerten-Jansen M,Weidner E,Buisman C,Ter Heijne A

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:Microbial contamination of polymer surfaces has become a significant challenge in domestic, industrial, and biomedical applications. Recent progress in our understanding of how topographical features of different length scales can be used to effectively and selectively control the attachment and proliferation of diffe...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Nguyen DHK,Bazaka O,Bazaka K,Crawford RJ,Ivanova EP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomaterials have been developed for many biomedical applications, including medical imaging, drug delivery, and antimicrobial coatings. Intriguingly, nanoparticles can display 'enzyme-like' activity and have been explored as alternatives to natural enzymes in several industrial and energy-related applications. Recen...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Cormode DP,Gao L,Koo H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoremediation holds promise for in situ treatment of heavy metal contaminated soils. Recently, the benefits of combining siderophore-producing bacteria (SPB) with plants for metal removal from contaminated soils have been demonstrated. Metal-resistant SPB play an important role in the successful survival and growth...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Rajkumar M,Ae N,Prasad MN,Freitas H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) enable humans to interact with devices by modulating their brain signals. Despite impressive technological advancements, several obstacles remain. The most commonly used BMI control signals are derived from the brain areas involved in primary sensory- or motor-related processing. Howeve...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Min BK,Chavarriaga R,Millán JDR

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Luminescence has assumed an important role in analytical biochemistry and molecular biology as an extremely sensitive method for determining the concentration of specific ions and molecules. The luminescent system of the jellyfish Aequorea victoria consists of the photoprotein aequorin, which contains the molecule coe...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Jones K,Hibbert F,Keenan M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterned regular sieves and filters with comparable molecular dimensions hold great promise as an alternative to conventional polymeric gels and fibrous membranes to improve biomolecule separation. Recent developments of microfabricated nanofluidic sieves and filters have demonstrated superior performance for both an...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Fu J,Mao P,Han J

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:The discovery of targets that are sufficiently robust to yield marketable therapeutics is an enormous challenge. Through the years, several approaches have been used with varying degrees of success. These include target-independent screening of tumor-derived cell lines (disease-dependent), reductionist approaches to i...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Ryan TE,Patterson SD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research infrastructures are essential for top-level academic and industrial research activities. Throughout the successive framework programmes (FPs) of the EU, actions have been gradually developed to support researchers in accessing top-level European research infrastructures located outside their own country and a...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Péro H,Faure JE

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of genetically engineered (GE) foods has been raising several concerns and controversies that divide not only the general public but also the scientific community. The fear and importance of the new technology, as well as commercial interests, have supported many of the ongoing discussions. The recent i...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Batista R,Oliveira MM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels are 3D hydrophilic polymer networks that absorb and hold huge amounts of water. Although hydrogels have traditionally been synthesized using chemical and physical methods, rapid developments in enzyme technology that, like chemical-based methods, enable the formation of stable covalent bonds are fast emergin...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Guebitz GM,Nyanhongo GS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on the state-of-the-art technologies that sequence DNA using miniaturized devices. The article considers the miniaturization of existing technologies for sequencing DNA and the opportunities for cost reduction that 'on-chip' devices can deliver. The ability to construct nano-scale structures and p...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Ryan D,Rahimi M,Lund J,Mehta R,Parviz BA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial exopolysaccharides such as xanthan and dextran have been commercial products for many years; the search for new gelling agents has yielded gellan. Exopolysaccharides have many other novel properties to offer, and the discovery of immune modulation and tumouristasis by beta-D-glucans, and the use of bacterial...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Sutherland IW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enantiomerically pure cyanohydrins are important synthetic intermediates for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. They are produced by enzyme-catalysed synthesis using oxynitrilases. Sufficient quantities of enzyme are available via cheap natural sources and there have been recent advances in overexpression production o...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Griengl H,Schwab H,Fechter M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-natural, functional RNA molecules, such as short interfering (si) RNAs, aptazymes, maxizymes and intramers, allow modulation of gene function at the mRNA or protein level. This review discusses recent advances made in the expression and application of these functional RNAs and illustrates how engineered, intracell...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Famulok M,Verma S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting the future use of biocatalysts for the transformation of organic compounds--both natural substrates and other compounds--needs to take many factors into account. To date, relatively few biotransformations have been developed to the industrial scale, primarily because there has been little economic incentive...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Faber K,Franssen MC

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:In this article, the current status of membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology for wastewater treatment is reviewed. Fundamental facets of the MBR process and membrane and process configurations are outlined and the advantages and disadvantages over conventional suspended growth-based biotreatment are briefly identified....

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Judd S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomics embraces several strategies that aim to quantify cell metabolites in order to increase our understanding of how metabolite levels and interactions influence phenotypes. Metabolic footprinting represents a niche within metabolomics, because it focuses on the analysis of extracellular metabolites. Although ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Mapelli V,Olsson L,Nielsen J

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of implantable immunoisolation devices, in which the tissue is protected from immune rejection by enclosure within a semipermeable membrane or encapsulant, is one approach in the development of cell therapies. However, further research is required in the areas of: tissue supply from primary or cell-culture sou...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Cotton CK

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat is one of the major staple food crops grown worldwide; however, productivity in cereal crops has not kept pace with the world population growth. A significant increase in wheat production (>40% by 2020) is needed simply to keep up with the growing demand. This increase is unlikely to be achieved by conventional ...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Bhalla PL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of biomolecules using microarrays and other biosensors has a significant role in molecular biotechnology, and will become even more important in the future as a versatile tool for research and diagnostics. For many applications, the synthetic DNA mimic peptide nucleic acid (PNA) could be advantageous as a...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Brandt O,Hoheisel JD

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Two of the primary responses in a cell when perturbed are modulation of the dynamics of its constituent gene expression and protein abundance to restore steady-state homeostasis. To obtain a detailed model of the restoration of this balance, it is necessary to examine the kinetics of transcription and translation, thu...

journal_title：Trends in biotechnology

authors： Hughes C,Krijgsveld J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00