CSIC researchers develop more effective bioelectrodes for future medical treatments

Study concludes that bioelectrodes with nanocolumns perform better than traditional ones

02-Mar-2022 - The human body uses electricity to emit signals and nerve pulses and, therefore, the application of techniques based on improving this interaction has become of interest in the search for new therapeutic and diagnostic tools for various types of diseases. Thus, bioelectrode techniques have become ...

Impaling bacteria

31-Oct-2019 - Nano columns on the surfaces of implants prevent bacteria from reproducing there. They are grown by a team of material scientists. Thousands of patients are forced to undergo surgery and antibiotic therapy because their implants were colonised by germs. A team of medicine and material scientists ...

Combining metalens with an artificial muscle

27-Feb-2018 - Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens, that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye. The adaptive metalens simultaneously controls for three of the major ...

Flexible supercapacitor raises bar for volumetric energy density

Could be woven into clothes to power wearable medical, communications devices

13-May-2014 - Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small electronics. The device is a supercapacitor—a cousin to the battery. This one packs an interconnected ...

Tosoh Bioscience celebrates its 20th Anniversary

29-Sep-2009 - 20 years ago, on July 20, 1989, TosoHaas opened the doors to the Biopharmaceutical industry. Starting out with a team of five employees, TosoHaas, over time, developed into a profitable business with constant growth. In the start TosoHaas focused on promoting the nowadays well known TSK-GEL SW ...

American Peptide Company Announces Expansion of Its GMP Manufacturing Facility

Company expands capacity to accommodate large scale peptide production for growing customer base

29-Jan-2009 - American Peptide Company, Inc. announced the expansion of its state-of-the-art GMP peptide manufacturing facility in Vista, California. The facility expansion will increase the company’s large-scale peptide production capacity as well as enable it to continue to provide high quality peptides to ...

SAFC Completes Construction of Major New Protein Purification Facility

27-Apr-2007 - SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has announced the construction completion of two major new protein API facilities at its St. Louis, Missouri manufacturing campus. A new Biologics manufacturing facility consists of a 25,000 sq. ft. cGMP purification and manufacturing suite for ...

Dionex Announces the Process Analytics Center of Excellence with a Focus on Biotech Process Monitoring

10-Jun-2005 - Dionex Corporation has expanded its emphasis on process monitoring with the creation of the Process Analytics Center of Excellence to realize the advantages of on-line liquid chromatography (LC) analyzers. On-line LC analyzers enable the most widely used analytical technique in the pharmaceutical ...

Dynal Biotech: Magnetic Bead Chromatography: No Columns Required

07-Jun-2005 - Dynal Biotech, a subsidiary of Invitrogen Corporation announced the release of the first two products in its new proteomic preparation range - weak cation exchange (WCX) Dynabeads(r) and reversed phase chromatography (RPC) Dynabeads(r). These novel beads are an excellent alternative to ...

Sales Partnership for the Nordic Countries NovaSep / France - Sequant AB / Sweden

04-Nov-2003 - The rather intense development of both analytical and preparative chromatography in Sweden - Norway - Denmark and Finland and in particular in the Pharmaceutical industry has resulted in a sales partnership between NovaSep S.A / France and Sequant AB / Sweden with the aim of provding a local ...