Abstract Background Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is a promising sustainable future energy source with renewable and abundant substrate. MFC critical drawbacks are anode surface area limitations electrochemical loss. Recent studies recommend thick biofilm growth due to the synergetic effect between microbial communities. Engineering prospect of MFC. In this study, electrode jacket dish (...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to compare 111In- or 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab Fab fragments for imaging small or large s.c. tumor xenografts in athymic mice that display a wide range of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) expression using microSPECT/CT or microPET/CT. METHODS Trastuzumab Fab were labeled with 111In or 64Cu by conjugation to 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane N, N', N'', N''...

BACKGROUND The platelet collagen receptor glycoprotein (GP) VI is suggested to exist as a dimer on the platelet surface, but no direct proof of the functional importance of dimer formation has been provided. OBJECTIVES To obtain direct evidence for GPVI dimers on the platelet membrane and their functional importance, Fab antibodies were developed that bind to GPVI dimer (GPVI-Fc2) but not to ...

Expression of the genes Ubx, abd-A, and Abd-B of the bithorax complex depends on its cis-regulatory region, which is divided into discrete functional domains (iab). Boundary/insulator elements, named Mcp, Fab-6, Fab-7 and Fab-8 (PTS/F8), have been identified at the borders of the iab domains. Recently, binding sites for a Drosophila homolog of the vertebrate insulator protein CTCF have been ide...

The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) has been proposed as a diagnostic tool for patients with frontal lobe syndrome. Objectives To present the Brazilian version of the FAB and to show preliminary data on the performance of healthy elderly in the battery, correlating with age, education and scores in the Mini- Mental State Examination (MMSE). Methods Forty-eight healthy elderly individuals (...

To evaluate a method for preventing the nephrotoxicity caused by the high renal accumulation of radiolabeled or toxin-conjugated small immunoproteins used for cancer therapy, we conjugated humanized anti-Tac Fab fragments with various numbers of glycolate molecules [glycolated Fab fragments (glyco-Fabs)] and separated the conjugates by means of ion-exchange columns into three fractions, dependi...

The fading affect bias (FAB) is a robust phenomenon where unpleasant fades faster than pleasant affect. FAB believed to be coping mechanism designed make life appear in the face of hardships and adversities. persists across several cultures many event types (e.g., alcohol, religious, death), even though low has been demonstrated for social media events, videogame events labeled as but not spiri...

BACKGROUND Assessment of frontal lobe impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a matter of great importance, since it often causes ALS patients to decrease medication and nursing compliance, thus shortening their survival time. METHODS The frontal assessment battery (FAB) is a short and rapid method for assessing frontal executive functions. We investigated the applicability of th...

Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. Intensive therapeutic intervention does not prolong the overall disease-free survival rate for this tumor. NB tumor, but not normal tissues, overexpress the disialoganglioside (GD(2)) at the cell surface. Anti-GD(2) whole antibodies (aGD(2)) or their corresponding Fab' fragments were covalently coupled to Stealth immuno...