Bartolomeo Lofano1, Giuseppe Bianco2, Andrea Roberto Luongo3, Eugenio Pedulla4, Antonio Scarano5 and Calogero Bugea6* Author Affiliations 1Private Practice Conversano (BA), Italy 2Private Rome, 3Private Bari, 4Department of General Surgery Surgical-Medical Specialties, University Catania - Catania, 5Department Oral Science, Nano Biotechnology CeSi-Met Chieti-Pescara, 6Private Lecce, Received: M...

Engineered protein pores have several potential applications in biotechnology: as sensor elements in stochastic detection and ultrarapid DNA sequencing, as nanoreactors to observe single-molecule chemistry, and in the construction of nano- and micro-devices. One important class of pores contains molecular adapters, which provide internal binding sites for small molecules. Mutants of the alpha-h...

Partitioning of organic solutes between water and polyamide layer of RO and NF membranes: Correlation to rejection Adi Ben-David a, Sarit Bason a, Juergen Jopp b, Yoram Oren a, Viatcheslav Freger a,c,∗ a Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research and Unit of Environmental Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 635, Beer-Sheva 84105, Isr...

In this study, nano- and microscale fibrillar and tubular structures formed by mixing two aromatic peptides known to self-assemble separately, (diphenylalanine and di-D-2-napthylalanine) have been investigated. The morphology, mechanical strength and thermal stability of the tubular structures formed have been studied. The tubes are shown to consist of both peptides with some degree of nanoscal...

Proteins are ubiquitous biopolymers that adopt distinct three-dimensional structures and fulfil a multitude of elementary functions in organisms. Recent systematic studies in molecular biology and biotechnology have improved the understanding of basic functional and architectural principles of proteins, making them attractive candidates as concept generators for technological development in mat...

Recent progress in understanding the molecular structures and mechanisms of action of proton pumps has paved the way to their novel applications in biotechnology. Proton pumps, bacteriorhodopsin and ATP synthases in particular, are capable of continuous, renewable conversion of light to chemical, mechanical or electrical energy, which can be used in macro- or nano-scale devices. The capability ...

Biomolecular engineering is an emerging field of academic research and industrial practice having the goal of engineering value-added biomolecules and biomolecular processes for applications in medical, chemical, agricultural, and food industries. This new subject is very broad and highly interdisciplinary, including, but is not limited to, protein engineering, metabolic engineering, bioinforma...

This article provides a brief review of the �eld of electroporation and introduces a new microdevice that facilitates studies to test theories, gain understanding, and control this important biomedical technology. Electroporation, a bio-electrochemical process whose fundamentals are not yet understood, is a means of permeating the cell membrane by applying a voltage across the cell and forming ...

1Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany 2Laboratório de Reatividade Cardiovascular (LRC), Núcleo de Sı́ndromeMetabólica, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil 3National Institute of Science and Technology in Nano-Biopharmaceutics (N-BIOFAR), Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Centro de Biociências (CB), Universidade Federal de Pernam...