Background: There are varieties of purification techniques for separation of human plasma proteins such as salting out, ion exchange chromatography, and ethanol fractionation. There are limitations for each method, for example in salting out method, the salt has to be removed in an additional step. Ion exchange chromatography is difficult for scaling up, and plasma fractionation is a time consu...

Olfactory responses are intensely enhanced with the addition of endogenous and engineered primarily-elemental small zinc nanoparticles (NPs). With aging, oxidation of these Zn nanoparticles eliminated the observed enhancement. The design of a polyethylene glycol coating to meet storage requirements of engineered zinc nanoparticles is evaluated to achieve maximal olfactory benefit. The zinc nano...

In the present work, metakaolin-based geopolymer including different polymer admixtures was studied. Different types of commercial polymer admixtures VINNAPAS® and polyethylene glycol of different relative molecular weight were used as polymer admixtures. The main objective of this work is to investigate the influence of different types of admixtures on the properties of metakaolin-based geopol...

Tuberculosis of the eye appears in many different forms, in all grades of severity, and at all ages. The pathological changes in the ocular structures may be due to the presence of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis or to the effects of hypersensitivity of some part of the eye to tuberculoprotein, as the result of a previous tuberculous infection in the body, often in the lymphatic glands, or lungs...

The strong optical scattering of skin tissue makes it very difficult for optical coherence tomography (OCT) to achieve deep imaging in skin. Significant optical clearing of in vivo rat skin sites was achieved within 15 min by topical application of an optical clearing agent PEG-400, a chemical enhancer (thiazone or propanediol), and physical massage. Only when all three components were applied ...

The observation that oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG)-terminated monolayers remained highly protein-resistant for a month at 37 degrees C in PBS buffer while they degraded faster in air can be rationalized by a proposed mechanism formulated from a model study using the first internal hydroperoxide of OEG.

Tri(ethylene glycol) derived, low molecular-weight dendrons with various amine end groups were synthesized and characterized for their properties of binding and self-assembling with RNA using the Candida ribozyme as a model RNA molecule. These dendritic compounds form stable complexes and well-defined nanoscale particles with RNA molecules via electrostatic interactions and self-assembly proces...

in this study canthaxanthin was produced by dietzia natronolimnaea hs1 and used for incorporation in niosomes after extraction. effect of rotational speed of rotary vacuum evaporator flask (100 and 150 rpm), canthaxanthin concentration (0, 1 and 2 microgram/ milliliter), concentration of poly ethylene glycol 400 (0, 0.1 and 0.2 %), surfactant type (tween 60 and 80, span 60 and 80) and surfactan...

We present a simple, direct soft lithographic method to fabricate poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) microstructures for protein and cell patterning. This lithographic method involves a molding process in which a uniform PEG film is molded with a patterned polydimethylsiloxane stamp by means of capillary force. The patterned surfaces created by this method provide excellent resistance towards non-spec...

1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 2 Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon, 3 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UR178, Franceville, Gabon, 4 School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, 5 Institut ...