Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper
...ons. The team of researchers has already filed a patent protecting the invention. They are now working on ways to boost the efficiency of the batteries and supercapacitors, and investigating different manufacturing techniques. "Energy storage is an area that can be addressed by nanomanufacturing technol...OHSU turns mouse into factory for human liver cells
...d for Grompe's discovery is high. OHSU has filed a patent application on the technology and, in cooperation with Grompe, has spun it off into a Portland-based start-up company named Yecuris through the university's Springboard Program. "Yecuris is a viable start-up company based on significant development...New strategy for treating allergic disorders
... founding in 2006, ActoGeniX acquired the complete patent portfolio concerning this technology from VIB and Ghent University. ActoGeniX is now using this technology to develop a series of safe, effective medicines in a broad spectrum of disease areas. Questions Given that this research can raise a lot o...Study points to new way to predict death risk from torn aorta
... as compared to the false lumen in patients with a patent or completely thrombosed false lumen. Tsai also...spective clinical data from 114 patients who had a patent false lumen when they were admitted to an IRAD hospital, 68 patients who had a partially thrombosed ...Jefferson scientist's patent dramatically improves
...the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson has shared a patent on what may someday be a ubiquitous tool in DNA an...ter way of doing it. According to Dr. Brody, the patent hinges on the pairs finding, through trial and error, that the compound lithium boric acid in DNA el...Universal flu vaccine being tested on humans
...en exclusively licensed rights to VIBs flu vaccine patent portfolio and has entered into a collaboration with VIB for further development work. At the moment, Phase I clinical trials on humans are underway - that is, the candidate vaccine is being administered to a small group of healthy people in order to ...New way to target and kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria found
... Center. Redinbo and his colleagues have filed a patent and formed a small company to further develop the technology.......traception. In the meantime, the scientists have a patent on an assay that can be used to analyze MIF levels to help determine whether a man will have problems conceiving. About 15 percent of couples attempting to get pregnant for the first time have problems conceiving. About 40 percent of infertility prob...UCR biologists unravel the genetic secrets of black widow spider silk
...Office of Technology Commercialization has filed a patent application on the gene sequences. There are currently no products on the market based on the dragline silk of spiders. Theres nothing quite as good yet as natural dragline silk, but we should get a lot closer now that we have the full genetic reci...Generic biologic drugs unlikely to offer significant savings
...ucts, several of which are scheduled to lose their patent protection this year. "Congress and the FDA are currently addressing this issue and developing a process for the oversight of generic biologics, partially in hopes of generating significant cost savings for consumers and insurers," said Kevin Schul...Double honor recognises world-class science and spin-out success
...as: formulation support, rapid problem-solving and patent and litigation support. It also has its own in-house research programme, with work regularly published in peer-reviewed journals. Products that have benefited from the companys innovative research approaches include novel vaccine formulations, medi...UC researchers shatter world records with length of latest carbon nanotube arrays
...ring for industrial application. Third, we filed a patent application on the inventions at the US Patent and Trademark Office and, fourth, we were invited to participate in a very prestigious workshop (invitation-only) organized by NASA and Rice University, where we presented our latest results. The worksho...Researchers develop technique for bacteria crowd control
...rial samples, and separation sicken/live cells. A patent for the device is currently pending. "Using this method, our research succeeded in dramatically increasing the concentration of microorganisms in tiny fluid drops and films. Unlike traditional centrifuging techniques, the new approach allows select...Pump design could give new hope to heart patients
...h both sides of the heart, and is the subject of a patent application. "The counter-flow pump is a bi-ventricular assist device (BVAD), meaning it supports both the left and right sides of the heart simultaneously," he said."But what's so groundbreaking is that it is the first device to combine the function...Tyler Prize Lecture April 19 at USC
... make it universally availableby foregoing his own patent rights. WHEN: Thursday, April 19 at 2 p.m. WHERE: Davidson Conference Center, corner of Jefferson and Figueroa. Entercampus through Gate 4 on Jefferson Boulevard. Parking is free with validpress credential....India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
...e next few years as several blockbuster drugs lose patent protection. Indian companies appear well position... Indian population, enabled by domestic talent and patent laws that protected processes but not products, the paper says. Revisions to Indias intellectual p...'Combination' Lyme disease vaccine proteins patented
...o other non-pathogenic families of Borrelia. The patent covers the development of the chimeric proteins themselves, the nucleic acids (genetic material) used to generate the proteins, the methods used to make the proteins, the methods used to deliver either the proteins or nucleic acids, the use of the pr...Stevens and Connecticut Innovations agree to investment of $500,000 in SPOC Inc.
...fascial (muscle) trigger points causing pain. The patent pending device is the first use of electroneural stimulation for diagnostic purposes. SPOCs diagnostic system will benefit patients by helping to eliminate treatments that prove to be ineffective, such as surgical procedures, and by allowing phys...Engineering the heart piece by piece
...ap from the lab to the clinic, U-M is applying for patent protection on the Artificial Heart Laboratorys developments and is actively looking for a corporate partner to help bring the technology to market. The U-M teams bioreactor was developed Robert Dennis, Ph.D., formerly of the U-M College of Enginee......hnology is freely available. Lettinga chose not to patent his invention. "The UASB-reactor concept is still completely open for everyone, consequently particularly also for the citizens in developing countries, and that is what I wanted and still want," Lettinga stated recently. Jules van Lier, one of ...