Conventional batch blending of pharmaceutical powders coupled with long quality analysis times increases the production cycle time leading to strained cash flows. Also, scale-up issues faced in process development causes ...

Microfluidic systems provide valuable tools for exploring, studying, and optimizing organic syntheses. The small scales and fast transport rates allow for faster experiments and lower amounts of chemicals to be used, ...

Endogenous synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) is essential for many physiological functions, including the immune defense. However, the sustained, high production of NO by immune cells (macrophages) that accompanies chronic ...

Uncontrolled bleeding and infection are leading causes of patient morbidity and mortality following traumatic injury. Traditional pressure based methods of hemorrhage management are not suitable for incompressible or complex ...

Polyelectrolyte multilayered (PEM) coatings were fabricated to incorporate and release the small, hydrophilic antibiotic gentamicin from implant surfaces for infection control. The use of a cationic hydrolytically cleavable ...

Magnetic particles have been used for many applications demanding a broad range of particles morphologies and chemistries. Superparamagnetism is advantageous over ferromagnetism because it enables us to control and recover ...

Supercritical water (SCW) is an effective solvent for the destruction of organic compounds by oxidation. Because both organics and oxygen have high solubility in water above its critical point (To = 374 °C (647 K), Pc = ...

With the completion of the Human Genome Project, the focus of genetics research has shifted towards functional genomics, with emphasis on gene expression and polymorphism studies. To this end, there is rapidly increasing ...