Developmentally-Inspired Shrink-Wrap Polymers for Mechanical Induction of Tissue Differentiation

Developmentally-inspired shrink-wrap polymers for mechanical induction of tissue differentiation.

A biologically inspired thermoresponsive polymer has been developed that mechanically induces tooth differentiation in vitro and in vivo by promoting mesenchymal cell compaction as seen in each pore of the scaffold. This normally occurs during the physiological mesenchymal condensation response that triggers tooth formation in the embryo.

Shrink-wrap vesicles.

We describe a simple approach to the controlled removal of molecules from the membrane of large unilamellar vesicles made of fatty acids. Such vesicles shrink dramatically upon mixing with micelles composed of a mixture of fatty acid and a phospholipid (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC)), as fatty acid molecules leave the vesicle membrane and accumulate within the mixed mi...

Shrink-wrap license restrictions-preempted?

A Comparative Study of Shrink-Wrap License

This paper presents the dilemma of e-commence age that huge amount of computer –related litigation challenges the law of different countries on how to appropriately resolve these difficulties. Through this paper, the author tries to compare UCITA and EU with China’s approaches, seeks for guidance or inspiration for policymakers in China. The author seriously examines the conflicting interests a...

Protein footprinting by pyrite shrink-wrap laminate.

The structure of macromolecules and their complexes dictate their biological function. In "footprinting", the solvent accessibility of the residues that constitute proteins, DNA and RNA can be determined from their reactivity to an exogenous reagent such as the hydroxyl radical (·OH). While ·OH generation for protein footprinting is achieved by radiolysis, photolysis and electrochemistry, we pr...