Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are artificial receptors designed for the selective recognition of template molecules. These polymers have been applied in analytical separations, as chemical sensors and in drug delivery system due to their low cost and high stability. In recent years MIP beads, especially those with good selectivity in aqueous solution, have become attractive as they can ...

Nanometer-sized colloidal particles (nanoparticles) have been extensively used in biomedical applications as a result of their many useful electronic, optical, and magnetic properties that are derived from their nanometer size and composition. Semiconductor nanoparticles (also known as quantum dots) have been applied as fluorescent probes for cell labeling in optical imaging, and gold nanoparti...

BACKGROUND Engineered multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) have made a tremendous impact on the biomedical sciences, with advances in imaging, sensing and bioseparation. In particular, the combination of optical and magnetic responses through a single particle system allows us to serve as novel multimodal molecular imaging contrast agents in clinical settings. Despite of essential medical imagin...

An ever increasing focus is being placed on the manufacturing costs of biotherapeutics. The drive towards continuous processing offers one opportunity to address these costs through the advantages it offers. Continuous operation presents opportunities for real-time process monitoring and automated control with potential benefits including predictable product specification, reduced labour costs,...

Magnetic modulated drug delivery system addresses the major problem of initial biodistribution of drug carrier. It involves the use of particulate carriers to a localized diseased site. Magnetic microspheres can be used for sitespecific drug targeting as in case of tumors, magnetic bioseparation and also can be used for non-targeted drug delivery as in case of contrast agents (MRI) and drug res...

Three-phase partitioning is fast developing as a novel bioseparation strategy with a wide range of applications including enzyme stability and enhancement of its catalytic activity. Despite all this, the enzyme behaviour in this process still remains unknown. A serine proteinase, proteinase K, was subjected to three-phase partitioning (TPP). A 3 ml volume of proteinase K solution (3 mg/ml in 0....

Millions of years of evolution have resulted in an immense number of different proteins, which participate in virtually every process within cells and thus are of utmost importance for all known forms of life. In addition, there are several examples of natural proteins which have found use in applications outside their natural environment, such as the use of enzymes in food industry and washing...

BACKGROUND Bioseparations can contribute to more than 70% in the total production cost of a bio-based chemical, and if the desired chemical is localized intracellularly, there can be additional challenges associated with its recovery. Based on the properties of the desired chemical and other components in the stream, there can be multiple feasible options for product recovery. These options are...

There has been much interest generated in the recovery of nanoparticulate (nanoparticle) bioproducts(Second generation of biotechnological products) such as plasmid DNA and viruses as putative gene therapyvectors, macromolecular assemblies as drug delivery vehicles and virus-like particles as vaccine components.Such product must be manufactured in advanced stages of purity, ma...

Dielectrophoresis is a method of rapid response with sufficient selectivity for manipulation and separation of bioparticles, such as: microorganisms and biomolecules. Due to the great importance of proteins in the biotechnological and pharmaceutical processes, the present study demonstrates the potential of the insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) and DC electric fields to manipulate and co...