Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most lethal malignant tumors because of late diagnosis and the lack of response to various therapies. To identify potential biomarkers in cancerous serum from early stage PC patients, we carried out two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to compare the serum proteomic profiles from 45 patients...

Until recently, Cryptosporidium was thought to be a single species genus. Molecular studies now showthat there are at least 10 valid species of this parasite. Among them, two morphologically identical species, C.hominis and C. parvum are the most pathogenic identified to date and share 97% of identical genomes.Post-genomic analyses is therefore necessary to explore further the...

A comprehensive analysis of culture supernatant (CSN) proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv was accomplished by combination of two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), mass spectrometry, and N-terminal sequencing by Edman degradation. Analytical 2-DE gels resolved approximately 1250 protein spots from CSN of M. tuberculosis H37Rv, 381 of which were identified by mass spectrometry and/or E...

Thermoresponsive gelling materials constructed from natural and synthetic polymers can be used to provide triggered action and therefore customised products such as drug delivery and regenerative medicine types as well as for other industries. Some materials give Arrhenius-type viscosity changes based on coil to globule transitions. Others produce more counterintuitive responses to temperature ...

Gels are kinds of soft and wet materials, having many unique characteristics such as low friction, material permeability, and biocompatibility. In the last decade, the mechanical weakness of the gels has been overcome by the advent of novel high-strength gels, which promises to expand the industrial and medical applications of the soft and wet materials. Here an optical 3D printer was developed...

—New preparation methods of superconducting materials and other multicomponent systems. We discuss the synthesis of multicomponent oxides such as the superconducting phase YBa2Cu307 in the form of powders and thick fílms. They are prepared from hydrolyzed solutions which yield viscous gels suitable for spin-coating or precipitates, precursors of ceramics. We discuss the role of the precursors, ...

Researches on both microscopic and macroscopic aggregates are significant, whereas, most studies of have focused building blocks. Fluorescent gels, as the important blocks, show extraordinary fluorescence soft material properties. Herein, Ji co-workers summarized a series fluorescent gels based interfacial non-covalent bonds dynamic covalent (e283).