Virus-based nanoparticles (VNPs) can serve as containers for inorganic nanomaterials with excellent physical and chemical properties. Incorporation of nanomaterials inside the inner cavity of VNPs has opened up lots of possibilities for imaging applications in the field of biology and medicine. Encapsulation of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) in VNPs can achieve the labeling of VNPs with nanoprob...

Received 20/6/2013 Accepted 3/7/2013 (006087) 1 Laboratory of Food Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Federal Technological University of Paraná – UTFPR, Linha Santa Bárbara, s/n, CP 135, CEP 85601-970, Francisco Beltrão, PR, Brazil, e-mail: [email protected] 2 Laboratory of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Federal University of Grande Dourados – UFGD, Dourados, MS, Brazil 3 Labora...

The present review article explains venoms from various centipede species with their biomedical and pharmacological properties. Centipede venom is a natural source of bioactive proteins, peptides other small molecules. These use as defense arsenals to paralyze prey. This paper sketch out important physiological effects like platelet aggregation, anticoagulant, phospholipase A2 trypsin inhibitin...

Polymers are materials widely used in biomedical science because of their biocompatibility, and good mechanical properties (which, in some cases, are similar to those of human tissues); however, these materials are, in general, chemically and biologically inert. Surface characteristics, such as topography (at the macro-, micro, and nano-scale), surface chemistry, surface energy, charge, or wett...