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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Biological agents"”.
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Targeted delivery of biological agents
Biological agents, including peptides and gene delivery systems (recombinant adenoviral vectors), suffer from a relative lack of native targeting capacity. Improvement of their targeting capacity could significantly increase the efficiency of these agents to provide therapeutic effects. Selective …
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Analysis of sequence-selective guanine oxidation by biological agents
… DNA damage induced by electron transfer reagents can be predicted based on the primary DNA sequence. However, preliminary data indicated that nitrosoperoxycarbonate (ONOOCO2"), a mediator of chronic inflammation and a one-electron oxidant, displayed unusual guanine oxidation properties that …
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Strategies for integrated control of biological agents by small utilities
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Use of biological agents to enhance the preservative treatment of electrical distribution poles
Treatment of timber with preservative varies from species to species. Poor preservative penetration has been associated with wood decay and shortened service life of treated timbers. The preservation of Sitka spruce and Scots pine heartwood by conventional methods is poor with the depth of …
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The Fate of Biological Agents on Cell Culture Media and the Final Impact on Cell-Based Foods
Cell-based foods are a novel category of food which has garnered significant interest and investment in recent years. Cell-based foods are covered by legal statutes, and the FDA and USDA are among the regulators who have oversight. A science-backed approach is therefore needed to determine the …
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Biological War Against Agriculture and the Threat of Agricultural Bioterrorism
… someone intentionally targeting agriculture with biological agents as a form of warfare. There are many animal and plant diseases that could be used to target American agriculture. Over the course of history, biological agents have been used to attack agriculture several times. States that have …
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Evaluation of Agents for the Suppression of Take-all of Wheat in Virginia in Greenhouse and Field Studies, and Characterization of Isolates of Gaeumannomyces graminis varieties
… the efficacy of mineral, chemical, and or biological agents for control, test promising agents in the field, and characterize Ggt isolates collected in Virginia. 'Jackson' soft red winter wheat seeds were planted in a Kempsville loam containing millet seed infested with Ggt or sterile …
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Bayesian Adaptive Designs For Early Phase Clinical Trials
… novel two-dimensional dose-finding algorithm for biological agents, <strong>(2)</strong> developing Bayesian adaptive screening designs to provide more efficient and ethical clinical trials, and <strong>(3)</strong> incorporating missing late-onset responses to make an early stopping decision.</p> …
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Detection of a Surrogate Biological Threat Agent (Bacillus globigii) with a Portable Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor
New methods and technology are needed to detect biological agents that threaten the health of humans and domestic animals. The bacterium Bacillus anthracis, causal agent of anthrax, has been used as a biological warfare agent. Here, we extend the work of Chinowksy et al. (2007) to the detection of …
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Bugs Dividing: The Impact of Synthetic Biology on the Proliferation of Biological Weapons
… facing the United States is the possible use of biological weapons by a near-peer state, rogue nation or terrorist organization. Currently there are an increasing number of pathogens suitable for biological weapons. This threat has increased due to the rapid advances made world wide in the field …
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Tuberculosis: The Opportunistic Disease
… caused by one of the most virulent and fatal biological agents; Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) infection, which was nearly eradicated a generation ago, started to reemerge in a concerning manner in the late 1980's and the dawn of the 21st …
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Biophysical characterization of hydrogel-core, lipid-shell nanoparticles (nanolipogels) for HIV chemoprophylaxis
… release, and have encapsulated a wide variety of biological agents. However, PLGA nanoparticles are relatively inefficient at encapsulating small-molecule hydrophilic drugs. Liposomes encapsulate greater amounts of hydrophilic agents and demonstrate good cellular affinity; however, they lack …
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Epigenetic Memory of Mouse Intestinal Inflammation
… surfaces in the body, interacts with both biological and non-biological agents that can cause regular injury. Fortunately, the small intestinal epithelium has a remarkable capacity to repair itself after severe injury, due to the abundance of highly replicative stem cells housed in the …
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The Electrochemistry of Ferrocenyl-thiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers for use in a Toll-like Receptor 4-based sensor
Detection of biological agents by traditional bench-top instrumentation is insufficient for purposes of real time on-site analysis, which is imperative for biodefense applications. Unlike radiological and chemical warfare agents, sophisticated detection systems have not yet been designed for …
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Statistical Considerations in Designing for Biomarker Detection
… statistical method for use in rapid detection of biological agents using portable gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) devices. Of particular interest is 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (dipicolinic acid, or DPA), a molecule that is present at high concentrations in spores of Clostridium and …
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Fabrication of resonant optical waveguide biosensors using electron gun depositions
… allowing for quick detection of numerous biological agents. A new biosensor being developed, the resonant optical waveguide biosensor, uses power transfer between two optical waveguides to detect the presence of an antigen. The condition for power transfer is extremely sensitive to changes …
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Welfare effects of new fire blight control methods on the U.S. apple industry
… of a microencapsulated chemical and bio-control agents as well as genetically modified (GM) varieties based on current fire blight resistant varieties. This thesis uses dynamic simulations to evaluate the impact of those new technologies on consumption and production as well as world trade. …
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