1708 results about "Biological macromolecule" patented technology

An apparatus for growing a biological macromolecular crystal by vaporizing biological macromolecular solution into an oversaturated state. The apparatus includes a first sealed room that receives first crystallizing agent solution, and a communicating tube that communicates with the first sealed room and has a small sectional area for suppressing convection of air. A plurality of droplets of solution dissolving a biological macromolecule and a crystallizing agent therein are held in the communicating tube with the plurality of droplets being separated from each other.

The invention discloses a biomacromolecule interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel and a preparation method of the biomacromolecule interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel. The biomacromolecule interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel is formed by crosslinking two kinds of enzymes in a catalysis mode, one is a polysaccharide macromolecule network formed by crosslinking polysaccharide macromolecules with introduced phenolic hydroxyl groups in an oxidation mode as oxidase and hydrogen peroxide catalyze phenolic hydroxyl groups, and the other is a protein or polypeptide macromolecule network formed crosslinking protein or polypeptide containing amino acid residues as transferase catalyzes peptide bonds. The two networks interpenetrate each other and form the novel interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel without bonding of chemical bonds. No chemical crosslinking agent is used in the hydrogel, and the hydrogel has excellent biocompatibility and mechanical property, can be shaped like a dry or wet film, like porous sponge or fibers, and can serve as a contact lens, a medicine release carrier, a scaffold for tissue engineering or materials for tissue repair.

The subject invention provides novel and efficacious systems and methods for particle, chemical, and/or biocompound sensing. In one embodiment, the system of the invention comprises a sensing device that includes a membrane containing at least one nanochannel that spans all or substantially all of the thickness of the membrane. The nanochannel(s) of the invention can be functionalized to enhance target analyte detection and quantification. In one embodiment, the nanochannel is conically shaped and includes a molecular recognition agent for a target analyte. In certain operations, the sensing systems of the invention quantitatively and qualitatively detect biochemical/biomedical species and biomacromolecules, such as proteins, DNA, cells, spores and viruses, with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity.

The invention discloses a bio-macromolecular hydrogel prepared by enzyme catalysis and ion cross-linking, and a preparation method of the bio-macromolecular hydrogel. The bio-macromolecular hydrogel comprises a protein or polypeptide bio-macromolecular network formed by enzyme-catalyzed cross-linking of protein or polypeptide or amino acid residue-containing molecule, accounting for 1-99 wt% of total dry mass of the hydrogel; and a polysaccharide bio-macromolecular network formed by bivalent ion cross-linking of polysaccharide macromolecule, accounting for 1-99 wt% of total dry mass of the hydrogel. The above two networks are inter-penetrated without chemical bonding. The hydrogel has the advantages of excellent mechanical properties, no use of chemical cross-linking agent, simple and effective preparation method, good bio-compatibility and mechanical strength, and capability of steam sterilization; may be in the forms of wet or dry film, porous sponge, tube and particles; and can be used in cell/tissue culture, and used as tissue repair material, tissue engineered scaffold or drug release carrier.

Disclosed are apparatus and methods for enhancing or improving cell cultures, including cell cultures for the production of monoclonal antibodies, using electromagnetic energy treatment, primarily using light in the near infrared to visible region of the spectrum. The delivery of light energy to a culture, in accordance with preferred embodiments, enhances or improves the cell culture such as by providing for enhanced and accelerated formation of important biological macromolecules, including, but not limited to, antibodies, proteins, collagen, and polysaccharides, and also providing for accelerated cellular replication and an enhancement or prolongation of the life of cells so treated.

Disclosed is a nervous tissue engineering tubular supporting stand and method for making same, wherein the nervous tissue engineering tubular supporting stand comprises a chitosan pipe wall and biological source filling base material with axial multiple passages, and the method consists of preparing semipermeable chitosan hollow pipe with 1-5mm of inside diameter, pouring large biological molecule solvent such as chitosan, collagen or gelatine, and utilizing special-purpose die arrangement and lyophilization technology. The obtained multiple-pass nerve channel with bionic construction is beneficial for cell adhesion, migration and leading of neuraxon directional growth, and suitable of the renovation and regeneration of nerve damages.

A series of MOF-based hierarchical porous material, namely IPD-mesoMOF-1˜9, based on nanoscale MOFs of MIL-100(Al, Fe, Cr, Sc and In), MIL-53(Al), HKUST-1, DUT-5, DUT-4, MIL-101(Cr), MIL-101NDC(Cr), MIL-101BPDC(Cr) and MIL-110 respectively, forming the permanent interparticle porosities by using close (or relatively close) packing, and preparation methods thereof. Modulated or functionalized IPD-mesoMOFs can be applied for gas adsorption and molecule separation (such as CH4- and CO2-adsorption, gasoline/diesel desulfurization and purification), catalyst loadings and molecular recognition/immobilization of biological macromolecules and enzymes.

Disclosed are products and methods to facilitate the identification of compounds that are capable of interacting with biological macromolecules of interest, especially when such macromolecules are attached to a support surface in microarray. Aspects of the invention concern attachment chemistry, peptide labeling, antibody preparation, applications and so on.

The invention relates to a growth factor slow-release type double-layered artificial skin which is used for repairing injured skin with related growth factor slow-release functions and a preparation method thereof. The artificial skin is divided into two layers of an epidermal layer and an enderonic layer, wherein the epidermal layer is constituted by a micropore double-layered thin film with the functions of water proofing, ventilation and enderonic protection; the materials of the upper layer which contacts with air is polyurethane, or silicon rubber, or polyethylene glycol, or ethylene terephthalate and other medical materials; the lower layer which contacts with the dermis is a natural biological macromolecule thin film which is constructed by silk fibroin and chitosan; the enderonic layer of the artificial skin is constituted by collagen, polysaccharide and microspheres carrying growth factors related to skin regeneration and repairing; the microspheres have good slow-release function, and the slow-release period is equal to or slightly longer than the degradation period of the collagen and polysaccharide and can be matched with the skin regeneration and repairing period; and the thickness of the artificial skin is in a range of 0.5-1.5mm and can be regulated according to requirements.

Electrospray systems and modified electrospray systems for the fabrication of core-shell particles for controlled-release and/or sustained-release treatment and delivery are herein disclosed. The electrospray system may include between one and a plurality of co-axially situated tubes. Each tube may be electrically connected to a power supply wherein a voltage may be applied thereto. Core-shell particles may be collected on a collection target, which may be a wet or dry collector, and electrically connected to the power supply. Core-shell particles and methods of manufacture are also disclosed. The precursors of the core-shell particles may be polymer- or biomacromolecule-based solutions and may include at least one treatment agent incorporated therein. The number of “core” particle(s) within the “shell” may vary and may provide different treatment agent release profiles depending on the material and/or chemical characteristics of the polymer and/or biomacromolecule used. Methods of treating a condition are also disclosed. A treatment may include delivery of a plurality of core-shell particles which include a treatment agent to a treatment site. Delivery may be performed by a surgical procedure or by a non-invasive procedure such as catheter delivery.

The invention relates to a method for preparing an NCC/CS/PVA composite nanofiber membrane. NCC is rod-shaped particles, wherein the diameter of each particle ranges from 20 nm to 60 nm, and the particles are highly crystallized. The method comprises the steps that (1) an NCC/CS solution is prepared, wherein the concentration of the NCC, by weight, ranges from 0.09% to 0.21%; (2) an NCC/PVA solution is prepared, wherein the concentration of the NCC, by weight, ranges from 0.4% to 0.8%; (3) an acetic acid solution, tetraethyl orthosilicate, the NCC/CS solution obtained in the step (1) and processed through ultrasound, and the NCC/PVA solution obtained in the step (2) and processed through ultrasound are mixed to obtain a spinning solution, and the nanofiber membrane is obtained through the electrospinning technology, wherein the mass ratio of the acetic acid solution to the tetraethyl orthosilicate to the NCC/CS solution to the NCC/PVA solution is (2.5-3.5):(1.5-2.5):5:5; (4) the obtained nanofiber membrane is immersed in an alkaline solution for 2-6 hours at the normal temperature, and the membrane structure can be stable. The method for preparing the NCC/CS/PVA composite nanofiber membrane has the advantages that the nanofiber material preparation process is simple, the preparation process is environmentally friendly and free of pollution, nanofibers are excellent in mechanical performance, the surface of the nanofiber membrane is rich in modifiable functional groups, and the nanofiber membrane has a remarkable affinity effect on biomacromolecule.

The present invention discloses a graphene matrix and an application of the graphene matrix in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) detection. According to the present invention, in the MALDI-TOF-MS, the graphene is adopted as an assisted matrix, such that the analysis and the detection of the materials including from the small molecule compounds to the biological macromolecules can be efficiently and rapidly achieved; importantly the background interference of the molecular ion peak of the traditional organic matrix can be effectively eliminated so as to achieve the analysis and the detections of amino acids, lipid compounds, peptides, proteins, oligonucleotides, and other structural molecules; the MALDI-TOF-MS adopting the graphene as the matrix is the desorption ionization method, which does not require addition of any organic matrixes, such that the decomposition of the analyte can be avoided, and good reproducibility and high salt tolerance are provided; the efficient and rapid detection method is provided for the natural products and the biological metabolites; the method further can be used for the detection of the common biological macromolecules, and can be popularized and applied in all the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry so as to achieve the deep application of the graphene.

The present invention provides a preparation method of supermacroporous polymer microsphere and its product. It is characterized by that said preparation method includes the following steps: adding high-content surfactant into oil phase containing monomer, making the oil phase containing monomer and surfactant be dispersed in water phase, making the above-mentioned material undergo the process of suspension polymerization so as to obtain supermacroporous microsphere. The grain size of said microsphere is 1-200 micrometers, and its porosity is 10%-90%.

The invention provides an efficient pig-feed complex enzyme preparation with enzyme protectant. The efficient pig-feed complex enzyme preparation with enzyme protectant is capable of promoting absorption of nutrients in the feed by pigs to increase feed utilization rate by degrading antinutritional factors, such as beta-glucan, phytic acid and pectin, biomacromolecules and the like. By adding the protectant, inactivity rate in enzymes can be reduced, effective time can be prolonged, and the effects of the enzyme preparation are more evident and longer. The efficient pig-feed complex enzyme preparation with enzyme protectant is high in feed conversion rate, feed-to-grain ratio can be lowered by more than 19%, growth speed of pigs is increased by more than 23%, and enzyme activity is kept in 18 months and can be kept by more than 90%.

The invention relates to magnetic fluorescent microspheres and a preparation method thereof. The particle size of the magnetic fluorescent microspheres is 5-10 mu m, the fluorescence excitation wavelength range is 400-700nm, and the fluorescence intensity is not reduced within 24h. The prepration method comprises the following steps: adding a swelling agent into monodisperse carboxylated polystyrene microspheres, and adding magnetic nano microparticles into a swelling system; shaking on a decolorization shaker for 12-48h; using mixed solution of cyclohexane and ethanol for cleaning sediment, and sequentially carrying out ultrasonic dispersion and centrifugal separation till supernatant liquid is colorless under an ultraviolet lamp; and saving a final sediment product in 1ml of liquor. Compared with the existing magnetic fluorescent microspheres, the magnetic fluorescent microspheres have the advantages of uniform and controllable diameter, good fluorescence stability, simple preparation process, multiple types of fluorescence codes and the like, and can not only carry out fast separation and purification on reactants by being applied in the biological macromolecular detection, but also simultaneously detect a plurality of target molecules in a sample to be detected in a reaction tube and a hole, thereby being widely applied in the fields of immunoassay, nucleic acid hybridization, genotype analysis and the like.

The invention relates to the technical field of ordered porous materials, in particular to a highly ordered porous silica and a porous silicon carbonitride material and a preparation method and application thereof. Under a certain temperature, egg white adopted as template and structure-directing agent is stirred and then hydrolytically polycondensed through oil-soluble silicon source capable of controlling hydrolysis, and the template is removed from the obtained mixture under different roasting conditions, so that the ordered porous silica and the ordered porous silicon carbonitride material can be respectively obtained. The two materials have the unique ordered structure of the egg white, and have a specific surface area and good heat stability. Compared with the conventional method, the invention has the advantages of low cost, simple preparation technique, environment-friendliness and the like, and the obtained materials have a broad application prospect in fields such as the controlled release, separation, adsorption and catalysis of large biological molecules and proteins.