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Single cell analysis: the new frontier in ‘omics’
Daojing Wang, Steven Bodovitz. Cellular heterogeneity that arises from stochastic expression of genes, proteins and metabolites is a fundamental principle of cell biology, but single cell analysis has been beyond the capability….
Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breeding
Rajeev K. Varshney, Spurthi N. Nayak, Gregory D. May, Scott A. Jackson. Using next-generation sequencing technologies it is possible to resequence entire plant genomes or sample entire transcriptomes more efficiently and economically and in greater depth than ever bef….
Classification of platelet concentrates: from pure platelet-rich plasma (P-PRP) to leucocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF)
David M. Dohan Ehrenfest, Lars Rasmusson, Tomas Albrektsson. The topical use of platelet concentrates is recent and its efficiency remains controversial. Several techniques for platelet concentrates are available; however, their applications have been confu….
Nanotechnology and its applications in the food sector
Nesli Sozer, Jozef L. Kokini. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are new frontiers of this century. Their applications to the agriculture and food sector are relatively recent compared with their use in drug delivery and pharmaceu….
Nanoparticles as vehicles for delivery of photodynamic therapy agents
Denise Bechet, Pierre Couleaud, Céline Frochot, Marie-Laure Viriot, François Guillemin, Muriel Barberi-Heyob. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cancer treatment involves the uptake of a photosensitizer by cancer tissue followed by photoirradiation. The use of nanoparticles as carriers of photosensitizers is a….
Towards new enzymes for biofuels: lessons from chitinase research
Vincent G.H. Eijsink, Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Kjell M. Vårum, Svein J. Horn. Enzymatic conversion of structural polysaccharides in plant biomass is a key issue in the development of second generation (‘lignocellulosic’) bioethanol. The efficiency of this process depends in….
Transgenic plants for phytoremediation: helping nature to clean up environmental pollution
Benoit Van Aken. Phytoremediation is the use of plants to clean up environmental pollution. However, detoxification of organic pollutants by plants is often slow, leading to the accumulation of toxic compounds tha….
Spider silks and their applications
Jonathan A. Kluge, Olena Rabotyagova, Gary G. Leisk, David L. Kaplan. Spider silks are characterized by remarkable diversity in their chemistry, structure and functions, ranging from orb web construction to adhesives and cocoons. These unique materials have prompted….
Microbial transformation of propenylbenzenes for natural flavour production
Ping Xu, Dongliang Hua, Cuiqing Ma. Propenylbenzenes are common aromatic compounds that are often used as starting compounds for the production of various flavours. Recently, microbial transformation has emerged as an important appr….
Engineering photorespiration in chloroplasts: a novel strategy for increasing biomass production
Muhammad Sarwar Khan. Photosynthetic carbon metabolism is rate limiting in C3 plants because of a competing process: photorespiration. Photorespiration lowers the energy efficiency of photosynthesis by metab….
