The Involvement of Cell-Type-Specific Glycans in Temporary Adhesion Revealed by a Lectin Screen.

is a freshwater solitary polyp, capable of temporary adhesion to underwater surfaces. The reversible attachment is based on an adhesive material that is secreted from its basal disc cells and left behind on the substrate as a footprint. Despite constituting a standard model system in stem cell biology and tissue regeneration, few studies have addressed its bioadhesion.

Dissolved oxygen concentration regulates human hepatic organoid formation from pluripotent stem cells in a fully controlled bioreactor.

Developing technologies for scalable production of human organoids has gained increased attention for "organoid medicine" and drug discovery. We developed a scalable and integrated differentiation process for generation of hepatic organoid from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) in a fully controlled stirred tank bioreactor with 150 ml working volume by application of physiological oxygen concentrations in different liver tissue zones. We found that the 20-40% dissolved oxygen concentration [DO] (corresponded to 30-60 mmHg pO within the liver tissue) significantly influences the process outcome via regulating the differentiation fate of hPSC aggregates by enhancing mesoderm induction.

Law-medicine interfacing: patenting of human genes and mutations.

Mutations, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), deletions and genetic rearrangements in specific genes in the human genome account for not only our physical characteristics and behavior, but can lead to many in-born and acquired diseases. Such changes in the genome can also predispose people to cancers, as well as significantly affect the metabolism and efficacy of many drugs, resulting in some cases in acute toxicity to the drug. The testing of the presence of such genetic mutations and rearrangements is of great practical and commercial value, leading many of these genes and their mutations/deletions and genetic rearrangements to be patented.

Esterification-coupled extraction of organic acids: partition enhancement and underlying reaction and distribution equilibria.

A novel means of extracting carboxylic acids from aqueous solutions is described which involves the use of a lipolytic enzyme to convert the acid to a more hydrophobic ester. A water-immiscible long-chain alcohol serves both as a reactant in esterifying the acid, and as a solvent for extraction of the ester. Radiochemical tracer studies of the underlying reaction and extraction equilibria established that a low equilibrium concentration of ester (0.

Studies on uranyl complexes-III Uranyl complexes of edta.

The uranyl complexes of EDTA have been studied by potentiometry ; stability constants of the 1:1 and 2:1 (metal to ligand) chelates have been determined, as well as the respective hydrolysis and polymerization constants. Possible structures for these species are discussed. To account for the abnormally high stability of UO(2)(H(2)O)HL-, hydrogen bonding between a protonated nitrogen atom of the ligand and one oxygen atom of UO(2)(2+) is suggested.