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20080268514 | SAMPLE STORAGE FOR LIFE SCIENCE - Compositions and methods are disclosed for liquid storage of biological samples with recovery of substantially all biological activity and without refrigeration. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for automated storing, tracking retrieving and analyzing of such liquid-storable biological samples, including nucleic acids and proteins (including enzymes). RFID-tagged liquid-storable biological sample storage devices featuring liquid matrices are disclosed, as also are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data. | 10-30-2008 |
20080307117 | INTEGRATION OF SAMPLE STORAGE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE SCIENCE - Compositions and methods are disclosed for automated storing, tracking, retrieving and analyzing biological samples, including dry storage at ambient temperatures of nucleic acids, proteins (including enzymes), and cells using a dry storage matrix that permits recovery of biologically active materials. RFID-tagged biological sample storage devices featuring dissolvable or dissociable matrices are described for use as supports of biological samples, which matrices can be dried and subsequently rehydrated for sample recovery. Also disclosed are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data. | 12-11-2008 |
20090291427 | INTEGRATION OF SAMPLE STORAGE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE SCIENCE - Compositions and methods are disclosed for automated storing, tracking, retrieving and analyzing biological samples, including dry storage at ambient temperatures of nucleic acids, proteins (including enzymes), and cells using a dissolvable dry storage matrix that permits recovery of biologically active materials. RFID-tagged biological sample storage devices featuring dissolvable or dissociable matrices are described for use as supports of biological samples, which matrices can be dried and subsequently rehydrated for sample recovery. Also disclosed are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data. | 11-26-2009 |
20090298132 | INTEGRATION OF SAMPLE STORAGE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE SCIENCE - Compositions and methods are disclosed for automated storing, tracking, retrieving and analyzing biological samples, including dry storage at ambient temperatures of nucleic acids, proteins (including enzymes), and cells using a dissolvable dry storage matrix that permits recovery of biologically active materials. RFID-tagged biological sample storage devices featuring dissolvable or dissociable matrices are described for use as supports of biological samples, which matrices can be dried and subsequently rehydrated for sample recovery. Also disclosed are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data. | 12-03-2009 |
20110081363 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE STORAGE - Compositions and methods are disclosed for substantially dry storage at ambient or elevated temperatures of biological samples such as nucleic acids, proteins and cells in a form from which the samples can be substantially recovered, using a dissolvable or dissociable dry storage matrix comprising a borate composition and a stabilizer as disclosed, such as any of a number of zwitterionic stabilizers. | 04-07-2011 |
20130209997 | COMPOSITIONS FOR STABILIZING DNA, RNA AND PROTEINS IN SALIVA AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES DURING SHIPPING AND STORAGE AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES - Compositions and methods are disclosed for substantially liquid, gel, suspension, slurry, semisolid and/or colloid storage of biological samples following admixture with the herein disclosed storage composition, permitting substantial recovery of biological activity following storage without refrigeration. In certain embodiments, unfractionated saliva samples may be stored without refrigeration for weeks, months or years in a form that permits recovery of intact DNA following the storage period. | 08-15-2013 |
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20090142384 | Viscoelastic material - The invention relates to a tough-elastic material based on starch, which on the one hand has high impact toughness at low humidities, and on the other hand still has a high modulus of elasticity at high humidities and has a high elongation capacity in a broad range of humidities and on account of its property profile is suited to use as molded elements such as for example for foils, films, fibers, injection-molded articles, in particular as edible film and for the packaging of active ingredients, chemicals, aromas and perfumes as well as high-quality substitution of gelatine in the area of soft and hard capsules. The tough-elastic material can be obtained transparent and adjusted such that it dissolves on swelling in water or respectively disintegrates or remains intact. | 06-04-2009 |
20090275531 | Method for producing starch networks and initial products - The invention relates to a method for producing starch networks. The method may include preparing a basic starch and preparing a networking starch. The method may further include manufacturing an initial product including the basic starch and the networking starch, and processing the initial product to yield the starch networks, such that the starch networks are at least partially heterocrystallized. | 11-05-2009 |
20100168335 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER MIXTURES - The invention relates to a process for the advantageous production of polymer mixtures with specific molecular weight distributions, having a quantitatively low short-chained proportion and substantially improved processing characteristics, the working up steps during or after the synthesis of the main portion of the polymer mixture being used to produce the mixture. | 07-01-2010 |
20100261835 | LOW VISCOSITY POLYMER MIXTURE - The present invention relates to a polymer mixture with a low viscosity, allowing processes for the processing of plastics materials to be accelerated while the final properties of the end products remain the same or are improved. The polymer mixture is mixed with the plastics materials in the manner of an additive. The invention further relates to the production of suitable polymer mixtures of this type and to the use thereof. | 10-14-2010 |
20110319503 | SOFT CAPSULE BASED ON STARCH AND A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing starch soft capsules comprises the following steps: preparing a mixture comprising starch, plasticizer and water, wherein more than 50 weight percent of the starch is present in the form of particles of granular starch; shaping the mixture to form a film in a shaping process; solidifying the mixture by increasing the temperature of the mixture during and/or after the shaping process by more than 5° C.; and shaping the film to form a soft capsule. Soft capsules produced by this method have starch particles bonded to one another. A device for performing this method comprises a shaping device to enable shaping of the starch material to form a film, and a heating device to perform a heat treatment to destructure the starch during and/or after the shaping. It comprises a rotary die device. | 12-29-2011 |
20120006226 | STARCH FOILS AND/OR FILMS AND A METHOD AND USE OF A DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing starch films comprises the following steps: preparing a mixture comprising starch and water, wherein more than 50 weight percent of the starch is present in the form of particles of granular starch; shaping the mixture to form a film in a shaping process; solidifying the mixture by increasing the temperature of the mixture during and/or after the shaping process by more than 5° C. Films produced by this method have starch particles bonded to one another. A device for performing this method comprises a shaping device for enabling shaping of the starch material to form a film, and has a heating device for performing a heat treatment for destructuring of the starch during and/or after the shaping. | 01-12-2012 |
20130216618 | SOFT CAPSULE BASED ON STARCH AND A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing starch soft capsules comprises the following steps: preparing a mixture comprising starch, plasticizer and water, wherein more than 50 weight percent of the starch is present in the form of particles of granular starch; shaping the mixture to form a film in a shaping process; solidifying the mixture by increasing the temperature of the mixture during and/or after the shaping process by more than 5° C.; and shaping the film to form a soft capsule. Soft capsules produced by this method have starch particles bonded to one another. A device for performing this method comprises a shaping device to enable shaping of the starch material to form a film, and a heating device to perform a heat treatment to destructure the starch during and/or after the shaping. It comprises a rotary die device. | 08-22-2013 |
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20090298117 | METHODS FOR HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES - The invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a secondary metabolite encoded by a biosynthetic pathway. Also provided is a method for introducing a large sized DNA molecule into the chromosome of a heterologous host using a transposable element. Novel myxochromide S derivatives are also provided. | 12-03-2009 |
20100272659 | RECOMBINANT PREPARATION OF SELECTED BROMELAIN FRACTIONS - The present invention pertains in general to Bromelain and particularly to the different active compounds contained in this complex mixture of proteins. The present invention provides recombinant expressed cysteine proteases, which are found in Bromelain. It has been found that the method for expression of the recombinant proteins is superior to the purification from Bromelain itself. | 10-28-2010 |
20110159537 | SYNTHETIC PATHWAY ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARGYRINS - The invention provides the amino acid sequences comprised in or constituting the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as the nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as genetically manipulated micro-organisms containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes for the production of Argyrins, e.g. for inserting one or more of these coding sequences, mutating in a targeted manner one or more of these nucleic acid sequences, in a wild type producer micro-organism or in a heterologous micro-organism, for the production of Argyrins. | 06-30-2011 |
20110200541 | RECOMBINANT PREPARATION OF BROMELAIN INHIBITORS AND BROMELAIN INHIBITOR PRECURSOR - The present invention pertains in general to Bromelain and particularly to the active compounds contained in this complex mixture of proteins. The present invention provides recombinant expressed Bromelain inhibitor precursor and Bromelain inhibitors, which are found in Bromelain. It has been found that the recombinant expressed inhibitors have superior effects in terms of treatment of disorders and conditions than Bromelain or its protein fractions from plant extracts. | 08-18-2011 |
20110245295 | BIOACTIVE PRE-TUBULYSINS AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to bioactive pre-tubulysin derivatives, their preparation and pharmacological use. | 10-06-2011 |
20110275846 | PRODUCTION OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS BY MYXOBACTERIA - The present invention provides a method for producing ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids by culturing specific myxobacterial stains and myxobacterial strains suitable for said method. | 11-10-2011 |
20130123360 | METHODS AND USES RELATING TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF COMPOUND ASSOCIATED WITH BACTERIAL INFECTION - The present invention relates to a method of identifying a compound useful for the treating, reducing or preventing pathogenic infection caused by a microorganism and to the use of the PqsD protein or a functional fragment or variant thereof for the identification of a compound having said effect. | 05-16-2013 |
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20100093075 | RECEPTACLE FOR ACCEPTING NUTRIENT MEDIA - Disclosed is a receptacle for accepting nutrient media, especially for bacterial cultures. Said receptacle comprises a dish and a lid that covers the dish. The dish and the lid each have a circular bottom (dish bottom and lid bottom) and an annular wall (dish wall and lid wall) that projects from the bottom. One of the walls, preferably the lid wall, has an at least slightly larger internal diameter than the external diameter of the other wall, preferably the dish wall, such that one wall can be slid onto the other wall to close the dish. In order to be able to safely handle the receptacle, engaging means which prevent the dish and the lid from being accidentally released when the same are mutually engaged, are associated with the dish and the lid. | 04-15-2010 |
20120055993 | METHOD FOR CODING/INDIVIDUALIZING A CONTAINER USED TO RECEIVE NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS OR CULTURE MEDIA - A method for coding/individualizing a container used to receive nutrient solutions or culture media, in particular for cultivating microorganisms, cell cultures, bacteria and the like, the container being assigned a code, characterized in that the code is designed to be machine-readable, issued by the manufacturer and assigned to the container and that on the user side the code is assigned to a process as a data record. | 03-08-2012 |