Abstract:
The present invention provides polypeptides that bind to inorganic solid surfaces, structures comprising such polypeptides, and methods of making such structures.
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Fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided. Dielectric or semiconducting films including fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are also provided. Coumarin-based surfactants conjugated to the fluorescent dyes with affinity for nucleic acids and related methods are provided.
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The present disclosure describes artemisinin compounds. The compounds can be synthesized using an Ugi synthesis reaction and can be used in the treatment of cancers, parasitic infections and yeast infections.
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Described herein are methods and compositions relating to engineered methanotrophic bacterium and the production of carbon products from methane.
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The invention provides methods and compositions for eliciting broad immune responses. The methods employ nucleic acid vaccines that encodes highly conserved elements from a virus.
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Polypeptides that recognize and are strong binders to Influenza A hemagglutinin and can be used, for example, to treat and/or limit development of an influenza infection are disclosed. Isolated nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention, recombinant expression vectors comprising the nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention operatively linked to a suitable control sequence, and recombinant host cells comprising the recombinant expression vectors of the invention are disclosed. Antibodies that selectively bind to the polypeptides of the invention, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more polypeptides according to the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are disclosed. Additionally, methods for treating and/or limiting an influenza infection, methods for diagnosing an influenza infection, or monitoring progression of an influenza infection, methods for identifying candidate influenza vaccines, and methods for identifying candidate compounds for treating, limiting, and/or diagnosing influenza infection are disclosed.
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A prosthetic ankle device and methods are provided herein to adjust stiffness of the prosthetic ankle. The prosthetic ankle including a base, and a vertical support having a first end pivotally coupled to the base. The prosthetic ankle may also include a first cantilever beam spring having a fixed end coupled to the base such that a length of the first cantilever beam spring in an unloaded position is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vertical support when (he vertical support is in a neutral position. The prosthetic ankle may also include a stiffness regulator movably coupled to the vertical support. The stiffness regulator may include a platform that defines a first contact surface adjacent the first cantilever beam spring. In addition, the stiffness regulator may pivot with the vertical support relative to the base.
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Described herein are methods and compositions useful for inducing maturation of a cardiomyocyte to a mature (e.g., adult) phenotype, such that the function and morphology of the mature cardiomyocyte matches or more closely mimics that of the adult heart. The methods and compositions use Let-7 miRNAs and modified forms thereof. Such methods and compositions permit the study and treatment of adult-onset cardiac diseases, disorders or injuries with mature cardiomyocytes that mimic the heart function of an adult. Methods of using cardiomyocytes matured in this manner for drug identification and drug cardiotoxicity testing are also provided.
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The present disclosure provides stimuli-responsive magnetic nanoparticles, methods of making the magnetic nano-particles, and methods of using the magnetic nanoparticles. The magnetic nanoparticles include a metal oxide core; and a shell that includes a stimuli-responsive polymer having a terminal group that directly coordinates to the metal oxide core. The stimuli-responsive polymer does not include a micelle-forming group, at least at a proximal terminus of the polymer, with respect to the metal oxide core.