Abstract:
The invention relates to an acrylic copolymer composition useful for 3-D printing, that can be formed into a uniform filament and 3-D printed using material extrusion additive manufacturing, into an article having low warpage, low shrinkage, good internal optical properties, and good mechanical properties. The acrylic copolymer has a low Tg, providing the proper stiffness for good 3-D printing. The invention also relates to the printing and processing of the acrylic composition where internally transparent 3-D printed thermoplastic parts can be produced at a reasonable rate (>0.05mm per layer) with good/great layer adhesion, and near isotropic properties.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides adenosine deaminases that are capable of deaminating adenosine in DNA to treat Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HOPS). The disclosure also provides fusion proteins, guide RNAs and compositions comprising a Cas9 ( e.g ., a Cas9 nickase) domain and adenosine deaminases that deaminate adenosine in DNA, for example in a LMNA gene. In some embodiments, adenosine deaminases provided herein are used to correct a C1824T mutation in LMNA . In some embodiments, the methods and compositions provided herein are used to treat Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS).
Abstract:
The invention relates to an acrylic alloy composition that can be 3-D printed by a material extrusion additive manufacturing process, to an acrylic filament that has a very uniform diameter useful in the extrusion additive manufacturing process, to acrylic articles made from the acrylic alloy composition by a material extrusion additive process, and to a material extrusion additive manufacturing process for producing the acrylic articles. The acrylic alloy composition is an alloy of an acrylic polymer, and a low melt viscosity polymer, such as polylactic acid. The alloy may optionally be impact modified, preferably with hard core core-shell impact modifiers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a unique formulated pharmaceutical composition and a novel treatment method of intratumoral injection. The pharmaceutical composition of the invention is the saturated ionic solution of sodium ions and calcium ions (the "medicinal ion bomb"). The invention of intratumoral injection with the "medicinal ion bomb" can be used as the first-line treatment in treating cancer and tumor in nine human organs (carcinoma and tumor of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, breast, prostate, thyroid, lung, liver, genital organ, brain and pancreas) and certain other benign diseases (skin and subcutaneous neoplasm, breast fibrocystic change, benign prostatic hyperplasia and thyroid nodules).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a unique formulated pharmaceutical composition and a novel treatment method of intratumoral injection. The pharmaceutical composition of the invention is the saturated ionic solution of sodium ions and calcium ions (the "medicinal ion bomb"). The invention of intratumoral injection with the "medicinal ion bomb" can be used as the first-line treatment in treating cancer and tumor in nine human organs (carcinoma and tumor of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, breast, prostate, thyroid, lung, liver, genital organ, brain and pancreas) and certain other benign diseases (skin and subcutaneous neoplasm, breast fibrocystic change, benign prostatic hyperplasia and thyroid nodules).
Abstract:
Engineered nucleases (e.g., zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcriptional activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and others) are promising tools for genome manipulation and determining off-target cleavage sites of these enzymes is of great interest. We developed an in vitro selection method that interrogates 10 11 DNA sequences for their ability to be cleaved by active, dimeric nulceases, e.g., ZFNs and TALENs. The method revealed hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences, some present in the human genome, that can be cleaved in vitro by two ZFNs, CCR5-224 and VF2468, which target the endogenous human CCR5 and VEGF-A genes, respectively. Analysis of the identified sites in cultured human cells revealed CCR5-224-induced mutagenesis at nine off-target loci. Similarly, we observed 31 off-target sites cleaved by VF2468 in cultured human cells. Our findings establish an energy compensation model of ZFN specificity in which excess binding energy contributes to off-target ZFN cleavage and suggest strategies for the improvement of future nuclease design. It was also observed that TALENs can achieve cleavage specificity similar to or higher than that observed in ZFNs.
Abstract:
A demand-based load balancing function may be provided by one or more drive controllers that takes advantage of the affinity laws to linearize the control of the variable of interest (e.g., flow, pressure, etc.). Each drive controller may be set up by the user simply inputting a few values into the drive controller. Based on the inputs, the drive controllers may interpolate control points using an assumed linear relationship between the variable to be controlled (e.g., pressure) and the current driven to the pump. Feedback data from the system may be used to continually update the drive controllers so as to potentially allow them to better balance power usage to each pump.
Abstract:
A non-volatile memory cell and array structure is disclosed situated within a high voltage region of an integrated circuit. The cell utilizes capacitive coupling based on an overlap between a gate and a drift region to impart a programming voltage. Programming is effectuated using a drain extension which can act to inject hot electrons. The cell can be operated as a one-time programmable (OTP) or multiple-time programmable (MTP) device. The fabrication of the cell relies on processing steps associated with high voltage devices, thus avoiding the need for additional masks, manufacturing steps, etc.
Abstract:
The present invention features compositions and methods for delivering a therapeutic agent to the cytoplasm of a cell. We have developed, inter alia, a system in which two or more distinct moieties - at least one therapeutic moiety and at least one potentiating moiety - selectively target and specifically bind cell surface molecules that are then internalized to an intracellular, membrane-bound compartment, such as an endosome. In some embodiments, as discussed further below, a third moiety that induces clustering of the targeted cell surface molecule can also be employed. Regardless of whether the compositions and methods include two or three moieties, the therapeutic agent can be any agent one wishes to deliver to the cytoplasm of a cell, and the potentiating agent can be any agent that destabilizes the intracellular, sub-cellular compartment in which the therapeutic agent is sequestered. The potentiating moiety can include, for example, a lytic agent (i.e., an agent that lyses or otherwise increases the permeability of the membrane of the intracellular compartment containing the therapeutic agent). To direct the various moieties of the system, including the therapeutic, potentiating, and clustering moieties, to a selected cellular target, any of the moieties can include a binding agent that selectively targets and specifically binds a molecule present on the surface of the targeted cell.
Abstract:
Methods, reagents, compositions, and kits for reactivity-dependent polymerase chain reaction (RD-PCR) and interaction-dependent polymerase chain reaction (ID-PCR) are provided herein. RD-PCR is a technique useful for determining whether a reactive moiety can form a covalent bond to a target reactive moiety, for example, in screening a library of candidate reactive moieties for reactivity with a target reactive moiety, and in identifying an enzyme substrate, for example, in protease substrate profiling. ID-PCR is a technique useful for determining whether a ligand can non-covalently bind to a target molecule, for example, in screening a library of candidate ligands for non-covalent interaction with a target molecule. RD-PCR and ID-PCR are also useful in detecting the presence of an analyte or an environmental condition.