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Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology is an international, interdisciplinary, English-language publication of original contributions concerning studies of the preparation, performance, and evaluation of biomaterials; the chemical, physical, toxicological, mechanical, electrochemical and optical behavior of nan…
Laila Abu-Lail, Yuanyuan Tao, Paola A. Pinzón-Arango, Amy Howell, Terri A. Camesano
A volunteer was given cranberry juice cocktail (CJC) or water to drink, and urine was collected at 2 and 8 hours after consumption, in order to quantitatively determine whether adhesion forces were changed for the volunteer after CJC consumption. Atomic force…
Peter A. Norowski, Jegdish Babu, Pradeep C. Adatrow, Franklin Garcia-Godoy, Warren O. Haggard, Joel D. Bumgardner
Antimicrobial delivery has been advocated for guided tissue regeneration (GTR) or guided bone regeneration (GBR) therapies involving patients with aggressive or unresolved periodontitis/peri-implantitis. Electrospun chitosan membranes demonstrate several adva…
Marilyn Porras-Gómez, José Vega-Baudrit, Santiago Núñez-Corrales
Gram-negative bacilli Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important pathogen in hospitalized patients, contributing to their morbidity and mortality due to its multiple resistance mechanisms. Therefore, as therapeutic options become restricted, the search for new ag…
Carl Haney, John J. Rowe, Jayne B. Robinson
Limited research has suggested iron oxide nanoparticles (FeNP) have an inhibitory effect against several different genera of bacteria: Staphylococcus, Bacillus and Pseudomonas spp. In this study we looked at the effect of three different sets of Fe 3 O 4 nano…
Jeanna Starosvetsky, Tally Cohen, Uta Cheruti, Dragoljub Dragoljub, Robert Armon
Organically modified silica (ORMOSILS) thin films produced by sol-gel method were imprinted with two bacterial strains as whole cells in order to develop an easy, fast and specific probe to detect and specifically identify these micro-organisms when present i…
Li-Chong Xu, Christopher A. Siedlecki
Plasma proteins influence the initial adhesion of bacteria to biomaterials as well as interactions between bacteria and blood platelets on blood-contacting medical devices. In this paper, we study the effects of three human plasma proteins, albumin, fibrinoge…
Hidetaka Noritomi, Reona Ishiyama, Ryotaro Kai, Daiki Iwai, Masahiko Tanaka, Satoru Kato
Biomass charcoal powder (BCP) was used as a carrier matrix for immobilization of chicken egg white lysozyme. BCP was derived from plant biomass wastes such as dumped adzuki beans by pyrolysis without combustion under nitrogen atmosphere and grinding with a je…
Imelda Olivas-Armendariz, Perla García-Casillas, Adriana Martel Estrada, Alberto Martínez-Villafañe, Laura A. A. de la Rosa, Carlos A. Martínez-Pérez
In this work the use of Polyurethane (PU)-Chitosan(CH) scaffolds prepared by thermal induced phase separation (TIPS) for osteoblast proliferation and bone mineralization is described. Primary rat calvaria osteoblasts were seeded in the scaffolds and it was sh…
Anna Bergstrand, Helene Andersson, Johanna Cramby, Kristin Sott, Anette Larsson
Porous resorbable implants are of great interest since they may deliver bioactives or drugs, facilitate the transport of body fluids or degradation products and provide a favorable environment for cell attachment and growth. In this work we report on a method…
Yanyan Yao, Kentaro Yamauchi, Goro Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Ochiai, Taketoshi Murakami, Yoshinobu Kubota
Addition of TiO 2 to a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) particle-dispersed composite contributes to the self-cleaning properties of the water-repellent composite. However, its application is limited to outdoor usage or under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. In thi…
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