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Wojtek J. Tutak, Carl Simon Jr., Jyotsnendu J. Giri, Peter Bajcsy
Recent work has shown that osteoprogenitor cell culture on nanofiber scaffolds can promote differentiation. This response may be driven by changes in cell morphology caused by the 3D structure of nanofibers. Herein, we hypothesized that nanofiber effects
Lili Wang, Heba Degheidy, Fatima Abbasi, Howard Mostowski, Gerald Marti, Steven R. Bauer, Robert Hoffman, Adolfas K. Gaigalas
Multicolor flow cytometer assays are with fluorescently labeled antibodies routinely used in clinical laboratories to measure the cell number of specific immunophenotypes and to estimate expression levels of specific receptors/antigens either on the cell
Jeri S. Roth, Paul A. Rudnick, Sanford Markey, Yuri Mirokhin, Xinjian Yan, Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi, Stephen Stein, Nathan J. Edwards, Ratna R. Thangudu, Karen A. Ketchum, Christopher R. Kinsinger, Mehdi Mesri, Henry Rodriguez
The Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) has produced large proteomics datasets from the mass spectrometric interrogation of tumor samples previously studied by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program. The availability of the genomic and
Alexis M. Temkin, Robert R. Bowers, Margaret E. Magaletta, Steven Holshouser, Adriana Maggi, Paolo Ciana, Louis J. Guillette Jr., John Bowden, John E. Baatz, Demetri D. Spyropoulos, John Kucklick
Background: Product safety testing typically involves lethal toxicity assessments, which likely miss long- term health impacts. Optimizing long-term product safety is critical for widespread chemical use. The obesity epidemic exemplifies a condition based
Justin M. Zook, Hemang M. Parikh, Desu Chen, Hariharan K. Iyer, Marc L. Salit, Wolfgang Losert
The human genome contains variants ranging in size from small single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to large structural variants (SVs). While high-quality benchmark small variant calls have recently been developed by the Genome in a Bottle Consortium, no
Carl G. Simon Jr., John Test, Michael Yaszemski, Reto Luginbuehl, Anthony Ratcliffe, Paul Tomlins
A Workshop on Standards & Measurements for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds was held on May 21, 2013 and was sponsored by the American Society of Testing and Materials International (ASTM International) in Indianapolis, IN. The purpose of the workshop was to
Chen Chen, Cheng Lei, Michael D. Weir, Nancy Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Xuedong Zhou
Recent studies developed antibacterial bonding agents and composites containing dimethylaminododecyl methacrylate (DMADDM). The objectives of this study were to: (1) explore the effect of antibacterial primers containing DMADDM on inhibiting the
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is not routinely used in applied settings due to lack of confidence in results. This workshop convened experts to identify measurement challenges impeding NGS implementation and potential standards-based solutions to
Shuang Yang, Meiyao Wang, Lijun Chen, Illarion Turko, Karen W. Phinney, Shuwei Li
We describe the design and synthesis of a novel set of iso-baric tags for quantitative glycan profiling, which will have broad applications in carbohydrate based biomarker dis-covery, therapeutic protein characterization, and vaccine development.
Aric W. Sanders, Kavita M. Jeerage, Cindi Schwartz, Alexandra Curtin, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay
Many proposed biomedical applications for engineered gold nanoparticles require their incorporation by mammalian cells in specific numbers and locations. Here, the number of gold nanoparticles inside of individual mammalian stem cells was characterized
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Leona D. Scanlan, Alessandro Tona, Mark S. Lowenthal, Prasad T. Reddy, M Miral Dizdar, Ann-Sofie Jemth, Olga Loseva, Thomas Helleday
Introduction: In aerobic organisms, intracellular metabolism and exogenous sources such as ionizing radiation and carcinogenic compounds generate reactive species including free radicals derived from either oxygen or nitrogen. Oxidative stress thereby
Leona D. Scanlan, Pawel Jaruga, Sanem Hosbas Coskun, Jamie L. Almeida, David N. Catoe, Jennifer McDaniel, Miral M. Dizdar
Little is known about endogenous DNA damage in the nematode. In this work, we standardized the growth of the nematode in two different growth media (axenic CeHR supplemented with 20% milk and S-basal with E. coli), and developed a novel high-salt, phenol
Adele P. Peskin, Andrew Buckler, Jovanna Danagoulian, Kjell Johnson
Rationale and objectives The quantification of lung tumor volume change has potential as an imaging biomarker for diagnosis, therapy planning, and monitoring treatment response. Precision, a key performance metric in measuring change, was evaluated and
Molecular transport through permeable membranes offers a unique opportunity to investigate cellular responses to nutrients, drugs, or toxins delivered to the culture's apical and/or basal sides as well as cellular migration events. Herein, we present the
range from small organic and inorganic molecules to lipids, nucleic acids, peptides, and proteins. Along the protein chain making up such proteins, resident amide groups constantly exchange protons with water. When immersed in heavy water, mass
Catherine A. Mouchahoir, Mellisa Ly, Michaella Levy, Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Scott C. Lute, Karen W. Phinney, Lisa Marzilli, Kurt A. Brorson, Michael T. Boyne, Darryl Davis, John E. Schiel
The primary sequence of a protein, including therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), is a critical quality attribute that determines a great deal of its functionality and stability. Significant effort is devoted to determining the complete amino acid
Protein molecules in solution can form proteinaceous particles by a variety of aggregation processes. The size and concentration of these particles is an important quality attribute for therapeutic MAb solutions. In this chapter, we describe the techniques
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May, Sam A. Margolis, Neal E. Craft, Katherine E. Sharpless
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Katherine E. Sharpless, Willie E. May, Sam A. Margolis, Neal E. Craft
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat- and water-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report describes
In this issue, Griffith et al. present one of the most comprehensive genome-sequence data sets to date from a patient with myeloid leukemia, including sequencing of normal tissue, primary cancer, and a relapse. Their raw data from a variety of sequencing
A new optical scattering contrast-agent based on polymer- nanoparticle encapsulated silver nanoplates (PESNs) is presented. Silver nanoplates were chosen due to the flexibility of tuning their plasmon frequencies. The polymer coating preserves their
Jerod R. Parsons, Patrick S. Pine, Marc L. Salit, Sarah A. Munro, Jennifer H. McDaniel
Background: Genome-scale -omics measurements are challenging to benchmark, due to the enormous number of individual measurands. Mixtures of previously-characterized samples can be used to benchmark repeat performance using mixture proportions as truth