This paper describes automation of planar lipid bilayer formation by introducing a stepping motor to a microfluidic device. Planar lipid bilayers or lipid vesicles are useful to understand biological ...

Abstract: In this paper, we focus on measurement principles used in electroporation studies on planar lipid bilayers. In particular, we point out the voltage-clamp measurement principle that has great ...

Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers are hyperbranched, nanosized polymers with promising biomedical applications as nanocarriers in targeted drug delivery and gene therapy. For the development of safe ...

Molecular vibrations, when paired with near-infrared (NIR) light, have opened a new chapter in cancer treatment. Instead of ...

Antibody–siRNA conjugates (ARCs) are a type of promising drug modalities for cancer therapy. However, initial reports of ARCs present the gene knockdown effect only in limited tissues (e.g., muscles) ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

Lipids are fatty, waxy, or oily compounds that serve as the building blocks of all living cells. Three main types of lipids (phospholipids, triglycerides, and sterols like cholesterol) are essential ...