Abstract:
Implantable materials for medical or surgical applications comprising specific chemical groups on their surface to alter the physico-chemical properties of said material rendering it suitable implantation or biocompatible properties.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of polymer shells, preferably composed of cellulose or hemicellulose, comprising the steps of dissolving the polymer component in a first solvent, preferably an organic solvent and precipitating the polymer component by contacting the first solution with a second solvent, which second solvent has a polar character, and in which second solvent the polymer component is essentially insoluble, thereby obtaining polymer shells. Moreover, the invention refers to the polymer shells as such, having permeable and responsive properties, as well as various applications comprising such polymer shells within the fields of drug delivery, separation techniques, and inter alia filling material.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a transgenic plant by altering expression of at least one gene selected from a group of genes satisfying criteria comprising a platform for analyzing growth behavior based on a combination of multiple criteria which is a new and extensive analytical platform for selecting genes with a possible commercial phenotype from a large group of candidate genes identified using means in bioinformatics, data from EST sequencing and DNA array.SOLUTION: The method for producing a transgenic plant having an increased growth compared to its wild type, comprises a step of altering a level of a gene product of at least one gene specifically expressed during different phases of wood formation.
Abstract:
A sowing unit is provided including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed. The water-absorbing material is vermiculite, which is a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Further, there is least one hole in the water-absorbing material arranged to hold one or more seeds.
Abstract:
A sowing unit including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed, wherein the water-absorbing material includes a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine; and optionally a nutrient including a positively charged nutrient ion selected from K+, NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Methods and uses of the sowing unit are described.