The dermal equivalent is an in vitro model of the dermis dermal layer of skin. It is constructed by seeding dermal fibroblast s into a collagen gel. This gel may then be allowed to contract as a model of wound contraction . This collagen gel contraction assay may be used to screen for treatments which promote or inhibit contraction and thus affect the development of a scar . Other cell types may be incorporated into the dermal equivalent to increase the complexity of the model. For example, keratinocytes may be seeded on the surface to create a skin equivalent , or macrophages may be incorporated to model the inflammatory phase of wound healing ref Newton et al, Macrophages restrain contraction of an in vitro wound healing model http www.springerlink.com content g518380278431706 ref . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Dermal Equivalent Category Skin physiology medicine stub ... more details
Infobox person name Dr. Pedro Beauchamp image imagesize 100px caption birth date birth place death date nationality Puerto Rican citizenship Puerto Rican occupation Endocrinologist salary networth spouse children signature website Dr. Pedro Beauchamp is an endocrinologist who is the first Puerto Rican specialist certified by the American Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Board. In 1985, he performed the first in vitro fertilization IVF technique in Puerto Rico. ref name GC http gyncare.net editores.htm Gyncare , Retrieved October 4, 2008 ref In vitro fertilization Pedro Beauchamp was born in Puerto Rico . In 1982, Beauchamp was responsible and is credited with delivering the first triplets born by in vitro fertilization in the United States and the first in vitro baby born in Argentina . His work is known as GIFT in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer and TET Tubal Embryo Transfer . ref name GC Dr. Beauchamp returned to Puerto Rico in 1985 and established his practice in reproductive endocrinology and infertility in the city of Bayam n, Puerto Rico Bayam n . In 1986, he delivered the first child born from the in vitro fertilization procedure in all of Puerto Rico at the Regional Hospital of Bayam n. ref name GC Dr. Beauchamp s In Vitro Fertilization program was the first of 31 such programs established in the United States. Since its establishment in Puerto Rico thousands of families have been able to give birth to children. In the United States, he has the highest average for the planning and completion of successful in vitro fertilization. ref name PRF http www.ivf.net ivf puerto rico fertility center dr pedro beauchamp ivf program o3868.html Puerto Rico Fertility ref In his field, Dr. Beauchamp has published over 50 scientific works in myriad medical journals, and has been an invited speaker to numerous medical conferences. ref name PRF Honors and memberships Dr. Beauchamp is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and a co founder ... more details
Image ShettlesLandrum.jpg thumb Shettles circa 1980 Landrum Brewer Shettles 21 November 1909 6 February 2003 was an United States American biologist and pioneering in vitro fertilization in vitro fertilization researcher at Columbia University . Biography Shettles was raised in Pontotoc, Mississippi and attended Columbia University. He earned M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. ref cite journal last Rorvik first David Michael authorlink David Rorvik date 1969 05 19 title Your Baby s Sex Select, Don t Settle journal New York magazine New York Magazine volume 2 issue 20 page 37 publisher New York Media Holdings accessdate 2011 02 22 url http books.google.com books?id d90CAAAAMBAJ&pg PA37&lpg PA37&dq 22Landrum B. Shettles, M.D., Ph.D., 22&source bl&ots 4F5om aNvI&sig HrgAm04O4m7SJ6clwi3ZkfFZmwk&hl en&ei N05kTfOPBMf1gAfi8IX5AQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 6&ved 0CCcQ6AEwBTgK v onepage&q 22Landrum 20B. 20Shettles 2C 20M.D. 2C 20Ph.D. 2C 22&f false quote Landrum B. Shettles, M.D., Ph.D., ref In 1951 he duplicated the Rock Menkin experiments in fertilizing eggs, and in 1954 he received a Markle Scholarship , which was awarded to one scientist at Columbia University each year. In 1960 Shettles published Ovum Humanum , a book containing color photographs of fertilized human eggs in various stages of development. He made the first United States attempt at an in vitro fertilization in vitro fertilization . The experiment was terminated, which led to a court case by the sperm and egg donors. References reflist External links http www.pbs.org wgbh americanexperience features biography babies bio shettles Biography http www.pbs.org wgbh amex babies peopleevents p shettles.html PBS Landrum Shettles http www.nasw.org users robinhenig SecondBest.htm New York Times Shettles DEFAULTSORT Shettles, Landrum Category American scientists Category Columbia University alumni Category In vitro fertilisation fr Landrum Brewer Shettles ... more details
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IVC can refer to Indus Valley Civilization , a Bronze Age civilization centralized along the Indus River Ignatian Volunteer Corps Inferior vena cava Inferior vena cava filter International Video Corporation , a manufacturer of videotape recorders in the 1960s and 70s Invercargill Airport , New Zealand Irvine Valley College Imperial Valley College Individually Ventilated Cages invacare In vitro compartmentalization International Vale Tudo Championship disambig de IVC it IVC ja IVC ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 mergeto AMOT date February 2011 Angiomotin is a 675 residue protein that increases the random migration of endothelial cells as well as the migration of endothelial cells toward growth factors . In the presence of angiostatin , endothelial cells that overexpress angiomotin exhibit a significant reduction in migration toward growth factors as well as an inability to form tubule s in vitro . These observations are consistent with the localization of angiomotin in the leading edge of migrating cells. Angiostatin, therefore, disrupts the normal migratory function of Angiomotin. Category Cell adhesion proteins Protein stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 The Sysmex XT 2000i is an automated hematology analyzer for in vitro diagnostic use. The XT 2000i can analyze and output the results of 24 parameters of a blood sample by using an optical detector block based on flow cytometry and a semiconductor laser. DEFAULTSORT Sysmex Xt 2000i Category Medical equipment Medical equipment stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Sporidia are result of homokaryotic smut fungi which are not pathogenic , asexual reproduction through the process of budding . Thus far, this has only been observed in vitro References C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004 ISBN 0 471 52229 5 Category Fungal morphology and anatomy fungus stub ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Oragen drugs are highly experimental nucleic acid technologies related to Ampligen , developed by HEMISPHERx Biopharma, Inc. It is hoped they will have Antiviral drug antiviral effects. They are undergoing pre clinical in vitro trials. Mechanism Of Action It is believed that Oragen regulates the RNase L pathway and may also have effects specifically against the HIV virus. External links http www.hemispherx.net content rnd drug candidates.htm Hemispherx Oragen Page Category Antivirals immunology stub ... more details
The collagen gel contraction assay is a type of wound healing wound contraction . It is performed using the dermal equivalent model, which consists of dermal fibroblast s seeded into a collagen gel. ref http www.springerlink.com content g518380278431706 Macrophages restrain contraction of an in vitro wound healing model ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Collagen Gel Contraction Assay Category Skin physiology medicine stub ... more details
italic title In natura Latin language Latin for in Nature is a phrase to describe conditions present in a non laboratory environment, to differentiate it from in vivo experiments on live organisms in a lab and ex vivo experiments on cultivated cells isolated from multicellular organisms conditions. ref cite pmid 17952041 ref ref cite pmid 21511024 ref , ref cite pmid 1340346 ref See also in vitro in silico ex vivo in situ in utero in papyro in planta References reflist Category Latin biological phrases ca In natura ... more details
Expert subject Biology date February 2009 A humster is a Hybrid biology hybrid cell line made from hamster oocyte fertilized with human sperm routinely created for mainly two reasons To avoid legal issues with working with pure human embryonic stem cell lines. To assess the viability of human sperm for in vitro fertilization . Somatic cell hybrids between hamster or mouse and man have been used for mapping of various traits at least since the 1970s. See also Vacanti mouse References Reflist http www.humboldt.edu essays ballantyne.html Humans and Hybrids A Critique of the Western Moral Framework Junca et al. 1983 Evaluation of human sperm fertility by interspecific human spermatozoa hamster oocytes in vitro fertilization. Acta Eur. Fertil. 14 , 191 196 Further reading http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 109927295 abstract?CRETRY 1&SRETRY 0 Analysis of the first cell cycle in the cross between hamster eggs and human sperm biology stub Category Medical research Category Cell biology Category Bioethics Category Mammal hybrids Category Hominid hybrids ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Integrated discrete Multiple Organ Culture IdMOC is an in vitro, cell culture based experimental model for the study of intercellular communication . In conventional in vitro systems, each cell type is studied in isolation ignoring critical interactions between organs or cell types. IdMOC technology is based on the concept that multiple organs signal or communicate via the systemic circulation i.e., blood . File IdMOC.JPG thumb right Schematic representation of an IdMOC plate The IdMOC plate consists of multiple inner wells within a large interconnecting chamber. Multiple cell types are first individually seeded in the inner wells and when required are flooded with an overlying medium to facilitate well to well communication. Test material can be added to the overlying medium and both media and cells can be analyzed individually. Plating of hepatocytes with other organ specific cells allows evaluation of drug metabolism and organotoxicity. ref Li AP, Bode C, Sakai Y. A novel in vitro system, the integrated discrete multiple organ cell culture IdMOC system, for the evaluation of human drug toxicity comparative cytotoxicity of tamoxifen towards normal human cells from five major organs and MCF 7 adenocarcinoma breast cancer cells. Chem Biol Interact. 2004 Nov 1 150 1 129 36 ref The IdMOC system has numerous applications in drug development , such as the evaluation of drug metabolism and toxicity . It can simultaneously evaluate the toxic potential of a drug on cells from multiple organs, evaluate drug stability, distribution, metabolite formation and efficacy. By modeling multiple organ interactions, IdMOC can examine the pharmacology pharmacological effects of a drug and its metabolites on target and off target organs as well as evaluate drug interactions ... or ADME Tox properties. In vitro toxicology In vitro toxicity screening using hepatocytes in conjunction ... and drug discovery discovery process. ref Li, AP. In vitro evaluation of metabolic drug drug interactions ... more details
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Salicylate testing is a category of drug testing that is focused on detecting salicylates such as salicylic acid acetysalicylic acid for either biochemical or medical purposes. Analytical Salicylates can be identified by Gas chromatography mass spectrometry GC MS , proton NMR , and Infrared spectroscopy IR . In Vitro One of the first in vitro tests for aspirin was through the Trinder reaction . Aqueous Ferric chloride was added to a urine sample, and the formation of the iron complex turned the solution purple. This test was not specific to acetylsalicylic acid , but would occur in the presence of any phenol or enol . The downfall of this test occurs in the presence of hyperbilirubinemia, or elevated bilirubin . When the level of bilirubin exceeds 1 Milligram mg Litre dl , a false positive could occur. Fact date June 2009 Enzyme Specific Assay The current in vitro testing utilizes molecule specific methods of detecting salicylates. ref http www.cambridgelifesciences.co.uk downloads Ifu Salicylate 20IFU 20K5056 20v04.pdf ref Immunoassay Another identification mechanism is through immunoassay . Abbott Laboratories Abbott Labs Axsym AxSYM is an immunoassay device utilizing Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay FPIA technology that can determine the presence and quantify salicylates. The introduction of a salicylate specific antigen labeled with fluorescein into the sample will mark the sample. Upon irradiation with 490 nanometer nm light, some of that light will be reflected back to a detector at 520 nanometer nm . Polarization allows the machine to detect the difference between antibody bound, and unbound fluorescein. It is therefore possible to quantify the Blood serum serum salicylate level through the signal strength the amount of reflected light received. Fact date June 2009 References reflist Category Chemical tests Category Serology ... more details
Oocyte selection is a procedure that is performed prior to in vitro fertilization , in order to use oocytes with maximal chances of resulting in pregnancy. In contrast, embryo selection takes place after fertilization. Techniques Chromosomal evaluation may be performed. Embryos from rescued in vitro matured metaphase II IVM MII oocytes show significantly higher fertilization rates and more blastomeres per embryo compared with those from arrested metaphase I MI oocytes 58.5 vs. 43.9 and 5.7 vs. 5.0, respectively . ref cite journal author Strassburger D, Goldstein A, Friedler S, et al. title The cytogenetic constitution of embryos derived from immature metaphase I oocytes obtained after ovarian hyperstimulation journal Fertil. Steril. volume 94 issue 3 pages 971 978 year 2009 month June pmid 19505687 doi 10.1016 j.fertnstert.2009.04.035 url ref Also, morphological features of the oocyte that can be obtained by standard light microscopy light or polarized light microscopy . However, there is no clear tendency in recent publications to a general increase in predictive value of morphological features. ref cite doi 10.1093 humupd dmq029 ref Suggested techniques include zona pellucida imaging , which can detect differences in birefringence between eggs, which is a predictor of embryo compaction compaction , blastulation and pregnancy. ref cite journal author Ebner T, Balaban B, Moser M, et al. title Automatic user independent zona pellucida imaging at the oocyte stage allows for the prediction of preimplantation development journal Fertil. Steril. volume 94 issue 3 pages 913 920 year 2009 month May pmid 19439291 doi 10.1016 j.fertnstert.2009.03.106 url ref References reflist Assisted reproductive technology DEFAULTSORT Oocyte selection Category Fertility Category In vitro fertilisation Category Female genital procedures Category Cryobiology Category Fertility medicine Category Obstetrics Category Pregnancy Category Reproduction ... more details
title The In Vitro Meat Consortium Preliminary Economics Study publisher eXmoor pharma ... ten.2005.11.659?journalCode ten Commentary In Vitro Cultured Meat Production http new harvest.org ... more details
Medical biology is a field of biology that has practical applications in medicine , health care and laboratory diagnostics . It includes many biomedicine biomedical disciplines and areas of specialty that typically contain the bio prefix such as molecular biology , biochemistry , biophysics , biotechnology , cell biology , embryology , nanobiotechnology , biological engineering , laboratory medical biology , cytogenetics , genetics , gene therapy , bioinformatics , biostatistics , systems biology , microbiology , virology , parasitology , physiology , pathology , toxicology , and many others that generally concern life sciences as applied to medicine . Medical biology ref http www.elsevier.com wps find bookdescription.cws home BS PMBO description description Principles of Medical Biology ref is the cornerstone of modern health care and laboratory diagnostics . It concernes a wide range of scientific and technological aproches from an in vitro diagnostics ref http www.fda.gov MedicalDevices ProductsandMedicalProcedures InVitroDiagnostics default.htm In vitro diagnostics ref ref http www.edma ivd.be index.php?id 6 In vitro Diagnostics EDMA ref to the in vitro fertilisation ref http www.sciencemag.org cgi content abstract sci 260 5110 932?maxtoshow &hits 10&RESULTFORMAT &fulltext 22in vitro fertilisation 22&searchid 1&FIRSTINDEX 0&resourcetype HWCIT In vitro fertilization ref , from the molecular mechanisms of a cystic fibrosis to the population dynamics of the HIV virus , from the understanding molecular interactions to the study of the carcinogenesis ref http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 20691260 Molecular aspects of cancerogenesis ref , from a single nucleotide polymorphism SNP to the gene therapy . Medical biology based on molecular biology combines all issues of developing molecular medicine ref http www.molmed.org Molecular medicine magazine ref into large scale structural and functional relationships of the human genome , transcriptome , proteome and metabolome w ... more details
Image Gray8.png thumb 400px The process of fertilization in the ovum of a mouse. A pronucleus plural pronuclei is the nucleus of a sperm or an egg cell during the process of fertilization , after the sperm enters the ovum, but before they fuse. Sperm and egg cells are Ploidy haploid , meaning they carry half the number of chromosome s. When the pronucleus of a sperm fuses with the pronucleus of an egg, their chromosomes combine and become part of a single diploid nucleus in the resulting embryo , containing a full set of chromosomes. The appearance of two pronuclei is the first sign of successful fertilization as observed during in vitro fertilisation , and is usually observed 18 hours after insemination or ICSI. The zygote is then termed a two pronuclear zygote 2PN . Two pronuclear zygotes transitioning through 1PN or 3PN states tend to develop into poorer quality embryos than ones who remain 2PN throughout development, ref cite journal author Reichman DE, Jackson KV, Racowsky C title Incidence and development of zygotes exhibiting abnormal pronuclear disposition after identification of two pronuclei at the fertilization check journal Fertil. Steril. volume 94 issue 3 pages 965 970 year 2009 month May pmid 19476942 doi 10.1016 j.fertnstert.2009.04.018 url ref and may be significant in embryo selection in in vitro fertilization IVF . References reflist External links wiktionary pronucleus Cell biology stub Category Genetics es Pron cleo io Pronukleo pl Przedj drze ru ... more details
Ribosome display is a technique used to perform in vitro protein evolution to create proteins that can bind to a desired ligand . The process results in translated proteins that are associated with their mRNA progenitor which is used, as a complex, to bind to an immobilized ligand in a selection step. The mRNA protein hybrids that bind well are then reverse transcriptase reverse transcribed to cDNA and their sequence amplified via PCR . The end result is a nucleotide sequence that can be used to create tightly binding proteins. Ribosome display process Ribosome display begins with a naive library of DNA sequences coding for polypeptides Mattheakis, Bhatt and Dower 1994 An in vitro polysome display system for identifying ligands from very large peptide libraries. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91, 9022 9026 . Each sequence is transcribed, and then translated in vitro into polypeptide. However, the DNA library coding for a particular library of binding proteins is genetically fused to a spacer sequence lacking a stop codon. This spacer sequence, when translated, is still attached to the peptidyl tRNA and occupies the ribosomal tunnel, and thus allows the protein of interest to protrude out of the ribosome and fold. What results is a complex of mRNA, ribosome, and protein which can bind to surface bound ligand. This complex is stabilized with the lowering of temperature and the addition of cations such as Mg sup 2 sup . During the subsequent binding, or panning, stages, the complex is introduced ... space gaps. Competing methods for protein evolution in vitro are phage display , yeast display , bacterial display , and mRNA display . As it is performed entirely in vitro, there are two main advantages ... display, this link is accomplished during in vitro translation by stabilizing the complex consisting ... doi 10.1073 pnas.94.10.4937 last1 Hanes first1 J. last2 Pl ckthun first2 A. title In vitro selection ... last1 Lipovsek first1 D. last2 Pl ckthun pmid 15261571 first2 A. title In vitro protein ... more details
Bacterial display or bacteria display or bacterial surface display is a protein engineering technique used for in vitro protein evolution. Libraries of polypeptides displayed on the surface of bacteria can be screened using flow cytometry or iterative selection procedures biopanning . Competing methods for protein evolution in vitro are phage display , ribosome display , yeast display , and mRNA display . References cite journal doi 10.1073 pnas.90.22.10444 last1 Francisco first1 J. A. last2 Campbell first2 R. last3 Iverson first3 B. L. last4 Georgiou first4 G. title Production and Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting of Escherichia coli Expressing a Functional Antibody Fragment on the External Surface journal Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. year 1993 volume 90 pages 10444 48 cite journal doi 10.1038 nbt0197 29 last1 Georgiou first1 G. pmid 9035102 last2 Stathopoulos first2 C last3 Daugherty first3 PS last4 Nayak first4 AR last5 Iverson first5 BL last6 Curtiss R first6 3rd title Display of heterologous proteins on the surface of microorganisms From the screening of combinatorial libraries to live recombinant vaccines journal Nat. Biotech. year 1997 volume 15 issue 1 pages 29 34 Protein methods Category Biochemistry methods biochem stub ar ... more details
Leadzyme is a small ribozyme that was artificially made using in vitro selection techniques. Leadzyme is able to cleave RNA in the presence of lead . ref cite journal author Pan T, Uhlenbeck OC title In vitro selection of RNAs that undergo autolytic cleavage with Pb2 journal Biochemistry volume 31 issue 16 pages 3887 3895 year 1992 pmid 1373649 doi 10.1021 bi00131a001 ref The structure of leadzyme has been determined by X ray crystallography . ref cite journal author Wedekind JE, McKay DB. title Crystal structure of the leadzyme at 1.8 A resolution metal ion binding and the implications for catalytic mechanism and allo site ion regulation journal Biochemistry volume 42 issue 32 pages 9554 9563 year 2003 pmid 12911297 doi 10.1021 bi0300783 ref It has been proposed that a naturally occurring leadzyme occurs in the Ribosomal RNA 5S rRNA and further that this may be an important mechanism in lead toxicity. ref cite journal author Barciszewska MZ, Wyszko E, Bald R, Erdmann VA, Barciszewski J. title 5S rRNA is a leadzyme. A molecular basis for lead toxicity journal J. Biochemistry volume 133 issue 3 pages 309 315 year 2003 pmid 12761166 doi 10.1093 jb mvg042 ref References references Category Ribozymes Category RNA splicing molecular cell biology stub biochem stub ru ... more details
Federico Sada Gonz lez is a Mexican businessman and the current President of the Mexico France Bilateral Business Committee of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment, and Technology COMCE . He is the former CEO of Vitro, S.A. de C.V., one of the world s leading glass producers. Federico is Chairman of the Fundaci n Pro Museo Nacional de Historia and is also a member of the Fox Center Civil Association, affiliated with former President of Mexico Vicente Fox . Members of the Fox Center Civil Association are as follows Vicente Fox Marta Sahag n Carlos Slim Hel Emilio Azc rraga Jean Ricardo Salinas Pliego Olegario V zquez Ra a Roberto Hern ndez Ram rez Roberto Hern ndez Federico Sada Gonz lez Lorenzo Zambrano Arturo El as Ayub Eduardo Henkel References reflist External links http centrofox.org.mx Center of Studies, Library and Museum Vicente Fox http www.vitro.com Vitro, S.A. de C.V. coord missing Mexico Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Federico Sada Gonzalez ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sada Gonzalez, Federico Category Mexican businesspeople Category Living people mexico bio stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Fumaria parviflora image Fumaria parviflora Sturm48.jpg image width 230px regnum Plant ae divisio Flowering plant Magnoliophyta classis Magnoliopsida ordo Ranunculales familia Fumariaceae genus Fumaria species F. parviflora binomial Fumaria parviflora binomial authority Jean Baptiste Lamarck Lam. Fumaria parviflora is a species of flowering plant known by the common names fineleaf fumitory and Indian fumitory . It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is common and widely distributed in many other parts of the world. It is sometimes weedy. The small flowers are dull white with purple tips. The fruit is a rounded nutlet with a central crest. Possible medicnal uses F. parviflora may be heapatoprotective against Nimesulide hepatotoxicity . ref Tripathi M, Singh BK, Mishra C, Raisuddin S, Kakkar P., Involvement of mitochondria mediated pathways in hepatoprotection conferred by Fumaria parviflora Lam. extract against nimesulide induced apoptosis in vitro. Toxicol In Vitro. 2010 Mar 24 2 495 508 ref External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?5547,5581,5583 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol FUPA USDA Plants Profile http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?406369 GRIN Species Profile References references Category Fumariaceae Ranunculales stub hsb N ny kokrik ... more details
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