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| 20110059898 | PRO-OXIDANT ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS - This invention relates to anti-cancer compounds and to methods for treating or preventing cancer. In particular, the invention concerns pro-oxidant anti-cancer compounds, such as pro-oxidant forms of vitamin E, that selectively interact with complex II of the mitochondrial respiratory chain of cancerous cells, generate reactive oxygen species and induce apoptosis of those cells. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110105437 | Mitochondrially Delivered Anti-Cancer Compounds - This invention relates to anti-cancer compounds and to methods for treating or preventing cancer. In one aspect the invention concerns mitochondrially delivered pro-oxidant anti-cancer compounds that generate reactive oxygen species and induce apoptosis of cancerous cells. The delivery moiety can be a lipophilic cation and the pro-oxidant vitamin E analogue, such as α-tocopheryl succinate, α-tocopheryl maleate, α-tocopheryl maleyl amide, or 2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2R-(4R,8R,12-trimethyltridecyl)-chroman-6-yloxyacetic acid (α-tocopheryloxyacetic acid). | 05-05-2011 |
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| 20090263870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING A NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE - There is provided a method and/or system which allow on-chip preconditioning of complex real-world samples and/or handling of limited amounts of target material, and/or on-chip nucleic acid amplification process, using a free droplet containing magnetic attractable material. The nucleic acid amplification process comprises controlling the position of the magnetic attractable material and performing the nucleic acid amplification in a thermocycling droplet located onto at least one temperature zone. The low thermal masses of the herein described heaters/temperature sensors come along with fast temperature transitions within the corresponding temperature zones allowing impressing temperature gradients in at least one temperature zone between subsequent or within the same thermocycle(s). Additionally, the variable residence times of the droplet in a given temperature zone permit to customize the denaturation, annealing and/or extension times within the same or between different PCR runs. Additionally, the herein described method and/or system allow amplification of one or more nucleic acid molecules. Additionally, the herein described method and/or system allow real-time monitoring with or without the presence of magnetic attractable material bound to said nucleic acid molecule. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090289213 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A BIOLOGICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL SAMPLE - The invention provides a method of processing a biological and/or chemical sample. The method includes providing a fluid droplet, which includes an inner phase and an outer phase. The outer phase is immiscible with the inner phase, and the outer phase is surrounding the inner phase. The inner phase includes the biological and/or chemical sample. The fluid droplet furthermore comprises magnetically attractable matter. The method also includes providing at least one surface, which is of such a texture and such a wettability for the fluid of the inner phase of the fluid droplet, that the fluid droplet remains intact upon being contacted therewith. The method further includes disposing the fluid droplet onto the at least one surface. The method also includes performing a process on the biological and/or chemical sample in the fluid droplet. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100116682 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR WITH INTERDIGITATED MICROELECTRODES AND CONDUCTED POLYMER - The present invention generally relates to electronic devices and methods. In some cases, the invention provides a sensor device comprising a pair of interdigitated microelectrodes ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100227386 | COMPACT OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM - A detection system is provided, the detection system comprising a light source that generates excitation light having a wavelength sufficient to excite a fluorophore in a sample; an excitation filter positioned along a first line along a path of the excitation light, the excitation filter transmitting the excitation light from the light source; a beam splitter positioned along the first line, the beam splitter reflecting the excitation light transmitted by the excitation filter along a second line toward a mirror positioned on one side of the beam splitter, and passing emitted light reflected along the second line; the mirror, positioned to reflect the excitation light from the beam splitter to the fluorophore in the sample along a third line, normal to both the first and second lines, wherein the mirror further reflects emitted light emitted along the third line, along the second line toward the beam splitter; an emission filter positioned along the second line, on a second side of the beam splitter; and a detector that detects the emitted light transmitted by the emission filter. | 09-09-2010 |
