Mina Okochi

TL;DR: It is reported that GroEL and T.th cpn can also enfold CdS semiconductor nanoparticles, giving them high thermal and chemical stability in aqueous media and expected that integration of such biological mechanisms into materials science will open a door to conceptually new bioresponsive devices.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pin holder was placed on a magnet to concentrate the magnetic flux density above the pillars, and the magnetically labeled cells were guided on the surface where the pillars were positioned and allocated on the arrays with high resolution.

TL;DR: A 4-fold increase in photochemical disinfection was obtained at high TiO 2 concentrations using DLEOFs rather than conventional optical fibers for light supply, which should provide a generally applicable method for photodisinfection of water supplies.

TL;DR: In this article, an on-chip polymerase chain reaction (PCR) device employing a magnetic beads-droplet-handling system was developed, which consists of a reaction chamber channel and two magnet handling channels for the manipulation of micro-droplets containing magnetic beads.

TL;DR: A new filtration-based, sensitive CTC isolation device is developed that reveals that CTC increased with progression of metastasis, and a significant increase in the number of CTCs from the blood of patients with metastatic breast cancer was observed compared with patients without metastasis and healthy volunteers.