Post by bannanny on Sept 19, 2010 11:16:05 GMT -5
Abstract
Electrospinning is a simple and versatile technique of producing polymeric fibers ranging from submicron to micron in diameter. Incorporation of bioactive agents into the fibers could make a biofunctional tissue engineering scaffold. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of encapsulating human beta-nerve growth factor (NGF), which was stabilized in a carrier protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA) in a copolymer of epsilon-caprolactone and ethyl ethylene phosphate (PCLEEP) by electrospinning. Partially aligned protein encapsulated fibers were obtained and the protein was found to be randomly dispersed throughout the electrospun fibrous mesh in aggregate form. A sustained release of NGF via diffusion process was obtained for at least 3 months. PC12 neurite outgrowth assay confirmed that the bioactivity of electrospun NGF was retained, at least partially, throughout the period of sustained release, thus clearly demonstrating the feasibility of encapsulating proteins via electrospinning to produce biofunctional tissue scaffolds.
Hmmmm, I wonder if that carrier protein could be the unknown protein in morgs? Altho you'd think it would've been easily identified as such. Then again, you never know since they don't always know what they're lookin at and it also may take a specific test in order for that specific protein to show up. That 3 month time frame jumped out at me too... cuz that's the time it took for the growth to peak on my scope base both times and the time it took for my symptoms to peak again after coming to Maryland from California.
I was also interested in the link you said talked about the sol gel but couldn't get it to pull up. I got this message instead...
The requested URL was not found on this server.
Reason I was interested was becuz of what Dr. H said when she saw this pic of mine...
...she said it looked like sol gel to her and really wanted the sample but I'd already thrown it out.
More excerpts from your links...
Nanowerk News) Not that many companies claim they can turn a kilo of collagen from discarded hoki skins into a fibre that could reach all the way to the Sun.
Ya think??
Initial applications of the extremely fine nano-fibres are expected in clothing, filtration, reinforcing, electronics and packaging. The fibres are extremely strong due to the molecular alignment of the polymer particles.
Oh I think it's already in those things... and the word strong doesn't even cover it. This sure sounds like what we're dealing with ruth. I've been feeling morgs in the packaging of everything for a long time now. I even started googling packaging procedures once... cuz not only do I feel the electrical sensations when I go to open somnething, but have you noticed how hard it is to pull packaged things apart now? Box tops are harder to open and you can barely pull the inside packages apart anymore... I usually have to use scizzors to open them now.
Hosie says the world is on the cusp of a boom in electro-spinning, a technology that's 150 years old.
"There's been a lot of research, not a lot of commercialisation," he says.
150 years old eh? Long enough to have spun itself right into us.
Interesting stuff ruth... and something to really think about. Especially with this being said...
"nano-fibres provide a much greater surface area to capture pathogens and dust particles"
Again... ya think?? I'd say it's capturing everything that's being pulled inside of us.
These last few paragraphs from the first link in your last post really sum it up tho...
Hosie said working with the Plant & Food Crown Research Institute has been an eye-opener.
"There's any amount of innovation and commercial potential within it, but not enough's being picked up.
"TechNZ funding has seen this firm grow from an idea to what could be a large export organisation in a fast-growing emerging market," said Richard Bentley, general manager manufacturing and high-growth firms at the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Revolution Fibres has received more than $844,000 in TechNZ funding to date.
The value of the global nano-fibre market is estimated at US$102 million and is expected to grow to $US$2.2 billion by 2020.
... it all comes down to money, money, money.
The first paragraph in your very last link tells me what I've been thinking for a long time now too...
BERKELEY, Calif., April 17, 2006 -- For 72 years, scientists have been able to use electric fields to spin polymers into tiny fibers. The problem has been that the fibers tangle randomly almost as soon as they are created. Now, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to use the electric-field process to make nanofibers in a direct, continuous and controllable manner. The new technique, known as near-field electrospinning, offers the possibility of using nanofibers to make new, specialized materials with organized patterns that can be used for such applications as wound dressings, filtrations and bioscaffolds
...and that is that I think UC in Berkeley knows alot about morgellons. One good thing they're saying tho here is
"they've found a way to use the electric-field process to make nanofibers in a direct, continuous and controllable manner."
We could use a controllable manner couldn't we?
Thanks for the insight into all this ruth... like I said, I think it's some real interesting stuff.
love ya ~~ bannanny
Electrospinning is a simple and versatile technique of producing polymeric fibers ranging from submicron to micron in diameter. Incorporation of bioactive agents into the fibers could make a biofunctional tissue engineering scaffold. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of encapsulating human beta-nerve growth factor (NGF), which was stabilized in a carrier protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA) in a copolymer of epsilon-caprolactone and ethyl ethylene phosphate (PCLEEP) by electrospinning. Partially aligned protein encapsulated fibers were obtained and the protein was found to be randomly dispersed throughout the electrospun fibrous mesh in aggregate form. A sustained release of NGF via diffusion process was obtained for at least 3 months. PC12 neurite outgrowth assay confirmed that the bioactivity of electrospun NGF was retained, at least partially, throughout the period of sustained release, thus clearly demonstrating the feasibility of encapsulating proteins via electrospinning to produce biofunctional tissue scaffolds.
Hmmmm, I wonder if that carrier protein could be the unknown protein in morgs? Altho you'd think it would've been easily identified as such. Then again, you never know since they don't always know what they're lookin at and it also may take a specific test in order for that specific protein to show up. That 3 month time frame jumped out at me too... cuz that's the time it took for the growth to peak on my scope base both times and the time it took for my symptoms to peak again after coming to Maryland from California.
I was also interested in the link you said talked about the sol gel but couldn't get it to pull up. I got this message instead...
The requested URL was not found on this server.
Reason I was interested was becuz of what Dr. H said when she saw this pic of mine...
...she said it looked like sol gel to her and really wanted the sample but I'd already thrown it out.
More excerpts from your links...
Nanowerk News) Not that many companies claim they can turn a kilo of collagen from discarded hoki skins into a fibre that could reach all the way to the Sun.
Ya think??
Initial applications of the extremely fine nano-fibres are expected in clothing, filtration, reinforcing, electronics and packaging. The fibres are extremely strong due to the molecular alignment of the polymer particles.
Oh I think it's already in those things... and the word strong doesn't even cover it. This sure sounds like what we're dealing with ruth. I've been feeling morgs in the packaging of everything for a long time now. I even started googling packaging procedures once... cuz not only do I feel the electrical sensations when I go to open somnething, but have you noticed how hard it is to pull packaged things apart now? Box tops are harder to open and you can barely pull the inside packages apart anymore... I usually have to use scizzors to open them now.
Hosie says the world is on the cusp of a boom in electro-spinning, a technology that's 150 years old.
"There's been a lot of research, not a lot of commercialisation," he says.
150 years old eh? Long enough to have spun itself right into us.
Interesting stuff ruth... and something to really think about. Especially with this being said...
"nano-fibres provide a much greater surface area to capture pathogens and dust particles"
Again... ya think?? I'd say it's capturing everything that's being pulled inside of us.
These last few paragraphs from the first link in your last post really sum it up tho...
Hosie said working with the Plant & Food Crown Research Institute has been an eye-opener.
"There's any amount of innovation and commercial potential within it, but not enough's being picked up.
"TechNZ funding has seen this firm grow from an idea to what could be a large export organisation in a fast-growing emerging market," said Richard Bentley, general manager manufacturing and high-growth firms at the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Revolution Fibres has received more than $844,000 in TechNZ funding to date.
The value of the global nano-fibre market is estimated at US$102 million and is expected to grow to $US$2.2 billion by 2020.
... it all comes down to money, money, money.
The first paragraph in your very last link tells me what I've been thinking for a long time now too...
BERKELEY, Calif., April 17, 2006 -- For 72 years, scientists have been able to use electric fields to spin polymers into tiny fibers. The problem has been that the fibers tangle randomly almost as soon as they are created. Now, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to use the electric-field process to make nanofibers in a direct, continuous and controllable manner. The new technique, known as near-field electrospinning, offers the possibility of using nanofibers to make new, specialized materials with organized patterns that can be used for such applications as wound dressings, filtrations and bioscaffolds
...and that is that I think UC in Berkeley knows alot about morgellons. One good thing they're saying tho here is
"they've found a way to use the electric-field process to make nanofibers in a direct, continuous and controllable manner."
We could use a controllable manner couldn't we?
Thanks for the insight into all this ruth... like I said, I think it's some real interesting stuff.
love ya ~~ bannanny