Chemistry Central Journal evolves to BMC Chemistry
I am pleased to announce that as of January 2019, Chemistry Central Journal, an Open Access (OA) broad scope journal, publishing across all areas of chemistry, will be renamed to BMC Chemistry and will start publishing its first content immediately.
We are excited to welcome this journal in the BMC series family and can’t wait to work alongside Editors, authors and readers of this historic journal and the important community that it serves. BMC Chemistry will further strengthen the BMC series footprint in the physical sciences by publishing quality articles and by pushing the boundaries of open chemistry.
A brief histor...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - November 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Samuel Winthrop Tags: Open Access Publishing Uncategorized BMC Chemistry BMC Series Chemistry Central Journal Source Type: blogs
This pig loves lipstick
How many ways can we modify, twist, bake, sprout, compress, ferment, or add things to wheat . . . and make it not wheat or make it harmless, maybe even healthy?
Can we somehow subject wheat flour to lactic acid fermentation, for instance, to make sourdough bread and disable the lectins in wheat that provoke abnormal intestinal permeability, inflammation, and block cholecystokinin? Or completely reverse the autoimmune-initiating effect of gliadin? Or the calcium-, magnesium-, iron-, or zinc-binding effects of phytates that cause you to lose all these minerals into the toilet?
Can we sprout the seeds, as they do with Ezekie...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 23, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation organic sprouted wheat wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Gold Infused Cotton Threads as Electrodes for Glucose Biofuel Cells
Safe and powerful biofuel cells may help power future medical implantables, and researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Korea University are helping to make that happen. The team of collaborators has developed a glucose-powered fuel cell that relies on gold-infused cotton fibers to achieve a new level of efficiency for such devices.
Gold nanoparticles are embedded within cotton thread that is made functional thanks to a glucose-oxidase coating, resulting in highly electrically conductive electrodes that are biocompatible and very stable. Because the glucose-oxidase is placed in intimate contact with the electro...
Source: Medgadget - November 19, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Materials Nanomedicine Source Type: blogs
Flexible LED Sensor Monitors Blood-Oxygenation Levels Through Skin
Researchers at University of California Berkeley have developed a flexible sensor that can be placed on the skin to measure levels of blood oxygenation over a large area. The device could help in tracking wound healing, or in monitoring oxygenation levels in transplanted skin or organs.
“When you hear the word oximeter, the name for blood-oxygen sensors, rigid and bulky finger-clip sensors come into your mind,” said Yasser Khan, a researcher involved in the study. “We wanted to break away from that, and show oximeters can be lightweight, thin and flexible.”
In traditional finger-clip oximeters, LEDs shine near-infr...
Source: Medgadget - November 8, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Anesthesiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Materials Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
