Biobutanol – A Replacement for Bioethanol?
Ron Cascone
Ethanol, the leading incumbant biofuel, has several limitations.Butanol overcomes many of these, and holds promise as the next important transportation biofuel.
Purifying Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies
Amit Mehta, Amy Len, Benedicte Lebreton, Bradley Wolk, Jace Fogle, Martha Lovato Tse, Nuno Fontes, Robert van Reis, Roshan Shrestha
Eliminating the affinity chromatography step in the mAb purification process trims equipment requirements, shrinks the plant footprint— and reduces costs.
SBE Explores the Scale-Up of Stem Cell Technology
Kartik Subramanian
Speeding the Design of Bioprocesses
Andrew D. Tustian, Sunil Chhatre
These experimental and modeling techniques enable the rapid, cost-effective design and scale-up of biopharmaceutical manufacturing in an integrated fashion.
Bioprinting: Directed Tissue Self-Assembly
Roger Markwald, Vladimir Kasyanov, Vladimir Mironov
Imagine eliminating patient waiting lists for organ transplants. Bioprinting holds the promise of making this happen, but, must research must be done first.
Conducting Polymers: A Bridge Across the Bionic Interface
Geoffrey M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace
Inherently conducting polymers (ICPs) exhibit a variety of dynamic behaviors that make them an exciting platform for a new generation of bionic devices.
Engineering Organs: Heart and Esophagus
Buddy D. Ratner
The potential for tissue engineering to transform the practice of medicine is enormous. Chemical engineers will play important roles in this revolution.
Industry and SBE News
Dr. George Georgiou to Receive SBE's James E. Bailey Award; Averting an Epidemic— Novel Device Detects Avian Flu Virus in Less than Half an Hour; Cell-Free Protein Sythesis Comes of Age; Genetically Engineering Microorganisms into Pharmaceutical...