The Montegen's Pocket-Science

General Index

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

 

VOLUME

YEAR

MONTH

TOPIC

1

1997

June

Plasticity and potential development of the olfactory organ

August

Artificial sensors

September

Internet can open new avenues to your business

Dolphin Conservation

October

A multifunctional biochip (Microbial Neural Network: Artificial Intelligence from fungi)

November

Fighting Computer Viruses

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2

1998

January

Economics focus on Asia (I)

February

"The Big Mac Index"  (I)

March

Economics focus on Asia (II)

April

"The Big Mac Index"" (II): the dollar in  comparison to the other big currencies

May

From the patent wars, a patent medicine

June

Global roulette: in a volatile economy, can everyone lose?

August

Burgernomics - The Economistīs Big Mac index

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3

1999

January

The drive to reduce time to market

February

Scholars and Entrepreneurs:succedding in the Science Biz

Intrusion Detection: network security beyond  the firewalls

March

The Information Economy

Information Rules: a strategic guide to the  network economy

A place for space and smell

The global record of memory in hippocampal neuronal activity

A transformed view of cyclosporin

Cyclosporin induces cancer progression by a  cell-autonomous mechanism

Heparin and the Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet  Syndrome(TOS)

New viruses search for strong encryption keys ...

April

Valuation of a technology

May

Chips meet single cells with Laser Capture  Microdissection (LCM)

Individual microchip technology (Frequent Asked Questions)

"Fight the Fingerprint" Web Site

Understanding the digital economy (Data, Tools and Research

Everything's great when it sits on a chip. - A bright future  for DNA arrays

June

The first embryo has been cloned

Neurosilicon computers and biological  computers

Stem cells may restore neurons

July

Gene therapy

Hiding crimes in cyberspace

September

A knowledge-based economy study posted by OECD (= Organization for Economic Cooperation  and Development)

Antiangiogenic activity of the cleaved  conformation of the serpin antithrombin 

October

A new more specific immunosuppressor?

Scientists discover addition of new brain  cells in highest brain area of adult macaques.

The Electronic Sniffing

Obit: Vittorio Erspamer, Professor Emeritus, Universoty of Rome (Italy)

November

Isolation of Normal Human Neural Stem Cells

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4

2000

January

Biomimetic synthesis of ordered silica structures mediated by block copolypeptides

A new paradigm for science and production on the Internet era .

February

Company gets rights to cloned human embryos

Trends Analysis: Genetic Engineering Increases Human Power

March

Companies squeeze the patent pipeline

The virus within

Security and Intrusion: update

April

Regulation of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase by MPA kinase

Construction of a genetic toggie switch in Escherichia coli

May

Building innovation factory

Wall St. Focuses on Biotech Trials

Embryonic stem cells differentiate into  oligodendrocytes and myelinate in culture and after spinal cord  transplantation

June

Code Breakers

An interesting example of "virtual drug  company"

Crime laboratory investigations

July

Verso i farmaci personalizzati

September

Bioterrorism

October

Gene therapy in orthopaedic medicine

Does the immortality exist for bacteria?

November

Biometrics creates human passwords

In-house arrays

Biosensors - Sense and Sensitivity

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5

2001

January

"Gene silencing" in transgenic plants

February

The use of 2D polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) for the identification of specific proteins

Pharmacogenomics: Another Evolution

Creare una azienda su Internet: business virtuale ma reale

Digital Signatures

Bioterrorism and Biodefense

March

Introduction to the tool "Design Structure Matrix (DSM)"

April

Obit: Vincenzo Montecucchi, General, The Carabinieri Corps

93^ Sezione Mista Carabinieri - Vicende storiche

June

Biometric Security Systems and personal privacy

A survey on the collaboration between Industry and University in Italy

October

Biodetectors: some considerations on biometrics

November

Science with ethics: the role of patients in the genetic revolution

December

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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6

2002

January

Security Hacking Toolkit

February

DNA- / protein- microarrays

A possible biofraud in the environment

March

A new test to detect microbes - Potential applications in the bioterrorism arena

EU data-privacy laws apply to U.S. companies, too

The power of teamwork

Security and Intrusion: an update

April

The impact of the terrorism on the scientific research and the technology development

May

Something about the geography of the Internet

June

The role of biotechnology into homeland security and defense

Obit: Pasquale Graziadei, Professor Emeritus, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A.

July

The intangible assets, as invisible advantage for a company

A flexible tool for protein characterization tasks

September

The characterization of small molecules as inhibitors of protein - protein interactions

Protein - protein interactions on the Internet

A total anatomic hip prosthesis

October

Modeling a biological system by computer simulation

November

Biotronics

The scientific literature on the web

December

A living thing, as the result of a partial human creation

Homeland legislation will protect data disclosure

The definition of Intelligence

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7

2003

January

A multifunctional liquid sensor

February

The convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science is vital to security and economy.

March

Reprogramming somatic cells

Animals used to detect landmines

April

Bioterrorism

Hip prosthesis - Sulzer hip implants: the problem - Hip recalled

May

Security services to access the electronic information system: some definition and the use of PKI (Public-key infrastructure).

Epigenetics

A pin for better dental prosthetics

June

Introduction to RNA interference for analysis of gene function and as therapeutic

July

Understanding the value of technology investments

Protein splicing and RNA splicing

Kinetics of chemical reactions and kinetics of enzymatic reactions

August

The silk production

September

Terrorism and cyber-terrorism

October

Translocation the strategic plan into a research project

The Big Mac Index

November

William Wilberforce

Zebra Fish as Pollution Indicators

December

Environmental protection and nanotechnology

What does "sensitive" mean?

Odour detection: a new biometric technology

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8

2004

January

Some considerations on nanotechnology

The energy currency for the cell

Proteomics for biodefense

February

(ds)DNA-cellulose chromatography

Chemical modifications of proteins

March

Mitocondrial DNA (mtDNA) and crime investigation

RNA interference

April

Codice di guerra per i militari in Iraq

A new application of nanotechnology for the ARMY - Army Scientists develop Liquid Body Armor

May

Protein synthesis

June

Biomimetics in the industrial arena

July

Biological Diversity and Environment

On the path to synthetic biology: from high-affinity receptors to biocatalysis

September

Primary structure determination of peptides and proteins: enzymatic cleavage methods

October

Primary structure determination of peprides and proteins: chemical cleavage methods

November

Stress-regulating peptides in vertebrates

December

The characterization of a LH release-inhibiting factor (LH RIF), extracted from rat hypothalamus

Nanotechnology - A new spin on sports

Sauvagine and the neuroimmune endocrine system

The technology transfer process

Merry Christmas!

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9

2005

January

Agriculture in Iraq, in the post-Saddam era

   

February

In a combat zone

The human being in front of the Nature

How to evaluate an antivirus software

Information Skills for Problem Solving

   

March

Security and Intrusion 2004: the role of biology

   

April

The role of synthetic peptides in the treatment of neuroimmune disorders

Low-molecular-weight negative regulatory factors

Education in protein biochemistry

Italian Electronic Identification Card (Supplement: Some recent references on biometrics)

Fingerprinting cell lines

   

May

The RNAi technology

Nano-bio convergence

   

June

Deciphering the messaging systems connecting mammalian cells

Scientific terminology: the genetic code is not a synonym for genome sequence

   

July

"Why politicized science is dangerous"

   

August

Can one person have two types of DNA in different parts of his body? The Chimeras

   

September

Psycological operations related to the intelligence process

   

October

OGM soldiers

   

November

Forensic DNA

   

December

Stem cells and cancer

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10

2006

January

Peptides from amphibian skins

   

February

The genotype editing

   

March

Scientific misconduct

Urine proteomics

   

April

My experience in the purification of a factor that  should correspond to the physiological LH release-inhibiting factor (LHRIF) - by Pier Carlo Montecucchi, MONTEGEN (Italy - U.S.A.).

   

May

The technology transfer process and the mechanism of the induced fit

   

June

Protein tomography

   

July

Animal models to test new pharmaceutical compounds (with reference in particular to theirr toxicity): the role of toxicogenomics / pharmacogenomics

   

August

The gene HAR1F and the evolution of the human brain

   

September

Integrated business solutions for the technology transfer in the biotech industry sector

   

October

The information as external force for an economic system

   

November

 
   

December

 

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11

2007

January

Molecular diagnostics for cancer - Test FISH (Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization) for human bladder cancer

   

February

Omics

Science and the novel communication ecosystem

   

March

SWOT analysis

   

April

The characterization of antagonists and super-agonists involved in the control of prolactin secretion, using the primary & secondary structure of sauvagine as a model for the design of new compounds

The need for biodefense standards

   

May

Discover unexpected relationships between peptides from amphibian skin and other proteins

   

June

Embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells: advantages and disadvantages regarding potential use for cell-based regenerative therapies

   

July

A potential tumor therapeutic target for sauvagine

   

August

Tumor stem cells

   

September

Drug repositioning / Drug repurposing

   

October

 
   

November

Drug repositioning - The case of "gefitinib"

   

December

Radio Frequency ID

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