Browsing 2019 Theses (MU) by Thesis Department "Biological engineering (MU)"

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  • Accurate DNA microsatellite and microRNA detection with a biological nanopore 

    Wang, Yingzhen (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Nanopore-based detection has been used in many genetic, epigenetic, proteomic, and bio-mechanism studies. In this report, we introduced two ...

  • Design and synthesis of targeted NIR fluorescent nanoparticles for bio-imaging 

    Hoagenson, Alicia Renee (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Breast cancer is the second most common cancer, and the chance that a woman will die from breast cancer is 2.6%. One in 8 women develop ...

  • Engineering target nanomaterials for stable and efficient delivery of siRNA 

    Jenkins, Brain Padriac (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Lung cancer has the highest cancer-related mortality rate in the United States. The most common form of lung cancer is non-small cell lung ...

  • Four-limb IMU sensors for canine gait analysis 

    Zhang, Xiqiao (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    Canine models of human musculoskeletal diseases, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), are important translational animal models for developing therapies. Musculoskeletal diseases alter gait performance, and gait ...

  • Methods of imaging articular cartilage under shear 

    Jacoby, Charles (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    Characterizing both the structure of articular cartilage, and its biomechanical properties is key to gaining a full understanding of how the tissue functions. Articular cartilage is an inhomogeneous tissue with a depth ...