Meditekknology srlMeditekknology srlA CNR spin-off company operating in the field of (bio)nanotechnology and medical diagnostics
Codice Istat: Codice Istat: 7310E, "Sperimentazione in campo biologico, ricerca".K73 Ricerca e Sviluppo
MissionMission:: Research and development inthe field of biotechnology: reagents andinstruments for medical diagnostics andtherapy, new organic and inorganic
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molecules for the labeling of biologicalsystems and/or as photoemitters
http://www.cnr.it/sitocnr/IlCNR/Innovazione/SocietaSpinoffCNR.html
thiophene
The challenge:from organic from organic devices to biopolymers and and bioimaging
United States Patent 6,841,669U d s 6,8 ,66
Functionalized thiophene oligomers and their use as fluorescent markers
AbstractThiophene oligomers which are excitable in the visible and ultraviolet region and each having at least one functional group able to form a covalent bond with organic and/or biological molecules, so as not to alter
h h fl f h leither the fluorescence properties of the oligomers or the biological activity of the bound molecules, and their use as fluorescent markers in analysis techniques.
R.C. replaced by G.G.
Initial Status
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Merging of CNR and INFM
BIO-D sold to a biggercompany which, after the beginning of the beginning of the economic crisis, decides to abandon the field of bi t h lbiotechnology
Current Status
CNR 50%CNR 50%G.G. 25%G.B. 25%
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producing and selling gknow-how
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fluorophoresparticipating in national and international international projects developing a
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staining by covalent attachment of pH-responsive microgels on platforms dedicated to micro uidics for lab-on-chip (Dr.se Simona Argentiere, Laura Blasi)
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