In 2009, a clinical trial of Geron corporation's ES cell-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells to treat acute phase spinal cord injury, was approved, which is intended for patients within 2 weeks of injury.
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) of Altadena, California has unveiled a new plastic-based, prototype methanol fuel cartridge.
In California, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has successfully completed the design, production and testing of prototype fuel cell cartridges under its contract with Catalytic Devices International (CDI).
California-based Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has entered into a fuel cartridge design and manufacturing agreement with SMC Co Ltd in Korea.
In California, Pasadena-based Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation is collaborating with PolyFuel in Mountain View on the development of fuel delivery technology.
Oregon-based Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation is to deliver a beta unit of its proprietary HydraStax™ hydrogen PEM fuel cell to be tested by the Bonneville Power Administration, a major wholesale power producer in the Pacific Northwest of the US.
California-based Pacific Fuel Cell Corporation has acquired certain rights to a new carbon nanotube membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) for hydrogen and methanol fuel cells, and has filed a provisional patent application in the name of the co-inventors, led by Professor Yushan Yan of the chemical engineering department at the University of California, Riverside.
A design team at Harvey Mudd College Engineering Clinic in California has completed a year-long project sponsored by Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation to develop innovative tamper/child resistance and authentication features for fuel cell cartridges designed to be used in portable electronics.
Specimens were tested in torsion using an EnduraTec TestBench system (200 N-mm torque cell; Bose Corporation, MN) at 1°/s until failure.
Human venous endothelial cells (HUVECs) were obtained from Cell Systems Corporation (Kirkland, WA, USA).
ECs were cultured in CSC complete medium (Cell System Corporation, Kirkland, WA, USA).
