Abstract: It is intended to provide an aqueous solution of a thermoresponsive polymer and an aqueous dispersion of a thermoresponsive particle, which show an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) and are capable of maintaining a dissolved state and a dispersed state, respectively, even if they are stored for a long period of time at a temperature at which a ligand such as an antibody or an antigen is not inactivated. A UCST lowering agent is incorporated in a predetermined amount in an aqueous solution of a thermoresponsive polymer which shows a UCST in a state of containing water or an aqueous dispersion of a thermoresponsive particle containing the polymer, thereby lowering the UCST of the aqueous solution or aqueous dispersion to less than the storage temperature, and the resulting aqueous solution or aqueous dispersion is stored.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a method capable of simply aggregating magnetic particles having a surface modified with a thermoresponsive polymer at a given temperature without heating or cooling an aqueous solution containing the magnetic particles, and a separation method and a detection method of a substance to be detected in a sample using the method. The method of separating a substance to be detected from a sample includes the steps of: mixing an adsorbent and the sample in an aqueous solution to adsorb the substance to be detected on the adsorbent, aggregating the adsorbent by changing a salt concentration in the aqueous solution; and collecting the adsorbent from the aqueous solution by a magnetic force, wherein said adsorbent comprises a magnetic particle of an average particle size of 50 to 1000 nm, a surface of which is modified with a thermoresponsive polymer and is immobilized with a substance having an affinity for the substance to be detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic fine particles having a lower critical solution temperature to which at least one substance selected from biotin and avidin is immobilized, and a method of converting a substance, a method of separating or concentrating a microorganism, a method of modifying a denatured protein, a method of detecting a nucleic acid, a separating agent, and a method of separating a biological substance using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for measuring oocyst of protozoa, such as Cryptosporidium, in an environment sample with high sensitivity at low cost within a short period of time; and a detecting reagent for use therein. Magnetic fine particles of 5 to 500 nm particle diameter having, immobilized thereto, binding factors for specific recognition of oocyst are added to an analyte containing a protozoan oocyst to form oocyst/binding factor/magnetic fine particle complexes by using a binding reaction to the oocyst, the formed complexes are recovered by a magnetic separation, and the protozoan oocysts contained in the complexes are assayed. Further, there is provided, for conducting the above method, a reagent for detecting protozoan oocysts comprising magnetic fine particles of 5 to 500 nm particle diameter having, immobilized thereto, antibodies against oocysts or binding factors for recognizing the antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic fine particles having immobilized thereto a polymer having an upper critical solution temperature, and a process for producing the same, a method of separating or concentrating a microorganism, a method of purifying, detecting, or concentrating a nucleic acid, a separating agent, a method of separating a biological substance, and a method of converting a substance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly sensitive sensing method for biopolymers and a sensing devise therefor by amplifying the magnetic signal generated from a biopolymer reaction. The invention concerns a sensing method for biopolymers which detects the magnetic signal generated from a labeled biopolymer under AC magnetic field using thermo-responsive magnetic nano particles as a probe.

Abstract: A material which expresses its critical solution temperature even in an aqueous solution containing a buffer or salt, and at the same time, shows small variation width of the critical solution temperature even when concentration of salt or the like contained in water, a buffer liquid or the like is different, interacts with a substance such as a component in the living body and can therefore be used efficiently in the isolation of substances, is provided. A monomer represented by a formula (1) and a thermoresponsive polymer which contains said monomer as a polymerization component.

Abstract: A phospholipid vesicle such as a virus is to be rapidly separated (concentrated, roughly purified) and good detection (diagnosis) results can be obtained with suppressing inhibition of virus-denature, PCR inhibition, latex-aggregation inhibition, and the like. Moreover, the above operations are to be automated. A phospholipid vesicle is separated using a water-soluble cationic magnetic fine particle by a composite formation through a covalent bond or physical adsorption of a substance having a cationic functional group, a substance having a hydroxyl group, and a substance having magnetism.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stimulus-responding polymer obtained by polymerizing at least a monomer represented by a general formula (1) and a monomer represented by a general formula (2), and a separation method or concentration method of microorganisms, a purification method, detection method or concentration method of nucleic acids, a separating agent, a separation method of biomaterials and a conversion method of materials, which use this polymer, (in the formula, R11 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R12 represents single bond or a straight or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms) (in the formula, R13 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R14 represents hydrogen atom, a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group, alkoxyl group or alkylamino group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group).

Abstract: The present invention is to prepare a novel polymerizable biotin derivative represented by formula (I) shown below and make it possible to synthesize or design a polyfunctional or multifunctional polymer using the derivative. In formula (I), R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R3 and R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, T represents an oxygen atom or ?NH, W represents a single bond, a carbonyl group, a thiocarbonyl group or a C1-5 alkylene group, U represents a single bond or —NH—, X represents a single bond, a C1-8 hydrocarbon bond, an oxygen atom or —NH—, Y represents a single bond, a carbonyl group, a thiocarbonyl group, —NH—, a 1,2-dioxyethylene group or a 1,2-diaminoethylene group, Z represents a single bond, a carbonyl group, a thiocarbonyl group, a C1-5 alkylene group, an oxygen atom or —NH—, and V represents a single bond or a C1-5 alkylene group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic fine particles having a lower critical solution temperature to which at least one substance selected from biotin and avidin is immobilized, and a method of converting a substance, a method of separating or concentrating a microorganism, a method of modifying a denatured protein, a method of detecting a nucleic acid, a separating agent, and a method of separating a biological substance using the same.

Abstract: The problem of the invention is to find a polymer mixture which forms an inter-polymer complex by being responsive to temperature even under neutral to alkaline conditions. According to the invention, a temperature responsive inter-polymer complex capable of showing thermal responsiveness in an aqueous solution, which contains a poly-N-acetylacrylamide or polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol, polyacrylamide or polymethacylamide, is applied to separating agents, immobilized enzymes, denatured protein modifiers, separation method or concentration of microorganisms, purification or concentration of nucleic acids, drug-releasing microcapsules and the like.

Abstract: A stimuli-responsive polymer derivative utilizing keto-enol tautomerization. Also disclosed are a simple process for producing an N-acyl(meth)acrylamide derivative which can be used as a monomer for the stimuli-responsive polymer, a process for the production of an intermediate thereof, and an intermediate thus produced.

Abstract: A stimuli-responsive polymer derivative utilizing keto-enol tautomerization. Also disclosed are a simple process for producing an N-acyl(meth)acrylamide derivative which can be used as a monomer for the stimuli-responsive polymer, a process for the production of an intermediate thereof, and an intermediate thus produced.

Abstract: A stimuli-responsive polymer derivative utilizing keto-enol tautomerization. Also disclosed are a simple process for producing an N-acyl(meth)acrylamide derivative which can be used as a monomer for the stimuli-responsive polymer, a process for the production of an intermediate thereof, and an intermediate thus produced.

Abstract: A stimuli-responsive polymer derivative utilizing keto-enol tautomerization. Also disclosed are a simple process for producing an N-acyl(meth)acrylamide derivative which can be used as a monomer for the stimuli-responsive polymer, a process for the production of an intermediate thereof, and an intermediate thus produced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stimulus-responding polymer obtained by polymerizing at least a monomer represented by a general formula (1) and a monomer represented by a general formula (2), and a separation method or concentration method of microorganisms, a purification method, detection method or concentration method of nucleic acids, a separating agent, a separation method of biomaterials and a conversion method of materials, which use this polymer, 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic fine particles having immobilized thereto a polymer having an upper critical solution temperature, and a process for producing the same, a method of separating or concentrating a microorganism, a method of purifying, detecting, or concentrating a nucleic acid, a separating agent, a method of separating a biological substance, and a method of converting a substance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic fine particles having a lower critical solution temperature to which at least one substance selected from biotin and avidin is immobilized, and a method of converting a substance, a method of separating or concentrating a microorganism, a method of modifying a denatured protein, a method of detecting a nucleic acid, a separating agent, and a method of separating a biological substance using the same.

Abstract: The problem of the invention is to find a polymer mixture which forms an inter-polymer complex by being responsive to temperature even under neutral to alkaline conditions.