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Fluidigm Unveils New Nanofluidic Technology-Based Genome Analysis System

Fluidigm today introduced the new BioMark™ HD Real-time PCR System, the company’s most advanced instrument for genomic analysis ever.

From Standard BioTools 2 Feb 2011

Purdue Researchers Invent New Technique to Create Microfluidic Devices

Researchers have invented a technique that uses inexpensive paper to make "microfluidic" devices for rapid medical diagnostics and chemical analysis.

27 Jan 2011

New Undergraduate Teaching Lab Helps Students to Explore Microfluidics

With little more than a conventional photocopier and transparency film, anyone can build a functional microfluidic chip.

21 Jan 2011

IDEX Enters Merger Agreement to Buy Microfluidics International

IDEX Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Microfluidics International Corporation for $1.35 per share, net to the seller in cash, and subject to adjustment as provided in the merger agreement. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011.

12 Jan 2011

Georgia Tech Scientists Develop Microfluidic Device to Orient Hundreds of Fly Embryos

Researchers have developed a microfluidic device that automatically orients hundreds of fruit fly and other embryos to prepare them for research. The device could facilitate the study of such issues as how organisms d...

From Georgia Institute of Technology 27 Dec 2010

New Market Research Report on Applications of Nanobiotechnology

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanobiotechnologies- applications, markets and companies. Summary Nanotechnology is the creation and utilization of mater...

22 Dec 2010

Researchers Develop Artificial Fluidic Nanochannels of 2 nm Size

Artificial fluidic nanochannels that mimic the capabilities of transmembrane proteins are highly prized for a number of advanced technologies.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 15 Dec 2010

MIT Professor Explains Progress in Understanding Malaria Using Nanotechnology

Although engineering has long played a key role in developing technology for diagnosing and treating human disease, it has only recently started to have an impact on understanding the cellular and molecular basis of disease. In the past decade or so, engineers have started making major contributions to understanding diseases such as malaria, hereditary blood diseases and cancer, according to Subra Suresh, former dean of MIT's School of Engineering.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14 Dec 2010

New Nano-Based Diagnostic Platform for Fast Sepsis Treatment

Blood poisoning can be fatal. If you suffer from sepsis, you used to have to wait as much as 48 hours for laboratory findings. A new diagnostic platform as big as a credit card will now supply the analysis after as little as an hour. This system is based on nanoparticles that are automatically guided by magnetic forces.

2 Dec 2010

New Sensor to Detect Multiple Biological and Chemical Threats

A new class of sensors able to detect multiple biological and chemical threats simultaneously with unprecedented performance may soon be within reach thanks to the establishment of a multi-million dollar research center led by Georgia Institute of Technology engineers.

2 Dec 2010