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Bacterial Study May Help Develop New and Effective Drugs for Infections

Bacterial Study May Help Develop New and Effective Drugs for Infections

For a successful infection, bacteria must outwit the immune system of the host. To this aim, they deliver so-called virulence factors through a transport channel located in the bacterial membrane.

14 Jun 2010

Ensysce Secures Funds to Develop Single Walled Carbon Nanotube for siRNA Delivery

Ensysce Secures Funds to Develop Single Walled Carbon Nanotube for siRNA Delivery

Ensysce Biosciences Inc. announced today they have received funding from the State of Texas Emerging Technology Fund. Funding of up to $1.5 million has been approved for the development of single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) therapeutics for the delivery of siRNA.

11 Jun 2010

Silk Microchip for Rapid Medical Testing

Silk Microchip for Rapid Medical Testing

Silk could provide a sophisticated new way of monitoring health, Peter Domachuk, a physicist from the University of Sydney, has found. He and his colleagues have created microchips using silk fibres. In the lab they've demonstrated that these microchips can measure oxygen using haemoglobin embedded in the silk.

10 Jun 2010

New Technique to Form Liposome-Hydrogel Hybrid Nanoscale Vesicles

New Technique to Form Liposome-Hydrogel Hybrid Nanoscale Vesicles

People have been combining materials to bring forth the best properties of both ever since copper and tin were merged to start the Bronze Age.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 10 Jun 2010

Plastic Antibodies May Fight A Wide Range of Human Diseases

Plastic Antibodies May Fight A Wide Range of Human Diseases

Scientists are reporting the first evidence that a plastic antibody - an artificial version of the proteins produced by the body's immune system to recognize and fight infections and foreign substances - works in the bloodstream of a living animal.

From American Chemical Society 9 Jun 2010

Novel Microfluidic System for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Rare Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells

From sample to answer in just 1 hour with just a finger prick of blood is what researchers from A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) aim to achieve with their novel microfluidic system for rapid and sensitive detec...

8 Jun 2010

Leonardo Secures Grant to Commercialize Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System

Leonardo Secures Grant to Commercialize Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that its portfolio company, Leonardo Biosystems, has received a $2.5 million grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, a state fund established to accelerate commercialization of new technologies.

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 8 Jun 2010

Study Shows Nanotechnology PSA Test May Predict Course of Prostate Cancer

Men who have just had their cancerous prostate gland removed have one pressing question for their doctors: Am I cured? But conventional tests haven't been sensitive enough to provide a concrete answer. Current tests...

3 Jun 2010

Researchers Study Anticancer Drug Delivery System Based on Nanosponge Particles

Researchers Study Anticancer Drug Delivery System Based on Nanosponge Particles

When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material called nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection.

3 Jun 2010

New Supplement for Health Care Features Nano Onion-Like Solid Fullerenes

New Supplement for Health Care Features Nano Onion-Like Solid Fullerenes

Nanotechnology has made its way into the health care arena and is now being applied to an important supplement called Nanoxynalpha found at www.nanoxyn.com.

3 Jun 2010

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