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Wearing a Cap is Good for You, at Least if You Are a Mammal Cell

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center have shown that in healthy cells, a bundled "cap" of thread-like fibers holds the cell's nucleus, its genetic storehouse, in its proper place.

2 Dec 2009

Unique Transmission Electron Microscope for High Resolution Imaging of Vitrified Biological Specimens

Carl Zeiss completed the installation and acceptance testing of a transmission electron microscope featuring a new type of optics for the high-resolution imaging of biological specimens at the Max Planck Institute for Bi...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Dec 2009

New PCR Array Capabilities Will Further Extend Akonni's Technology Advantage

Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostics (MDx) company focused on providing rapid and highly scalable solutions for infectious disease testing, today announced receipt of a $3.2M Phase II SBIR grant from the National I...

1 Dec 2009

World-Class Center for Biomedical and Nanomedical Research to be Built by Mexico City Government

The government of Mexico City today announced it will build a world-class center for biomedical and nanomedical research, called Campus Biometropolis. The center for medical research and development will be integrated wi...

1 Dec 2009

Carbon Nanotubes for Detection and Destruction of Breast Cancer

Single-walled nanotubes-cylinders of carbon about a nanometer in diameter-have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultrastrong fibers, electrical wires in molecular devices, or hydrogen storage components for fuel cells.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 1 Dec 2009

Researchers Take Initial Look at Ion Channels in a Model System

Before one of your muscles can twitch, before the thought telling it to flex can race down your nerve, a tiny floodgate of sorts-called an ion channel-must open in the surface of each cell in these organs to let in the chemical signals that spur the cell to action.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 1 Dec 2009