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Munich Researchers Develop New Test Process for Cancer Drugs

It is very difficult to predict whether a cancer drug will help an individual patient: only around one third of drugs will work directly in a given patient. Researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Medical Electronics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have developed a new test process for cancer drugs.

22 Oct 2009

2 Grand Prize Winners Have Innovations Related to Cell Engineering and Tools for Quadriplegics

A faster tool for cell programming and a new way of allowing quadriplegics to perform simple tasks have won grand prizes of the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame spon...

21 Oct 2009

Chemist Turns Light into a Weapon Against Cancer

Chemist Michael Therien works at the interface of light and matter, as when sunlight shines on a leaf. "We make structures of matter, such as nanoscale objects that do interesting things when they interact with light," said Therien, a professor of chemistry who has just moved his research group to Duke from the University of Pennsylvania.

20 Oct 2009

Manhattan Scientifics Enters into Non-Binding LOI with Edward R. Flynn

Manhattan Scientifics (OTCBB: MHTX) announced today that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with Edward R. Flynn, Ph.D. and his company, Senior Scientific, LLC, to acquire all the manufacturing and ...

20 Oct 2009

Redefining Cancer Detection With Nanotechnology

Cancer has quickly become one of the deadliest diseases, causing well over 13% of all human deaths. Cancer rates could further increase by 50% to 15 million new cases in the year 2020, according to the World Cancer Repor...

20 Oct 2009

Nikon Instruments Introduces CL-Quant Automated Image Analysis Software for Fluorescence Analysis

Nikon Instruments, Inc. today introduced the new CL-Quant Automated Image Analysis Software featuring routines for assaying stem cell viability by label-free phase and fluorescence analysis. The software utilizes a uniqu...

20 Oct 2009

Technique Enables Researchers to Study Mechanisms Behind Diseases in More Detail

Researchers have previously been able to analyse which sugar structures are to be found on certain proteins, but not exactly where on the protein they are positioned. This is now possible thanks to a new technique develo...

19 Oct 2009

New Biologically Active "Scaffold" Made from Soluble Fibers

Mother Nature has provided the lizard with a unique ability to regrow body tissue that is damaged or torn ? if its tail is pulled off, it grows right back. She has not been quite so generous with human beings. But we might be able to come close, thanks to new research from Tel Aviv University.

19 Oct 2009

Extremely Sensitive Tool based on Nanotechnology Detected Previously Undetectable Levels of Prostate-Specific Antigen

A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive tool based on nanotechnology, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radi...

19 Oct 2009

Researchers Present Work on Cohesive Pharmaceutical Powders using Malvern Morphologi G3

Contributing to the poster presentations at the 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition (8-12 November 2009: Los Angeles, USA), researchers from Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc and Malvern Panalytical will present details of ...

From Malvern Panalytical 16 Oct 2009