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Nanotechnology Could Add to Our Understanding of Diseases

A new advanced method for nano-scale imaging of vesicle-fusion could add to our understanding of diseases of the nervous system and viral infections. In the long term, this could be useful in developing a cure for neurological diseases and mental disorders.

13 Oct 2009

Making RNA Crystallize in Weightlessness

The biochemist, Professor Volker A. Erdmann, of Freie Universität Berlin has sent samples containing 50 different ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules into space aboard the Russian Soyuz rocket TMA-16. The samples were due to return to Earth on October 10.

12 Oct 2009

Celsense Reaches Critical Milestone

Celsense, Inc. announced today it has reached a critical milestone in the push to market for its lead in vivo imaging reagent, Cell Sense CS-1000 (Cell Sense).

12 Oct 2009

SMARTHAND Rises to the Challenge of Manufacturing Artificial Limbs

Pioneering techniques in the manufacture of artificial limbs continue to emerge in Europe, and the SMARTHAND ('The smart bio-adaptive hand prosthesis') project has risen to the challenge.

9 Oct 2009

University Establishes NanoMedicine and Biomedical Engineering Department

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston has established a Department of NanoMedicine and Biomedical Engineering (nBME), which will give students an opportunity to get hands-on experience in these emerging fields of medicine.

9 Oct 2009

By Revealing 3-D Structure of DNA, Scientists Explain How it Manages to Stay Untangled

Scientists have long known that DNA is arranged in a double helix. But if the double helix did not fold further, each cell's genome would be two meters long - far too large to fit into the nucleus of a human cell, which is about a hundredth of a millimeter in diameter.

9 Oct 2009

Bioengineers Develop New Technique for Targeting Drugs with Limited Side Effects

Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects. Pharmaceutical commercials can cause the unsettling feeling that if the disease doesn't kill, the cure w...

9 Oct 2009

Report Examines Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies&qu...

From BlueWillow Biologics 8 Oct 2009

Argonne National Laboratory and NCKU Enters into an Agreement

Prof. Eric Isaacs, a prominent University of Chicago physicist and President of UChicago Argonne, LLC, as well as Director of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) - one of the USA leading federally funded research and development centers, and Academician Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, President of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), together signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at The Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei.

From Argonne National Laboratory 8 Oct 2009

Report Covers the Basic Principles and Main Applications of Nanobiotechnology and Nanobiosciences

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd.'s new report "Nanobiotechnology And Nanobiosciences&quo...

From BlueWillow Biologics 8 Oct 2009