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New Type of Anticancer Therapy with Potential to Target a Wide Range of Tumors

When bees sting, they pump into their victims a peptide toxin called melittin that destroys cell membranes. Now, by encapsulating this extremely potent molecule within a nanoparticle, researchers at the Washington Univer...

28 Aug 2009

Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor Offers Real-Time Glimpse into How Neurotransmitter Relays its Message

The nervous system’s circuitry is linked together via intercellular junctions known as synapses, and signal transmission across these connections depends on neurotransmitters - specific chemicals that directly deliver excitatory or inhibitory signals from one neuron to another.

27 Aug 2009

Lipid-Coated Nanocircuits Could Lead to Development of New Classes of Bio-Sensing Tools

A hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components that mimics some of the processes that control the passage of molecules into and out of cells has been created by a team of scientists from UC Davis, Lawrence Li...

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 27 Aug 2009

Researchers Inject siRNA into Bloodstream

Small interfering RNA (siRNA), a type of genetic material, can block potentially harmful activity in cells, such as tumor cell growth. But delivering siRNA successfully to specific cells without adversely affecting other cells has been challenging.

27 Aug 2009

Metal Catalysts Used to Create Carbon Nanotubes Can Block Key Signaling Pathway in Neurons

Carbon nanotubes hold many exciting possibilities, some of them in the realm of the human nervous system. Recent research has shown that carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue or ferry drugs used to repair damaged neurons associated with disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and perhaps even paralysis.

27 Aug 2009

Europe's Largest Annual Nanotechnology Conference Attracts Many High-Quality Speakers

Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference and exhibition, Nanotech Europe takes place in Berlin, Germany's capital city at the heart of Europe. In its fifth year, Nanotech Europe will be held on 28 - 30 S...

27 Aug 2009

Link Between Nanotechnology and Alzheimer's Disease

Scientists at the University of Ulster are investigating a link between some man-made nanoparticles, such as those found in sunscreens and Alzheimer's disease.

26 Aug 2009

Lab-on-a-Chip Test Could Lead to Wider and More Convenient Use of DNA Testing

Researchers in Singapore are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA.

26 Aug 2009

Cost-Effective Technology for Disease Diagnosis and Biological Research

A novel electronic sensor array for more rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis and biological research has been developed by scientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and...

26 Aug 2009

Researchers Using Carbon Nanotubes with Gold as Imaging Agent to Detect Tumor Cells

Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular mapping of lymphatic endothelial cells and detecting cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes.

26 Aug 2009