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Targeted Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Could Serve as Novel Imaging Agents for Early Detection of Breast Tumors

Current methods of detecting breast cancer suffer from low sensitivity, limited spatial resolution, or the need to use complicated and expensive radioisotope-based technologies. A new report from investigators at the Emo...

21 Jul 2009

Products Designed to Meet the Demands of Molecular Diagnostics Market

SAFC Supply Solutions, a business segment of SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced the launch of a diverse product offer designed to meet the demands of the burgeoning molecular diagno...

21 Jul 2009

Using Subatomic Particles to Treat Cancer

Proton therapy -- which uses beams of the subatomic particles to treat cancer -- is a hot topic at this year's American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting, which takes place from July 26 - 30 in Ana...

20 Jul 2009

Single-Molecule Experiments Show How Mechanical Strength in Muscles is Anchored in Titin-Telethonin Complex

A research collaboration between Munich-based biophysicists and a structural biologist in Hamburg is helping to explain why our muscles, and those of other animals, don't simply fall apart under stress. Their finding...

20 Jul 2009

Three Purdue Research Park-Based Firms Named Companies to Watch

En'Urga, Kylin Therapeutics and Passageways, three Purdue Research Park-based firms, were named by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. in its second annual list of 50 Companies to Watch.

20 Jul 2009

New Biosensor Detects Extremely Low Bacteria Concentrations Quickly, Easily, and Reliably

As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their new method is based on electrochemical measurements by means of carbon nanotubes equipped with aptamers as bacteria-specific binding sites. If bacteria bind to the aptamers, the researchers detect a change in electrical voltage.

20 Jul 2009

Microscopic Technique to Pursue Individual Nanoparticles as They Make Their Way into Target Cells

In future therapies, synthetic nanoparticles may well be able to ferry medicines and even genes to targets inside the body. These nanovehicles can now be directly tested and optimized using a highly sensitive microscopic...

20 Jul 2009

Unique Nanostructured Coating to Improve Performance and Longevity of Total Joint Replacement Components

Newly announced National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding will expand the reach of ongoing University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) research into a unique nanostructured coating to improve the performance and longevity of total joint replacement components.

19 Jul 2009

Indiana Company Signs Agreement to use Laboratories and Equipment at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center

An Indiana medical-device company has signed a research agreement through the Purdue Research Foundation to use laboratories and equipment at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center, officials announced.

16 Jul 2009

Champions Biotechnology Establishes Collaboration with Do-Coop Technologies

Champions Biotechnology, Inc. (OTCBulletinBoard: CSBR), a company engaged in the development of advanced preclinical platforms and tumor specific data to enhance the value of oncology drugs, has established a collaborati...

16 Jul 2009

Nanomedicine News

Targeted Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Could Serve as Novel Imaging Agents for Early Detection of Breast Tumors

Products Designed to Meet the Demands of Molecular Diagnostics Market

Using Subatomic Particles to Treat Cancer

Single-Molecule Experiments Show How Mechanical Strength in Muscles is Anchored in Titin-Telethonin Complex

Three Purdue Research Park-Based Firms Named Companies to Watch

New Biosensor Detects Extremely Low Bacteria Concentrations Quickly, Easily, and Reliably

Microscopic Technique to Pursue Individual Nanoparticles as They Make Their Way into Target Cells

Unique Nanostructured Coating to Improve Performance and Longevity of Total Joint Replacement Components

Indiana Company Signs Agreement to use Laboratories and Equipment at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center

Champions Biotechnology Establishes Collaboration with Do-Coop Technologies

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Brain-Inspired Nano-Tech Promises New Era for Electronics

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Sustainable Carbon Nanomaterial Gii Set to Transform Energy Storage in Internet of Things Devices

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

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