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Researchers Develop Prototype Lab-on-a-Chip Device that Closely Mimics Natural Golgi Apparatus

Scientists in New York and North Carolina are reporting assembly of the first functioning prototype of an artificial Golgi organelle. That key structure inside cells helps process and package hormones, enzymes, and other substances that allow the body to function normally.

29 Jul 2009

NanoBio to Present Data on Nanoemulsions for Treatment of Acne

NanoBio Corp. today announced that it will present compelling new data for NB-003, the company's nanoemulsion based clinical stage product for the treatment of acne.

From BlueWillow Biologics 29 Jul 2009

Lab on a Chip: Highly Sensitive Detection of Bacteria with Magnetic Nanoparticles and a Miniaturized NMR Method

Researchers working with Ralph Weissleder at Harvard Medical School have now developed a very simple process for the rapid detection of pathogens that requires no further sample preparation. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, this technique is based on magnetic nanoparticles and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement.

29 Jul 2009

Nanoparticles Carrying Cancer-Treating Radioisotopes through the Body and Deliver Them Selectively to Tumors

A group of researchers at Johns Hopkins University has designed nanoparticles that can carry cancer-treating radioisotopes through the body and deliver them selectively to tumors. Today in Anaheim, CA, they will report t...

29 Jul 2009

Maternal Exposure to TiO2 Nanoparticles Affects Brain Development in Mice

Maternal exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) affects the expression of genes related to the central nervous system in developing mice. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Part...

28 Jul 2009

Nanolaser Opens up Diverse Possibilities for Improving Integrated Communications Devices and Medical Imaging

We could soon see the potential of laser technology expand dramatically. Ways to make lasers smaller are being discovered through collaborative efforts of researchers at Arizona State University and Technical University ...

28 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop New Lower-Cost X-Ray Tubes Packed with Sharp-Tipped Carbon Nanotubes for Cancer Research and Treatment

The tubes that power X-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision. A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists, and cancer biologists at the University of North C...

28 Jul 2009

NIST Researchers Create Innovative Device Called "Microfluidic Palette"

In a similar manner, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created an innovative device called the "microfluidic palette" to produce multiple, steady-state chemical gradients-gradual changes in concentration across an area-in a miniature chamber about the diameter of a pinhead.

28 Jul 2009

Detecting Possible Mutations in DNA with Highly Sensitive Nanosensor

Researchers from the Basque technological centre CIDETEC-IK4, the Higher Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the University of Berkeley (U.S.) have developed a highly sensitive electrochemical sensor that can detect possible mutations in DNA more quickly than has been possible in the past.

28 Jul 2009

Cerulean Pharma Closes $10 Million Series B-1 Financing

Cerulean Pharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on novel intelligently designed nanoparticle-based drugs, today announced that it has closed a $10 million Series B-1 financing. Existing venture investors Polari...

From Cerulean Pharma 28 Jul 2009