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NeoBiocon and Abraxis BioScience Launch Abraxane for Treatment of Breast Cancer

NeoBiocon, a recently established biotechnology company and Abraxis BioScience, Inc., a fully integrated biotechnology company, today announced the launch of ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectab...

12 Oct 2008

The Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology

The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California at Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) helped to win the new University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), a...

11 Oct 2008

Nanowire Sensors to be Used for Point-of-Care Disease Detection

Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report in Nano...

11 Oct 2008

mRNA-Seq Expands Illumina's Gene Expression Product Portfolio

Illumina, Inc. today announced the broad availability of mRNA-Seq, a new product for full-length, complementary DNA (cDNA) sequencing on the Genome Analyzer. In contrast to tiling and exon arrays, researchers can use mRN...

9 Oct 2008

Alumnus' Gift to Advance the Field of Biologically Inspired Engineering

Engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss MBA '65 has given Harvard University $125 million to create the Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

9 Oct 2008

Rice Leads Nation in Industry Impact for Quality of its Nanotechnology Patents

Rice University has leapt to the forefront of American research universities for the impact on industry of its accumulated patents, according to a company that analyzes intellectual property. The Patent Board, a Chica...

9 Oct 2008

RNA Molecules Significantly Bolster Vaccine's Effectiveness

A novel delivery system that could lead to more efficient and more disease-specific vaccines against infectious diseases has been developed by biomedical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.

9 Oct 2008

Using Cells as Factories to Make DNA Based Nanostructures

In the tiny realm of nanotechnology, scientists have used a wide variety of materials to build atomic scale structures. But just as in the construction business, nanotechnology researchers can often be limited by the amo...

9 Oct 2008

Applied Nanotech Announces License Agreement With Prominent Sporting Goods Manufacturer

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that as a result of the success of the joint research program of the companies, it has entered into a license agreement with a prominent sporting goods manufacturer covering Appl...

From Nano Magic, LLC. 9 Oct 2008

Scientists Awarded 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Discovery and Development of GFP

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008 jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien, for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.

8 Oct 2008