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Gold Nanoparticles May Pan Out As Tool For Cancer Diagnosis

When it comes to searching out cancer cells, gold may turn out to be a precious metal. Purdue University researchers have created gold nanoparticles that are capable of identifying marker proteins on breast cancer cel...

1 Aug 2007

Under Magnetic Force, Nanoparticles May Deliver Gene Therapy

After binding DNA segments to tiny iron-containing spheres called nanoparticles, researchers have used magnetic fields to direct the nanoparticles into arterial muscle cells, where the DNA could have a therapeutic effect...

1 Aug 2007

PETeC Ground-Breaking Marks Start of North East Plastic Electronics Revolution

Cenamps, a national centre for emerging small-scale technologies, in partnership with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for PETeC, a unique plastics electronics technology centre s...

31 Jul 2007

U.S. Department of Defense Awards $2.2 Million to CombiMatrix for Anti-Terrorism and Infectious-Disease Products

Acacia Research Corporation announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a one-year, $2.2 million contract to CombiMatrix for further development of its microarray technologies for a multipathogen- and...

From Invitae Corporation 31 Jul 2007

Concentris Introduces the First Measurement Kits for Nanomechanical Cantilever Sensors

Concentris GmbH, leading provider of cantilever sensor instruments and tools for research applications, releases the first measurement and training kits for nanomechanical cantilever sensors. These kits include all chemi...

30 Jul 2007

BioForce Nanosciences Receives Second Half of a $400,000 NIH Grant

BioForce Nanosciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., announced today the receipt of the second year of funding under a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovat...

30 Jul 2007

Unidym’s “Tiniest Carbon Wires” are Making a Big Impact

It’s made from carbon and it’s one atom thick. It has a diameter of about a nanometer – approximately 50,000 times as small as the width of a human hair, and the same diameter as that of DNA. It’s...

30 Jul 2007

Nanopoint Wins International Design Excellence Award With cellTRAY™ For Cell Culturing and Nanotechnology

Nanopoint won its first design award in the international BusinessWeek/IDSA competition this month, with the innovative Nanopoint cellTRAY taking gold in the Medical and Scientific Products category. The annual intern...

26 Jul 2007

FDA Nanotechnology Task Force Takes Positive Step Forward

According to Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Director David Rejeski, “Today, FDA took a step forward in fulfilling its responsibilities for nanotechnology oversight. If nanotechnology regulation was a baseball...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 26 Jul 2007

Nanoscale Dots Target and Track Apoptosis

Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a hallmark effect triggered by effective anticancer drugs. Now, researchers in Korea have developed a biocompatible, fluorescent nanoparticle that could provide an early sign that ...

25 Jul 2007