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DNA-Encoded Antibody Libraries Enable Multiplexed Analysis of Complex Biological Samples

During the past several years, breakthroughs in genomic and proteomic technologies have enabled researchers to more clearly identify the biochemical networks that malfunction when a healthy cell becomes malignant. Now, J...

13 Feb 2007

Nanotechnology Used to Quickly and Efficiently Analyze and Sequence DNA

The object of fascination for most is the DNA molecule. But in solution, DNA, the genetic material that hold the detailed instructions for virtually all life, is a twisted knot, looking more like a battered ball of yarn ...

13 Feb 2007

Method for Growing Self-Assembling Blocks of DNA and Gold Particles

Wouldn't it be great if we could get computer chips to grow on trees? Or at least use the specific bonds of DNA molecules to get nanostructures to grow themselves right in the test tube? This technology could be used...

7 Feb 2007

MIT 'Microsieve' Device Promises to Speed up Separation, Sorting of Proteins

A new MIT microchip system promises to speed up the separation and sorting of biomolecules such as proteins. The work is important because it could help scientists better detect certain molecules, or biomarkers, associat...

6 Feb 2007

Novel Approach to Synthesizing Nanowires

A novel approach to synthesizing nanowires (NWs) allows their direct integration with microelectronic systems for the first time, as well as their ability to act as highly sensitive biomolecule detectors that could revol...

6 Feb 2007

NanoMed Pharma Completes Second Closing of Series A Financing

NanoMed Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has achieved its preclinical development milestone for the company's lead oncology product which is intended to overcome multidrug resistance in remission induction thera...

6 Feb 2007

Coated Nanoparticles Solve Sticky Drug-Delivery Problem

The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away. To overcome this hurdle, investigators at Johns Hopkins University have ...

6 Feb 2007

Brightly Fluorescent Europium Nanoparticles May Improve Cancer Assays

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have created a new type of nanoparticle that could be used in tests for medical diagnostics, environmental pollution, and contamination of food products. The particles,...

6 Feb 2007

Heat and pH-Sensitive Nanoparticles Designed to Target Tumors

Using a novel polymer that becomes unstable under the pH conditions inside tumor cells, investigators at Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed a core-shell nanoparticle targeted ...

6 Feb 2007

Bright Nanoparticles Aid Basic Cancer Biology Studies

Though there is little doubt that nanoscale devices are going to play a critical role in improving cancer detection and treatment over the next five to ten years, nanoparticles are already having a major impact on the wa...

6 Feb 2007