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Dendrimers Used to Carry Fluorescent Labels to Specific Proteins in Living Venom Cells from a Rattlesnake

A complex molecule and snake venom may provide researchers with a more reliable method of diagnosing human diseases and developing new drugs. Purdue University researchers bound a complex nanomolecule, called a dendri...

13 Feb 2007

Gum Arabic as a Phytochemical Construct for the Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticles have shown significant promise as agents to detect and treat cancer, but researchers have had difficulty creating gold nanoparticles that have suitable pharmacological properties for use in humans. A t...

13 Feb 2007

Study Helps Nanotech Researchers Hone Outreach Skills

If you could paint a gallon’s worth of paint one nanometer thick, how much area could you cover? The surprising answer – about 930 acres, or slightly larger than New York's Central Park – certainly ...

13 Feb 2007

Nanoparticle Boost for Antitumor Vaccines

Researchers have known for some time that certain sequences of synthetic DNA induce potent immune responses when injected into animals and humans. A new study, conducted by Ying Tam, Ph.D., and colleagues at Inex Pharmac...

13 Feb 2007

Targeted Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Treatment

Efforts to create nanoparticles that deliver anticancer drugs or imaging agents to tumors while avoiding healthy cells are often stymied by a lack of known tumor targets, that is, molecules found on the surface of malign...

13 Feb 2007

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