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Leica Launches New 3D STED Super-Resolution Microscopy Platform

Leica Microsystems continues to extend the capabilities of confocal super-resolution with its new STED platform Leica TCS SP8 STED 3X. The first presentation to the public will be at the annual meetings of the Society for Neurology in San Diego, USA, and of the Association for Cell Biology in New Orleans, USA, during November and December 2013 respectively.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 24 Oct 2013

Novel Biological Nanopore Holds Potential for Gene Therapy and Targeted Drug Delivery

A living cell is built with barriers to keep things out – and researchers are constantly trying to find ways to smuggle molecules in.‬ ‪Professor Giovanni Maglia (Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, KU Leuven) and his team have engineered a biological nanopore that acts as a selective revolving door through a cell's lipid membrane. The nanopore could potentially be used in gene therapy and targeted drug delivery.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

24 Oct 2013

Hybrid Nanolabel Technique Provides Key Insights into DNA Repair Processes

Errors in the human genetic code that arise from mismatched nucleotide base pairs in the DNA double helix can lead to cancer and other disorders. In microbes, such errors provide the basis for adaption to environmental stress.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 24 Oct 2013

Researchers Use Liposomes to Effectively Deliver Powerful Anti-Cancer Compound

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a way to effectively deliver staurosporine (STS), a powerful anti-cancer compound that has vexed researchers for more than 30 years due to its instability in the blood and toxic nature in both healthy and cancerous cells.

23 Oct 2013

Anasys nanoIR Technology Used to Study Photosynthesis

Anasys Instruments reports on EPFL's publication in Plant Cell on the use of nanoIR to look into the process of photosynthesis to shed more light on how plants produce energy.

22 Oct 2013

Nanosight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Used to Demonstrate Performance of BD Medical's Silicone Coating

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, has been used to demonstrate the product performance of BD Medical - Pharmaceutical Systems' novel cross-linked silicone coating, BD XSi™, used in BD's prefillable syringe BD Neopak XSi™.

22 Oct 2013

Genetic Code Completely Changed Across an Organism’s Genome

Scientists from Yale and Harvard have recoded the entire genome of an organism and improved a bacterium’s ability to resist viruses, a dramatic demonstration of the potential of rewriting an organism’s genetic code.

19 Oct 2013

Study of structure and dynamics of biological membranes reported by JPK

JPK reports on the study of structure and dynamics of biological membranes using AFM and advanced fluorescence microscopies in Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet's group at the CBS in Montpellier Berlin, 15th October 2013: J...

15 Oct 2013

Novel Nanoparticle-Based Smart Hydrogel Holds Promise for Cartilage Regeneration

A team of EPFL scientists has developed a smart hydrogel material that could promote cartilage regeneration. Their method consists in releasing medication at the right place and at the right time. In the future, damage to cartilage following injuries may no longer have to be irreversible.

15 Oct 2013

UK-Based Oxford Nanopore Technologies Raises £40 Million in New Funding

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, the UK-based technology company specialising in nanopore-based electronic molecular analysis systems, has raised £40 million in new funding through a private placement of ordinary shares. The investment was received from new and existing investors in the US, UK and mainland Europe. New investors include Odey Asset Management.

From Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd 10 Oct 2013

Bionanotechnology News

Leica Launches New 3D STED Super-Resolution Microscopy Platform

Novel Biological Nanopore Holds Potential for Gene Therapy and Targeted Drug Delivery

Hybrid Nanolabel Technique Provides Key Insights into DNA Repair Processes

Researchers Use Liposomes to Effectively Deliver Powerful Anti-Cancer Compound

Anasys nanoIR Technology Used to Study Photosynthesis

Nanosight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Used to Demonstrate Performance of BD Medical's Silicone Coating

Genetic Code Completely Changed Across an Organism’s Genome

Study of structure and dynamics of biological membranes reported by JPK

Novel Nanoparticle-Based Smart Hydrogel Holds Promise for Cartilage Regeneration

UK-Based Oxford Nanopore Technologies Raises £40 Million in New Funding

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

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Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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