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Novel Nano-Platform Capable of Capturing and Preserving Circulating Cancer Cells

Scientists from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Japan and University of California Los Angeles report a new nanoscale Velcro-like device that captures and releases tumor cells that have broken away from primary tumors and are circulating in the bloodstream.This new nanotechnology could be used for cancer diagnosis and give insight into the mechanisms of how cancer spreads throughout the body.

18 Dec 2012

The Scientist Names NanoLuc Luciferase Technology as 2012 Top 10 Innovations

Promega Corporation is pleased to announce that The Scientist has named NanoLuc™ Luciferase Technology to its 2012 Top 10 Innovations. NanoLuc is a novel luciferase that is smaller, brighter, and more versatile than any current bioluminescent enzyme.

18 Dec 2012

Researchers Remove Two Major Barriers to DNA Nanotechnology Advancement

Two major barriers to the advancement of DNA nanotechnology beyond the research lab have been knocked down. This emerging technology employs DNA as a programmable building material for self-assembled, nanometer-scale structures. Many practical applications have been envisioned, and researchers recently demonstrated a synthetic membrane channel made from DNA. Until now, however, design processes were hobbled by a lack of structural feedback. Assembly was slow and often of poor quality. Now researchers led by Prof. Hendrik Dietz of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have removed these obstacles.

14 Dec 2012

Researchers Develop Nanostructure that Regulates Chemical Reactions

A chemical nanostructure developed by Boston College researchers behaves much like the pores of the skin, serving as a precise control for a typically stubborn method of catalysis that is the workhorse of industrial chemistry.

13 Dec 2012

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Creates New Division to Expand Biotech Commercialization Services

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has created a new operating division to translate its academic and clinical research and discoveries into marketable products and services that will benefit patients. The new enterprise, Wake Forest Innovations, is being led by Chief Innovation Officer Eric Tomlinson, DSc, and Ph.D., who is also President of the Piedmont Triad Research Park.

13 Dec 2012

Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre Researchers Use JPK Instruments for AFM and Single-Cell Force Spectroscopy

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research studies of Dr Rikke Meyer who is looking into biofilm formation from bacteria using atomic force microscopy, AFM, and single-cell force spectroscopy.

From Bruker BioAFM 11 Dec 2012

Bionanotechnology News

Novel Nano-Platform Capable of Capturing and Preserving Circulating Cancer Cells

The Scientist Names NanoLuc Luciferase Technology as 2012 Top 10 Innovations

Researchers Remove Two Major Barriers to DNA Nanotechnology Advancement

Researchers Develop Nanostructure that Regulates Chemical Reactions

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Creates New Division to Expand Biotech Commercialization Services

Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre Researchers Use JPK Instruments for AFM and Single-Cell Force Spectroscopy

Small Molecules Modeled After Natural Protein Help Develop New Anticoagulant Drug

CelluForce Will Participate in Brazil-Canada Nanotechnology Workshop in Sao Paulo

Tunable Plasmonic Nanobubbles Help Advance Medical Applications

Microfabrication Inspired Design Technique to Create 3-D Brain Tissues

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

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

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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