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New DNA-Brick Self-Assembly Technique Helps Advance Nanobiotechnology Applications

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created more than 100 three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures using DNA building blocks that function like Lego® bricks — a major advance from the two-dimensional (2D) structures the same team built a few months ago.

30 Nov 2012

Study Results Help Produce Better Bio-Inspired Materials

Pound for pound, spider silk is one of the strongest materials known: Research by MIT's Markus Buehler has helped explain that this strength arises from silk's unusual hierarchical arrangement of protein building blocks.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 29 Nov 2012

DNA Nanotechnology Helps Construct Synthetic Membrane Channels

As reported in the journal Science, physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) and the University of Michigan have shown that synthetic membrane channels can be constructed through "DNA nanotechnology." This technique employs DNA molecules as programmable building materials for custom-designed, self-assembling, nanometer-scale structures.

21 Nov 2012

Nanobiotix Raises Fund Through IPO

More than a decade ago while conducting research at UB, Laurent Levy committed himself to a field that other scientists were just starting to understand: nanomedicine, the use of nanotechnology to address biomedical chal...

16 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Miniature Bio-Bots Using Hydrogel and Heart Cells

They're soft, biocompatible, about 7 millimeters long – and, incredibly, able to walk by themselves. Miniature "bio-bots" developed at the University of Illinois are making tracks in synthetic biology.

16 Nov 2012

Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Show Promise to Prevent Oxidative Damage to DNA

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided evidence in the laboratory that single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) may help protect DNA molecules from damage by oxidation.

16 Nov 2012

NaturalNano Announces Presentation of Nanobiotechnology Report at World CTC Summit

NaturalNano, Inc. announced that Dr. Michael King of Cornell University will present their recent work at the World CTC Summit, November 15, 2012, Boston, MA.

16 Nov 2012

Innovative Model Provides New Insights into Nanopore Sequencing

As nanotechnology progresses, it becomes increasingly important to know in detail the dynamics of the nanoworld (the world at the scale of a millionth of a millimeter). What happens, for example, when we try to drive a p...

9 Nov 2012

First Demonstration of Cancer Drug Delivery in Humans Using Minicells

A completely new way of delivering anti-cancer drugs to tumours, using 'minicells' derived from bacteria, has been tested for the first time in humans and found to be safe, well-tolerated and even induced stable disease in patients with advanced, incurable cancers with no treatment options remaining.

9 Nov 2012

Researchers Study Clot Mechanics Using Specially Designed Microfluidic Device

The disease atherosclerosis involves the build up of fatty tissue within arterial walls, creating unstable structures known as plaques. These plaques grow until they burst, rupturing the wall and causing the formation of a blood clot within the artery. These clots also grow until they block blood flow; in the case of the coronary artery, this can cause a heart attack.

8 Nov 2012