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Researchers Employ Nanocontainers to Combat Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease as a result of atherosclerosis is estimated to contribute to 37% of all deaths in Switzerland each year.

12 Jun 2012

Report Pegs Global Flow Cytometry Market at $4.9 Billion by 2017

TriMarkPublications.com, publisher of market research reports of life sciences, healthcare and biotechnology domains, has published its latest report on the Global Flow Cytometry market. The report states that the global market for flow cytometry is set to scale up to $4.9 billion by 2017.

7 Jun 2012

New Nanomaterial D2PA Improves Immunoassay Sensitivity

Immunoassay is a biological test that can detect a host of diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. The detection of the disease is linked to the detection of biomarkers in the blood, saliva or urine sample taken from humans. Biomarkers are chemical representatives of diseases. The presence of biomarkers sets of fluorescence when subject to the immunoassay test. The intensity of the fluorescence is directly proportional to the amount of biomarkers.

2 Jun 2012

New Method to Build Intricate Nanostructures Using Short Synthetic DNA Strands

A team of researchers headed by Peng Yin from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has devised a technique to construct intricate nanostructures using short synthetic DNA strands dubbed as single-stranded tiles (SSTs).

1 Jun 2012

An Engineer’s Approach to Synthetic Blood Vessels

The vascular system, which is essentially a network of arteries carrying blood and nutrients in the human body, is integral to the functioning of the tissues in any part of the body. But these blood vessels are difficult to introduce into synthetic tissue used for regenerative treatment such as tissue replacement procedures.

From Cornell University - Nanobiotechnology Center 31 May 2012