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MicroRNA Detection Using Nanopores

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new electronic method for detecting microRNA isolated from living cells.

26 Oct 2010

NSF Grant Supports Reconstruction of NYU’s Structuring DNA Nanotechnology Lab

NYU recently received a $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to rebuild its Structuring DNA Nanotechnology laboratory. The laboratory, which is chiefly directed by chemistry professor Nadrian Seeman...

26 Oct 2010

NanoBio Presents Positive Study Results of Intranasal Vaccine at GCGH Meeting

NanoBio Corporation today announced that company founder and chief executive officer James R. Baker, Jr. MD, will meet with renown scientists at the 6th Annual Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH) Meeting, taking place from Oct. 25-27 in Seattle, Wash., to present data illustrating the potential of the company’s nanoemulsion-based needle-free intranasal vaccine platform to alleviate the suffering caused by infectious diseases in developing countries.

From BlueWillow Biologics 26 Oct 2010

Needle-Free Vaccine Technology Step Closer to Clinical Trials

Researchers at The University of Queensland believe they are a step closer to ridding the world of vaccinations with needles and syringes.

26 Oct 2010

Shrink Nanotechnologies to Produce New Bio-Informatics Tool for its Subsidiary

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the alternative energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to produce a high content screening tool for its biotech R&D subsidiary, Shrink Chips LLC.

25 Oct 2010

Teaching Nanotechnology In Virtual World

On Mondays at 10 a.m. this fall semester, graduate students in the Nanomedicine in Healthcare course at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) log into an online virtual world known as Second Life, activate their computer-generated personae or avatars and head off to class.

22 Oct 2010

Scientists Highlight Innovative Technique for Studying 3-D Cell Cultures

The cells and tissues in our bodies grow, develop and interact in a highly complex, three-dimensional world. Likewise, the various microbial pathogens that invade our bodies and cause infectious disease interact with this complex 3-D tissue milieu.

22 Oct 2010

Researchers Develop New Microchip to Detect Tumour Cells in the Blood

Ikerlan-IK4 and Mondragón Unibertsitatea are taking part in a project initiated by the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC, and which has developed a microchip capable of separating and extracting tumour cells i...

22 Oct 2010

NanoLogix Technology to Undergo Clinical Trial at UTHSC-Houston

NanoLogix, an innovator in the accelerated detection and identification of microorganisms, announced today that the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston is enrolling 300 patients in an ongoing clinical trial to study the speed and accuracy of NanoLogix technology.

From NanoLogix 21 Oct 2010

First Step Toward Electronically Interfacing Microbes with Inorganic Materials

The Terminator. The Borg. The Six Million Dollar Man. Science fiction is ripe with biological beings armed with artificial capabilities. In reality, however, the clunky connections between living and non-living worlds often lack a clear channel for communication.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 20 Oct 2010