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Rice Researchers Develop New Nano Antenna that Captures Light

Everybody who's ever used a TV, radio or cell phone knows what an antenna does: It captures the aerial signals that make those devices practical. A lab at Rice University has built an antenna that captures light i...

27 Sep 2010

New Nano-Based Approach Provides Controlled and Sustained Drug Delivery

The mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene results in CF. The most common mutation, DeltaF508-CFTR, is a temperature-sensitive, trafficking mutant with reduced chloride transpo...

27 Sep 2010

Protein Nanopore Enables DNA Strand Sequencing

Research published this week in Nature Nanotechnology shows a new method of enzyme-controlled movement of a single strand of DNA through a protein nanopore. The paper, by researchers at the University of California S...

27 Sep 2010

Nanotechnology Institute Researchers Develop New Portable MicroKit System

A portable MicroKit system developed by the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, enables mass health screenings to be conducted at strategic locations such as airports, immigration checkpoints and train stations.

24 Sep 2010

Researchers Develop New Class of Molecular Probes for Biomedical Research Called nanoLAMPs

Rohit Bhargava of the Bioimaging Science and Technology group has come up with an intriguing new class of molecular probes for biomedical research called nanoLAMPs. Unlike most probes used in biomedicine or other types of research they don’t require dyes or fluorescence but, like an ordinary house lamp, they do need a light switch in order to illuminate the molecular world.

23 Sep 2010

Arrowhead Research Corp Increases Ownership of Calando Pharmaceuticals

Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) (“the Company”) today announced that it has increased its ownership of majority owned subsidiary Calando Pharmaceuticals through the exchange of Calando Series A P...

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 23 Sep 2010

DoD Grant Helps to Test Efficacy of Molecules to Fight Against Infections

A new $1.8 million grant from the Department of Defense will allow North Carolina State University researchers to work with the Walter Reed Institute of Research to further test the effectiveness of molecules that have shown great promise in combating antibiotic-resistant infections.

From North Carolina State University 23 Sep 2010