Scientists around the world are using the programmability of DNA to assemble complex nanometer-scale structures. Until now, however, production of these artificial structures has been limited to water-based environments, because DNA naturally functions inside the watery environment of living cells.
Cells are biological wonders. Throughout billions of years of existence on Earth, these tiny units of life have evolved to collaborate at the smallest levels in promoting, preserving and protecting the organism they comprise. Among these functions is the transport of lipids and other biomacromolecules between cells via membrane adhesion and fusion -- processes that occur in many biological functions, including waste transport, egg fertilization and digestion.
Scientists belonging to the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have made significant progress in creating dynamic, phase-shifting forms of nanomaterials by altering the forces of attraction and repulsion between DNA-linked particles. The structure and properties of these nanomaterials could be switched on when required.
Congratulations to Dr. Songmei Wu from LMIS-1 and LMIS-4 who has published a new scientific paper in the field of Impedance sensing of DNA immobilization and hybridization by means of microfabricated alumina nano pore membranes.
Great excitement at Kiel University: As the DFG (German Research Foundation) announced today (Thursday, May 21), it will continue to support the research on molecules which function like machines with another 8.9 million EUR. This funding will allow the scientists in Germany's northernmost state to develop new engineering techniques for building tiny machine-like molecules over the next four years.
Scientists from IBM Research, the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland have moved a step closer to identifying the nanostructure of cellulose – the basic structural component of plant cell walls.
Strategic News Service (SNS) is proud to announce that Nanotech Biomachines has been selected as a 2015 FiReStarter company to be featured at the 13th annual Future in Review (FiRe) conference. Described by The Economist as "the best technology conference in the world," FiRe features global thought leaders in technology and the global economy, including Elon Musk, Craig Venter, Michael Dell, Vint Cerf, Leroy Hood, Patti Grace Smith, Mark Hurd, Paul Jacobs, and many others.
This BCC Research report provides detailed product analyses within health and wellness subsegments to overall industry trends in order to quantify and qualify the market for drug products for treating various disease conditions in both men and women. The applicability of specific types of nanoparticles for specific applications is also discussed. CAGR projections are given from the period 2014 through 2019.
Using nature for inspiration, a team of Northwestern University scientists is the first to develop an entirely artificial molecular pump, in which molecules pump other molecules. This tiny machine is no small feat. The pump one day might be used to power other molecular machines, such as artificial muscles.
Attacking the perennial problem of systemic toxicity from typical chemotherapy treatments, Dartmouth investigators, led by Barjor Gimi, PhD, have engineered therapeutic cells encapsulated in nanoporous capsules to secrete antitumor molecules from within the tumor.
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