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Nano-Robots Swim through Complex Biological Fluids

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have developed nanoscale swimming bodies which are able to navigate through complicated biological fluids.

10 Nov 2014

Artificial Platelet-Like Nanoparticles Combine Morphological and Surface Chemical Properties of Natural Platelets

Artificial platelet mimics developed by a research team from Case Western Reserve University and University of California, Santa Barbara, are able to halt bleeding in mouse models 65 percent faster than nature can on its own.

6 Nov 2014

New Report on Global Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 4 Nov 2014

Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Could be Used as Universal Scaffolding to Replicate Cell Membrane Channel Properties

A study, in which the Membrane Nanomechanics group led by the Ikerbasque lecturer Dr Vadim Frolov at the Biophysics Unit of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has participated, suggests that single-wall carbon nanotubes could be used as universal scaffolding to help to replicate the properties of cell membrane channels. The results of the study have been published in the prestigious journal Nature.

4 Nov 2014

Nanobodies More Accessible for Research

Antibodies, in charge of recognizing and homing in on molecular targets, are among the most useful tools in biology and medicine. Nanobodies – antibodies' tiny cousins – can do the same tasks, for example marking molecules for research or flagging diseased cells for destruction. But, thanks to their comparative simplicity nanobodies offer the tantalizing prospect of being much easier to produce.

3 Nov 2014

New Lab Device Gives Unprecedented Microscopic Look at Metastasis

Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a lab device to give cancer researchers an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis, the complex way that tumor cells spread through the body, causing more than 90 percent of cancer-related deaths. By shedding light on precisely how tumor cells travel, the device could uncover new ways to keep cancer in check.

3 Nov 2014

Ion Channels with Short Carbon Nanotubes Can be Inserted into Live Cell Membranes

A team led by the Lawrence Livermore scientists has created a new kind of ion channel based on short carbon nanotubes, which can be inserted into synthetic bilayers and live cell membranes to form tiny pores that transport water, protons, small ions and DNA.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 30 Oct 2014

Researchers Analyze Role of Nanostructures Around Brain Cells

Freiburg researchers decipher the role of nanostructures around brain cells in central nervous system function

30 Oct 2014

DNA-Based Tension Probes Map How Cells Mechanically Sense Their Environments

Adherent cells, the kind that form the architecture of all multi-cellular organisms, are mechanically engineered with precise forces that allow them to move around and stick to things. Proteins called integrin receptors act like little hands and feet to pull these cells across a surface or to anchor them in place. When groups of these cells are put into a petri dish with a variety of substrates they can sense the differences in the surfaces and they will "crawl" toward the stiffest one they can find.

27 Oct 2014

Thermosponge Nanoparticle Platform Efficiently Delivers Important Proteins

A research team led by Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has developed and tested a novel nanoparticle platform that efficiently delivers clinically important proteins in vivo in initial proof-of-concept tests.

24 Oct 2014

Bionanotechnology News

Nano-Robots Swim through Complex Biological Fluids

Artificial Platelet-Like Nanoparticles Combine Morphological and Surface Chemical Properties of Natural Platelets

New Report on Global Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies

Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Could be Used as Universal Scaffolding to Replicate Cell Membrane Channel Properties

Nanobodies More Accessible for Research

New Lab Device Gives Unprecedented Microscopic Look at Metastasis

Ion Channels with Short Carbon Nanotubes Can be Inserted into Live Cell Membranes

Researchers Analyze Role of Nanostructures Around Brain Cells

DNA-Based Tension Probes Map How Cells Mechanically Sense Their Environments

Thermosponge Nanoparticle Platform Efficiently Delivers Important Proteins

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

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Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

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Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

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