When the body forms new tissues during the healing process, cells must be able to communicate with each other. For years, scientists believed this communication happened primarily through chemical signaling. Now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that another dimension – mechanical communication – is equally if not more crucial.
Research by Rice University scientists who are fighting a cyberwar against cancer finds that the immune system may be a clinician's most powerful ally.
Liquidia Technologies today announced it will present an overview of the unique capabilities of its PRINT® (Particle Replication In Non-Wetting Templates) technology at the Nano Manufacturing 2014 Conference being held September 24 at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) in Greensboro, NC. The inaugural Nano Manufacturing Conference was held in 2013 and brought together a broad representation of businesses, academia and government.
Being able to track individual biomolecules and observe them at work is every biochemist’s dream. This would enable the scientists to research in detail and better understand the workings of the nanomachines of life, such as ribosomes and DNA polymerases. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have taken a big step closer to this goal.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have created a small scale “hydrogen generator” that uses light and a two-dimensional graphene platform to boost production of the hard-to-make element.
For most people biofilms conjure up images of slippery stones in a streambed and dirty drains. While there are plenty of "bad" biofilms around – they even cause pesky dental plaque and a host of other more serious medical problems – a team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University sees biofilms as a robust new platform for designer nanomaterials that could clean up polluted rivers, manufacture pharmaceutical products, fabricate new textiles, and more.
Genisphere LLC, provider of the 3DNA® nanotechnology platform, reported today it has closed $2 million in private funding from existing investors, including Corporate Fuel Partners, a New York fund. This round of fundraising will accelerate Genisphere's targeted drug delivery initiative, following key milestones including the company's demonstration of cell-specific (cytosolic and nuclear) delivery of drugs with functional intracellular effects without apparent toxicity.
CeloNova BioSciences, Inc., today announced that positive First-in-Man (FIM) clinical trial results found its COBRA PzF™ coronary stent system with an advanced nano-thin coating of Polyzene®-F polymer to be a safe and effective routine interventional treatment for real-world and complex patients with heart disease.
A team of researchers at Boston University and Stanford University School of Medicine has developed a new model to study the motion patterns of bacteria in real time and to determine how these motions relate to communication within a bacterial colony.
Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which bacteria or fungi multiply in a patient's blood -- often too fast for antibiotics to help. A new device inspired by the human spleen and developed by a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering may radically transform the way doctors treat sepsis.
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