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Popular Mechanics Features Research on How Gold Nanoparticles Destroy Superbacteria

Dr. Hong Liang's research on how gold nanoparticles can destroy superbacteria in the human body such as Escheria coli and drug-resistant Staphococcus aureus was featured on Popular Mechanics. Liang is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

15 Sep 2014

Nanofiber Eye Drop Holds Promise for Treatment of Glaucoma

Northwestern Medicine® scientists have discovered a novel cause of glaucoma in an animal model, and related to their findings, are now developing an eye drop aimed at curing the disease. They believe their findings will be important to human glaucoma.

11 Sep 2014

Senesco Technologies Changes Name to Sevion Therapeutics

Senesco Technologies, Inc., a clinical-stage company which discovers, develops and acquires next-generation biologics for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases, announced today a corporate rebranding under which the Company will change its name to Sevion Therapeutics, Inc.

10 Sep 2014

SUNY CNSE/SUNYIT Awarded Grant to Identify Cancer Cell Signals using Nanotechnology-Enabled Methods

The newly merged SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE)/SUNY Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) institution today announced the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded a $1.65 million grant to further research conducted by nanobioscience professor Dr. Thomas Begley that identifies signals which cancer cells use to respond to their environment.

9 Sep 2014

Biomimetic Sacs May Help Scientists to Fabricate Artificial Cells

Working with a team of scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich), Brandeis University, and Leiden University in the Netherlands, M. Cristina Marchetti and Mark Bowick, professors in the Soft Matter Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, have engineered and studied “active vesicles." These purely synthetic, molecularly thin sacs are capable of transforming energy, injected at the microscopic level, into organized, self-sustained motion.

8 Sep 2014

BCC Research Releases Report on Nanoparticles in Biotechnology, Drug Development and Drug Delivery

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanoparticles in Biotechnology, Drug Development and Drug Delivery

5 Sep 2014

Researchers Use Vertical Nanowires to Create More Varied Surfaces Where Artificial Membranes can Form

Vertical nanowires could be used for detailed studies of what happens on the surface of cells. The findings are important for pharmaceuticals research, among other applications. A group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden have managed to make artificial cell membranes form across a large number of vertical nanowires, known as a 'nano-forest'.

3 Sep 2014

Artificial Virus Offers Prospects for Delivery of Pharmaceuticals

Researchers from Wageningen UR, together with colleagues from the University of Leiden, Eindhoven University of Technology and Radboud University Nijmegen, have successfully developed an artificial virus.

1 Sep 2014

NSF Grant to Help Study How DNA Travels Through Carbon Nanotubes

A Binghamton University physicist’s experiments may one day lead to sophisticated sensors that are able to detect small amounts of dangerous materials rapidly.

30 Aug 2014

New Range of Ultra-High Quality Gold Nanoparticles from Innova Biosciences

Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, announced today the commercial launch of InnovaGOLD, a new range of ultra-high quality gold nanoparticles that have demonstrated improved sensitivity, stability and reproducibility in immunoassays compared to other commercially available gold colloids.

30 Aug 2014