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Science-Metrix Releases Multi-Lingual Tools to Understand Science Researches

A new set of tools released today by Science-Metrix Inc. seeks to improve the way we talk about and understand science – from the classroom to the boardroom. The US/Canada-based research evaluation firm has deve...

2 Dec 2010

Aphios Secures NIA SBIR Grant to Develop Nanodrug for Alzheimer’s Disease

Aphios® Corporation today announced that it was awarded Phase I of a Fast Track SBIR grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Developing a Novel Alzheimer´s Disease Nanodrug.

From Aphios Corporation 2 Dec 2010

X-BODY Biosciences Introduces Protein Chain Reaction Antibody Discovery Platform

X-BODY Biosciences, a developer of monoclonal antibody therapeutics, today announced the launch of its Protein Chain Reaction(TM) antibody discovery platform. The company will give its first public presentations at IB...

2 Dec 2010

New Nano-Based Diagnostic Platform for Fast Sepsis Treatment

Blood poisoning can be fatal. If you suffer from sepsis, you used to have to wait as much as 48 hours for laboratory findings. A new diagnostic platform as big as a credit card will now supply the analysis after as little as an hour. This system is based on nanoparticles that are automatically guided by magnetic forces.

2 Dec 2010

Graphene May Become DNA Sequencing Material

Genome sequencing will have a profound effect on our understanding of genetic biology and could usher in a day when doctor and patient are able to review individual genome sequences to fully personalise medical treatment.

2 Dec 2010

IRIS International Buys Assets of Nanostart-Held BioMicro for US$3.2 Million

Nanostart holding BioMicro has sold its remaining assets for a profit to US diagnostics company IRIS for 3.2 million US dollars.

From Nanostart AG 2 Dec 2010

European Consortium Develops Ultrafast Camera Using Biosensor

A European consortium comprising the National Physical Laboratory, ST Microelectronics, the University of Edinburgh, and TU Delft has been involved in the development and application of the Megaframe Imager - an ultrafast camera capable of recording images at the incredible rate of one million frames.

1 Dec 2010

NanoBio to Develop RSV Intranasal Vaccine with $6 Million Grant

NanoBio Corporation announced today that it has received a $6M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development of a safe and effective intranasal vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).

From BlueWillow Biologics 1 Dec 2010

New Nanopore Device to Analyze Single DNA Molecules

Researchers at Delft University of Technology and Oxford University announce a new type of nanopore device that could help in developing fast and cheap genetic analysis. In the journal Nature Nanotechnology (November ...

30 Nov 2010

Color-Changing Patch to Indicate Strength of Exposure to Explosive Blasts

Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly's wing, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a color-changing patch that could be worn on soldiers' helmets and uniforms to indicate the strength of exposure to blasts from explosives in the field.

30 Nov 2010