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Nanobotmodels Company Made Detail Animation of DNA-Repair Process

Human DNA is under constant assault from harmful agents such as ultraviolet sunlight, tobacco smoke and a myriad of chemicals, both natural and man-made. Because damage can lead to cancer, cell death and mutations, an army of proteins and enzymes are mobilized into action whenever it occurs. Therefore there is a system of DNA repair in a cell.

22 Mar 2010

MaterialsViews.com Helping Scientists Keep Up with the Latest Research in Nanotechnology

MaterialsViews.com, the news service covering the latest developments in materials science, chemistry, and physics, has been updated with new features that help materials scientists keep up with the latest research.

22 Mar 2010

Asuragen Appoints BMD as Exclusive Distributor

Asuragen, Inc., a leader in the development of molecular diagnostics, announced today the appointment of Biomedical Diagnostics SA (BMD), a leading medical diagnostic company in Europe, as its exclusive distributor of Si...

22 Mar 2010

Researchers Unveil Scientific Results from siRNA Phase I Clinical Trial in Cancer Patients

A California Institute of Technology (Caltech)-led team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle-used as an experimental therapeutic and injected directly into a patient's bloodstream-can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and turn off an important cancer gene using a mechanism known as RNA interference (RNAi).

21 Mar 2010

Presentation to Offer New Information About Using CNTs for Emerging Applications

Nanocyl S.A. announced today that Dr. Michael Claes, Director of Nanocyl's Technical Support Team, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Nanocomposites/Nanotubes 2010 conference in Brussels, Belgium.

From NANOCYL SA 21 Mar 2010

International Space Elevator Consortium Announces First Annual Set of Prizes

The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), an independent group designed to promote standards and foster research relating to the construction of an Elevator to Space, has announced its first annual set of prize...

21 Mar 2010

UAlbany NanoCollege Hosts 'Symposium on the Convergence of Nanotechnology and Life Sciences'

The intersection of nanotechnology with the field of life sciences - including its growing impact on health care through improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease - was the theme of a national conference held at CNSE.

20 Mar 2010

New LTO Ultrium Cartridge Incorporates Fujifilm NANOCUBIC Technology

FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc., a division of Fujifilm Corporation the leading global manufacturer of data storage media1, today announced it will be one of the first manufacturers in the world to be certified by the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Technology Provider Companies (TPCs) as successfully completing compliance testing.

20 Mar 2010

Binghamton Chemist Develops Green Nanosensor

Interest in ‘green’ innovation means not just thinking big but also very, very, very small. At least that’s the way Omowunmi Sadik, director of Binghamton University’s Center for Advanced Senso...

20 Mar 2010

Guide for Fluorescence-Instrument Calibration and Qualification

There has been a renewed interest in instrumental qualification and standardization by the fluorescence community over the last 10 years, driven by the increasing number of quantitative chemical assays that use fluoresce...

19 Mar 2010

How Nanoparticles Effect the Human Body

The question of whether or not nanoparticles have an effect on the human body - and if so, how - is still largely unanswered. There is little information, for instance, on whether pregnant women exposed to these minute particles pass them on to their unborn babies.

19 Mar 2010

Researchers Create First 3D Invisibility Cloak

EU-funded researchers have created the first three-dimensional (3D) invisibility cloak and used it to successfully hide a small bump on a gold surface. The findings represent a major advance in the field of transformatio...

19 Mar 2010

Nanofluidics Identify Epigenetic Changes One Molecule at a Time

Using a system of nanofluidic channels and multicolor fluorescence microscopy, a team of investigators at Cornell University has developed a method that analyzes the binding of DNA and DNA-binding proteins known as histo...

19 Mar 2010

Nanotechnology Unlocking Tumor Identity

Using nanoparticles designed to recognize specific sugar-binding molecules on the surfaces of cells, a team of investigators at Michigan State University has developed a process that uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to unlock the sugar-based code that identifies different types of cancer and normal cells.

19 Mar 2010

Nanoparticles Cooperate to Detect and Treat Tumors

If one nanoparticle is good, two may be better, especially when they are designed to cooperate with each other to diagnose and treat cancer. That finding comes from work led by Michael Sailor, Ph.D., a member of the Cent...

19 Mar 2010