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Nanotechnology Targeting Ovarian Cancer

Tiny particles carrying a killer gene can effectively suppress ovarian tumor growth in mice, according to a team of researchers from MIT and the Lankenau Institute.

30 Jul 2009

Bioo Scientific Receives SBIR Phase II Award from NSF to Develop a Targeted in Vivo RNAi Delivery Technology

Bioo Scientific, an Austin, TX based biotechnology company, announced today that it has been awarded a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation for the development of a targeted in vivo RNA Interference (RNAi) delivery technology.

30 Jul 2009

Treating Advanced Ovarian Cancer with Nanotechnology

Nanoparticle delivery of diphtheria toxin-encoding DNA selectively expressed in ovarian cancer cells reduced the burden of ovarian tumors in mice, and researchers expect this therapy could be tested in humans within 18 to 24 months, according to a report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

30 Jul 2009

Novel Approach Offers Insight into Protein Structure

John Spence, a physicist at Arizona State University, is a longtime user of the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has contributed to major advances in lensless imaging. It's a particularly apt propensity for someone who works with x-rays, since they can't be focused with ordinary lenses.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 29 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop Prototype Lab-on-a-Chip Device that Closely Mimics Natural Golgi Apparatus

Scientists in New York and North Carolina are reporting assembly of the first functioning prototype of an artificial Golgi organelle. That key structure inside cells helps process and package hormones, enzymes, and other substances that allow the body to function normally.

29 Jul 2009

NanoBio to Present Data on Nanoemulsions for Treatment of Acne

NanoBio Corp. today announced that it will present compelling new data for NB-003, the company's nanoemulsion based clinical stage product for the treatment of acne.

From BlueWillow Biologics 29 Jul 2009

Lab on a Chip: Highly Sensitive Detection of Bacteria with Magnetic Nanoparticles and a Miniaturized NMR Method

Researchers working with Ralph Weissleder at Harvard Medical School have now developed a very simple process for the rapid detection of pathogens that requires no further sample preparation. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, this technique is based on magnetic nanoparticles and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement.

29 Jul 2009