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Single-Molecule Experiments Show How Mechanical Strength in Muscles is Anchored in Titin-Telethonin Complex

A research collaboration between Munich-based biophysicists and a structural biologist in Hamburg is helping to explain why our muscles, and those of other animals, don't simply fall apart under stress. Their finding...

20 Jul 2009

Three Purdue Research Park-Based Firms Named Companies to Watch

En'Urga, Kylin Therapeutics and Passageways, three Purdue Research Park-based firms, were named by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. in its second annual list of 50 Companies to Watch.

20 Jul 2009

New Biosensor Detects Extremely Low Bacteria Concentrations Quickly, Easily, and Reliably

As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their new method is based on electrochemical measurements by means of carbon nanotubes equipped with aptamers as bacteria-specific binding sites. If bacteria bind to the aptamers, the researchers detect a change in electrical voltage.

20 Jul 2009

Microscopic Technique to Pursue Individual Nanoparticles as They Make Their Way into Target Cells

In future therapies, synthetic nanoparticles may well be able to ferry medicines and even genes to targets inside the body. These nanovehicles can now be directly tested and optimized using a highly sensitive microscopic...

20 Jul 2009

Unique Nanostructured Coating to Improve Performance and Longevity of Total Joint Replacement Components

Newly announced National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding will expand the reach of ongoing University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) research into a unique nanostructured coating to improve the performance and longevity of total joint replacement components.

19 Jul 2009

Indiana Company Signs Agreement to use Laboratories and Equipment at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center

An Indiana medical-device company has signed a research agreement through the Purdue Research Foundation to use laboratories and equipment at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center, officials announced.

16 Jul 2009

Champions Biotechnology Establishes Collaboration with Do-Coop Technologies

Champions Biotechnology, Inc. (OTCBulletinBoard: CSBR), a company engaged in the development of advanced preclinical platforms and tumor specific data to enhance the value of oncology drugs, has established a collaborati...

16 Jul 2009

Light-Activated Antimicrobial Surfaces that Could Help Fight Spread Of Hospital-Acquired Infections

Scientists from UCL have created light-activated antimicrobial surfaces that could help fight the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Professor Ivan Parkin (UCL Chemistry) and Professor Mike Wilson (UCL Eastman Dental Institute) have modified silicone with tiny amounts of commonly used dyes.

16 Jul 2009

Using Gold Nanoparticles to Detect and Treat Cancer

Quidant, who was recently awarded the Fresnel Prize 2009 that recognizes the highest level of excellence amongst emerging researchers in the field of photonics, is an ICREA researcher at the UPC's Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and a fellow of the Cellex Foundation Barcelona.

16 Jul 2009

Report Analyzes Global Market for Nanomedicine In Millions Of US$

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report "Nanomedicine" is available in its catalogue. This report analyzes the Global Market for Nanomedicine in Millions of US$ by the following Applica...

16 Jul 2009