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Stretchable Electrodes to Study how Cardiac Muscle Cells React to Mechanical Stresses

Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, traumatic brain injuries and other diseases.

22 Jan 2009

Gift from Kleberg Foundation Allows Nanotechnology Researchers to View Images Atom-by-Atom

Officials with The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) today announced receipt of a $1.2 million gift from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation that will be used to purchase a second generatio...

22 Jan 2009

Credit-Card Sized Tool to Test for Malaria

Researchers have created a credit-card sized tool can be stored for months and then used to test for malaria--part of a larger project to develop high-tech tools for global health. The prototype dehydrated the reagents t...

21 Jan 2009

Former FDA Deputy Commissioner Joins CombiMatrix Board of Directors

CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX) today announced that former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has joined the company's Board of Directors. During his term at the FD...

From Invitae Corporation 21 Jan 2009

AeonClad Coatings Announces Launch of Newly Formed Subsidiary

Specialty coatings company, AeonClad Coatings LLC, has announced the launch of a newly formed subsidiary, AeonClad Biomedical LLC. The new company will focus on biomedical applications utilizing the AeonCoat™ Technology.

19 Jan 2009

Developer of Disease-Destroying Nanotechnology Announces Relocation of HQ and Laboratory

PDS Biotechnology Corporation, a developer of disease-destroying nanotechnology, announced today it will relocate its Cincinnati headquarters and laboratory here with the help of a $2 million grant from the state's 2...

19 Jan 2009

Research and Markets Announces Availability of Advances in Lithium Battery Technologies Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "4th Annual Lithium Mobile Power 2008 - Advances in Lithium Battery Technologies for Mobile Applications Conference Documentation" report to its offerings....

From Research and Markets 17 Jan 2009

Polymer Nanoparticle for Oral Anticancer Drug Delivery

One of the problems that cancer patients face is that many of the most potent anticancer therapies can be administered only by injection, which means that cancer patients must travel to receive their medication. But than...

16 Jan 2009

Biodegradable Nanoprobe Images New Blood Vessel Growth

Angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels, plays a critical role in several chronic human diseases, including metastatic cancer. In fact, several new anticancer therapies are designed to starve tumors by shutting down angiogenesis, but the lack of a good assay for quantifying angiogenesis in the body has hampered the development of effective antiangiogenesis therapies.

16 Jan 2009

Researchers Develop Microfluidic Devices that Capture and Analyze Cancer Cells

One of the grand goals in nanotechnology is to develop a single microfluidic device that integrates all of the components needed to perform polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based nucleic acid analyses. Experts predict tha...

16 Jan 2009