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Nanoparticles Yield Safer Light-Activated Cancer Therapy

Photodynamic therapy, in which light activates a chemical known as a photosensitizer, triggering the production of cell-killing reactive oxygen, has proven itself as an effective therapy for a limited number of cancers. ...

28 Sep 2007

Using Bacteria Enzymes to Print Features on Microdevices 100 Fold Smaller Than Before

Using enzymes from E. coli bacteria, Duke University chemists and engineers have introduced a hundred-fold improvement in the precision of features imprinted to create microdevices such as labs-on-a-chip. Their inkles...

27 Sep 2007

Nanotechnology Medicine Breakthroughs to Be Reported by Mayo Clinic Engineer

The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota is sending Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering, to report on his findings at nanoTX’07. ...

27 Sep 2007

Anti Infective Drug Research Team Expanded at NanoBio

NanoBio Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel anti-infective topicals and mucosal vaccines to treat and prevent serious infections, today announced the addition of four new scientists to its drug deve...

26 Sep 2007

New Record Set for Quantum Dot Brightness

By placing quantum dots on a specially designed photonic crystal, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated enhanced fluorescence intensity by a factor of up to 108. Potential applications include high-...

26 Sep 2007

BioForce Nanoscience's Nano eNabler System Named one of 2007's Most Innovative Products

BioForce Nanosciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., announced today that its Nano eNabler(tm) system has been named one of the 25 most innovative products of 2007 by the editor...

26 Sep 2007

Patent for Anti Cancer Drug Delivery System

Insert Therapeutics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today the issuance of a patent covering its lead oncology product, IT-101. IT 101 is a conjugate of Insert’s propr...

25 Sep 2007

Grant for Advanced Sample Sorting Capabilities and Enhancements in Chip Design for Applications in Cancer Diagnostics and Research

BioNanomatrix, Inc., has announced that the company and Princeton University are recipients of a new Small Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the U.S. National Institute...

25 Sep 2007

Bird Flu Lab-On-A-Chip Test Developed in Singapore

Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully developed a miniaturized device that can b...

25 Sep 2007

Near Infrared Fluorescent Imaging Detects DNA Sized Nanotubes Inside Living Animals

Rice University scientists have captured the first optical images of carbon nanotubes inside a living organism. Using fruit flies, the researchers confirmed that a technique developed at Rice - near-infrared fluorescent ...

25 Sep 2007