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Innovative Nanotechnology-Inspired Bioprocess Can Convert Cellulose into Amylose Starch

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally thought of as food crops.

17 Apr 2013

Bicycle Therapeutics Develops New Class of Drugs to Treat Severe Diseases

A new class of drugs for the treatment of severe diseases such as cancer and autoimmune diseases is developed by the start-up Bicycle Therapeutics. The company is generating bicyclic peptides that can selectively bind disease-related proteins and to modulate their function without affecting other proteins in the body.

15 Apr 2013

UCSD Develops Nanosponges Capable of Removing Harmful Toxins from Bloodstream

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have invented a "nanosponge" capable of safely removing a broad class of dangerous toxins from the bloodstream – including toxins produced by MRSA, E. coli, poisonous snakes and bees. These nanosponges, which thus far have been studied in mice, can neutralize "pore-forming toxins," which destroy cells by poking holes in their cell membranes.

15 Apr 2013

Nanosonics Expands Market Reach for trophon EPR Ultrasound Probe Disinfection System

Nanosonics Limited (ASX:NAN) has expanded the market reach of its ultrasound probe disinfection system, trophon EPR, via a significant increase in the number of probes that have been assessed and certified for use with t...

From Nanosonics 12 Apr 2013

NanoSight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Used for Cancer Research at Trinity College Dublin

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being applied in the development of future diagnostic and theranostic solutions for early diagnosis, drug delivery and treatment of cancer at the School of Medicine and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

9 Apr 2013

Discovery of Circulating Nano-Sized Extracellular Vesicles Helps Advance Brain Cancer Diagnosis

The recent discovery of circulating "nano-sized extracellular vesicles" (EVs) carrying proteins and nucleic acids derived from brain tumors may lead to exciting new avenues for brain cancer diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment, according to a special article in the April issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

9 Apr 2013

Scientists Make Progress in Producing Fully Functional Nanocellulose for Biofuels

Genes from the family of bacteria that produce vinegar, Kombucha tea and nata de coco have become stars in a project — which scientists today said has reached an advanced stage — that would turn algae into solar-powered factories for producing the "wonder material" nanocellulose.

From American Chemical Society 8 Apr 2013

Innovative 3D Printer Shows Promise to Create Materials Resembling Tissues

A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated.

5 Apr 2013

Cell Lytic Enzymes Attached to Food-Safe Silica Nanoparticles Demonstrate Ability to Kill Listeria

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging. This innovation represents an alternative to the use of antibiotics or chemical decontamination in food supply systems.

3 Apr 2013

BRAIN Initiative Builds on Efforts of Leading Neuroscientists and Nanotechnologists

Salk neuroscientist Terrence J. Sejnowski joined President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2013, at the launch of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative-a major Administration neuroscience effort that advances and builds upon collaborative scientific work by leading brain researchers such as Salk's own Sejnowski.

3 Apr 2013

Bionanotechnology News

Innovative Nanotechnology-Inspired Bioprocess Can Convert Cellulose into Amylose Starch

Bicycle Therapeutics Develops New Class of Drugs to Treat Severe Diseases

UCSD Develops Nanosponges Capable of Removing Harmful Toxins from Bloodstream

Nanosonics Expands Market Reach for trophon EPR Ultrasound Probe Disinfection System

NanoSight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Used for Cancer Research at Trinity College Dublin

Discovery of Circulating Nano-Sized Extracellular Vesicles Helps Advance Brain Cancer Diagnosis

Scientists Make Progress in Producing Fully Functional Nanocellulose for Biofuels

Innovative 3D Printer Shows Promise to Create Materials Resembling Tissues

Cell Lytic Enzymes Attached to Food-Safe Silica Nanoparticles Demonstrate Ability to Kill Listeria

BRAIN Initiative Builds on Efforts of Leading Neuroscientists and Nanotechnologists

Laser-Induced Graphene for Printable and Biomedical Applications

Cigarette Waste as a Source for Sustainable Supercapacitors

Novel Technique Dramatically Increases Graphene's Elasticity

Co-Solvent-Driven Laser Assembly of Gold Nanorods

Improving Aqueous Zn-I2 Batteries with MOF-Derived Carbon

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

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