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Bruker's New Nanomechanics Package Provides AFM Tools for Life Science Research

Bruker introduces the new Nanomechanics Package for its line of BioAFMs, including the BioScope Catalyst. The new accessory enables the fastest, highest resolution, and most quantitative characterization of nanomechanical properties over a wide range of biological samples.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 20 Sep 2012

SimPore and KonTEM Announce Collaboration on TEM Imaging for Biomedical Research Applications

SiMPore, Inc., of Rochester, NY, USA and KonTEM GmbH of Bonn, Germany, announce their collaboration to develop phase contrast solutions for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). An electron microscope uses a beam of...

From SiMPore Inc. 19 Sep 2012

DNA Origami in Cancer Drug Delivery

A new study carried out by scientists at the Swedish Karolinska Institutet involves the use of DNA-based nanostructures engineered using a technology known as DNA origami to improve the effect of certain cytostatics employed in cancer treatment.

15 Sep 2012

Nanoengineers Develop Technology to Fabricate 3D Microstructures within Seconds

An innovative technique to fabricate three-dimensional microstructures from soft and biocompatible hydrogel in a span of few seconds has been conceived by nanoengineers at the University of California in San Diego.

15 Sep 2012

Custom-Designed Molecular Beacons Help Monitor Stem Cell Transformation in Real-Time

Researchers at Brown University have developed a set of tailor-made ‘molecular beacons’ that enables researchers to perform real-time observation of gene expression in live stem cell populations during their transformation into a particular tissue.

12 Sep 2012

Nanolane Presents Research on SEEC Microscopy for Biomolecular Recognition Using T-Surfs

A Chalmers University (Sweden) research group lead by Fredrik Höök has applied Surface-Enhanced Ellipsometric Contrast (SEEC) microscopy for time-resolved, label-free visualization of biomolecular recognition events on spatially heterogeneous, supported lipid bilayers (SLB).

From NANOLANE 11 Sep 2012

Enzymes Used to Etch Nanoscale Surface Structures

While two-dimensional patterns can be recreated fairly well with techniques like microlithography, three-dimensional structures represent a big challenge. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, American researchers have now reported a new method for the lithography-free etching of complex surface motifs with the use of biodegradable polymers and enzymes.

10 Sep 2012

Review Article Discusses Use of RNA Nanotechnology in Therapeutics

The utilization of RNA molecules in nanotechnology approaches holds potential in several applications, which also include the synthesis of novel therapeutic compounds.

5 Sep 2012

New Nanotechnology Approach to Fabricate Ultrastable RNA Nanoparticles

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have developed a technique to fabricate ultrastable RNA nanoparticles that are capable of treating viral infections and cancer by controlling cell functions and fastening to cancer cells without causing damage to surrounding tissues.

4 Sep 2012

Carnegie Mellon Develops Nanostructural Polymer-Based Treatment for Amputation Complications

A team of clinicians and researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is working on a treatment method based on nanostructural polymers to counter the medical condition called heterotopic ossification that commonly occurs subsequent to amputations, orthopedic surgeries and bone trauma.

4 Sep 2012

Bionanotechnology News

Bruker's New Nanomechanics Package Provides AFM Tools for Life Science Research

SimPore and KonTEM Announce Collaboration on TEM Imaging for Biomedical Research Applications

DNA Origami in Cancer Drug Delivery

Nanoengineers Develop Technology to Fabricate 3D Microstructures within Seconds

Custom-Designed Molecular Beacons Help Monitor Stem Cell Transformation in Real-Time

Nanolane Presents Research on SEEC Microscopy for Biomolecular Recognition Using T-Surfs

Enzymes Used to Etch Nanoscale Surface Structures

Review Article Discusses Use of RNA Nanotechnology in Therapeutics

New Nanotechnology Approach to Fabricate Ultrastable RNA Nanoparticles

Carnegie Mellon Develops Nanostructural Polymer-Based Treatment for Amputation Complications

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