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Latest Nanotechnology Advances to be Discussed at AVS Symposium

This month in Albuquerque, New Mexico, scientists and engineers from around the world will convene to discuss some of the latest breakthroughs in nanotechnology, alternative energy, materials research, and medicine at th...

4 Oct 2010

Dr. Michelle Khine Wins Funding for Innovative Shrink-Film Based Nano-Diagnostic Platforms

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that its scientific founder, Dr. Michelle Khine, has received a multi-year and multi-million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to work on her shrink-film based diagnostic platforms.

From Shrink Nanotechnologies 4 Oct 2010

Viterbi Professor to Develop New Nanolaser for DNA Analysis

Imagine the day a machine can draw your blood, screen it for genetic mutations and chemical variations that can cause cancer, and pop out a drug tailor-made for your DNA.

1 Oct 2010

New Way to Study Inner Workings of Proteins

A cheetah lies still in the grass. Finally, a gazelle comes into view. The cheetah plunges forward, reaches sixty-five miles per hour in three seconds, and has the hapless gazelle by the jugular in less than a minute. Then it must catch its breath, resting before eating.

1 Oct 2010

Development of Synthetic Structures to Detect Small Molecule Targets

Northwestern University researchers have taken another step towards realizing a new class of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enzyme mimics, opening the door for the development of highly sensitive chemical detection syst...

1 Oct 2010

Access Pharmaceuticals Files Patent for CobaCyte Nanoparticle Technology

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP), a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary drug-delivery platforms to develop treatments in areas of oncology, cancer supportive care and diabetes, ann...

1 Oct 2010

Scientists to Develop Nanotechnology for Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

A team of UNC scientists has received a five-year $2,308,800 grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships to address the critical need for early diagnosis of and more effec...

30 Sep 2010

FoodChek Beef Sample Test Receives AOAC Approval

FoodChek Systems Inc. ("FoodChek"/"the Company") is pleased to announce that the AOAC Research Institute/Gaithersburg, Maryland, a globally-recognized approval body for Food Safety diagnostic tests, h...

29 Sep 2010

New Technology Allows Nanoscale Protein Measurements in Tumor Cells

A novel technology can make nanoscale protein measurements, which scientists can use in clinical trials to learn how drugs work. "We are making progress toward the goal of understanding how drugs work in differe...

29 Sep 2010

Scientists Use Silver Nanoparticles to Detect Cell Nucleus Activity

Duke University bioengineers have not only figured out a way to sneak molecular spies through the walls of individual cells, they can now slip them into the command center -- or nucleus -- of those cells, where they can report back important information or drop off payloads.

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 29 Sep 2010