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New Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) at Göttingen University

Beginning July 1, 2010, the German Research Foundation will support a new collaborative research centre (CRC) at Göttingen University. CRC 860 is titled "The integrative structural biology of macromolecular com...

28 Jun 2010

Ultrashort X-Ray Pulses Produce Low Charge States in Nitrogen Molecules

High-charge-state ions in a molecule cause strong Coulomb forces, repulsive forces that try to blow its atoms apart. But the research team's crucial finding was that a way to produce only lower charge states in nitr...

28 Jun 2010

New Nanotube Biosensor Detects Protein Molecules

A cluster of carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of protein-recognizing polymer form a biosensor capable of using electrochemical signals to detect minute amounts of proteins, which could provide a crucial new...

28 Jun 2010

Study Shows Individual Cells React Differently to Complex Stimulus

Using new technology that allows scientists to monitor how individual cells react in the complex system of cell signaling, Stanford University researchers have uncovered a much larger spectrum of differences between each cell than ever seen before.

28 Jun 2010

MagForce Nanotechnologies Receives Regulatory Approval for Medical Use of Nano-Cancer Therapy Throughout EU

Following more than 20 years of research and development efforts, MagForce Nanotechnologies AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MF6), a majority-owned subsidiary of Nanostart AG, has received regulatory approval for medical us...

From Nanostart AG 28 Jun 2010

Noodle-Shaped String of Aligned Nanofibers Promises Better Tissue Regeneration

A big question in regenerative medicine is how to most effectively deliver stem cells -- as well as other beneficial cells, proteins and large molecules -- to damaged tissues such as the spinal cord, heart and brain. ...

25 Jun 2010

Research on Nanoviscosity Using Dynamic Light Scattering

At a snail's pace – this is how proteins should move inside living cells where viscosity of environment exceeds the viscosity of water even by million times.

25 Jun 2010

Novel DNA Transfer Agents Find Potential Application in Nanomedicine

EUREKA project E! 3371 Gene Transfer Agents has made great advances in the development of novel non-viral carriers able to introduce genetic material into the target cells.

25 Jun 2010

Wyss Institute Team Creates Lung-on-a-Chip Device Using Microfabrication Strategy

Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston have created a device that mimics a living, breathing human lung on a microchip.

25 Jun 2010

Aphios Receives U.S. Patent to Formulate Polymer Nanospheres

Aphios Corporation today announced that it was awarded United States Patent No. 7,708,915 B2 for “Polymer Microspheres/Nanospheres and Encapsulating Therapeutic Proteins Therein,” granted May 04, 2010.

From Aphios Corporation 24 Jun 2010