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Newly Developed Molecular Gauge Helps to Study Workings of DNA

Luminescent markers are an indispensable tool for researchers working with DNA. But the markers are troublesome. Some tend to destroy the function and structure of DNA when inserted. Others emit so little light, tha...

7 Apr 2010

USPTO Issues pRNAi Nanotechnology Patent to Kylin Therapeutics

Officials of Kylin Therapeutics Inc., a leading RNAi company, announced this week that they received an issued patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

7 Apr 2010

ICG-Labeling with Iron Oxide-Based Nanoparticles Helps to Study Dynamics of Stem Cells

A study published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (19:1) has found that using the FDA-approved contrast agent Indocyanine Green (ICG) to label human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs)...

7 Apr 2010

Scientists Recorded Almost 200,000 Films Revealing Human Genes Involved in a Range of Functions

EU-funded scientists have recorded almost 200,000 films that reveal the human genes involved in a range of functions including one of the most fundamental processes of life: cell division. Details of their groundbreaking...

6 Apr 2010

FNA Cell Block Samples Now Analyzed Using Rosetta’s MicroRNA-Based Diagnostic Tests

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announced today that starting April 1, 2010 physicians are able to send FNA cell block samples to Rosetta Genomics’ CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory in Philadelphia for analysis using Rosetta’s miRview squamous test.

6 Apr 2010

Development of New Tissue and Bone Scaffolding Polymer Using Nanoparticle Core

Orthopedic surgeons are often hamstrung by less-than-ideal grafting material when performing surgeries for complex bone injuries resulting from trauma, aging or cancer. Conventional synthetic bone grafts are typically...

6 Apr 2010

Development of A New Method in Fluorescence Microscopy

To find out what the inside of a living cell looks like, biophysicists of the University of Goettingen and the University of California in Los Angeles have developed an optical method that allows a better and contrast-ri...

6 Apr 2010

Company To Advance New Class of Synthetic Vaccines into Clinical Development Based on tSVP Platform

Selecta Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing synthetic nanoparticle vaccines, today announced that it has raised $15 million in a Series C financing round. OrbiMed Advisors, LLC led the round, with p...

5 Apr 2010

NEA Acquires License to UCR’s Chemical Detection Technology that Use Carbon Nanotubes

Nano Engineered Applications, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Avisio, Inc., announced today that the company has acquired an exclusive license to a patent pending chemical detection technology from UC Riverside.

3 Apr 2010

Researchers Study Dynamics of Nano Range Acoustic Wave Within Small Droplets

Understanding the physical mechanisms that enable a droplet to be displaced by propagating an acoustic wave along the substrate on which it lies is the hurdle that has been overcome by researchers from the Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et Nanotechnologies (CNRS/Université Lille 1/Ecole Centrale de Lille).

3 Apr 2010