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Researchers Unveil Scientific Results from siRNA Phase I Clinical Trial in Cancer Patients

A California Institute of Technology (Caltech)-led team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle-used as an experimental therapeutic and injected directly into a patient's bloodstream-can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and turn off an important cancer gene using a mechanism known as RNA interference (RNAi).

21 Mar 2010

How Nanoparticles Effect the Human Body

The question of whether or not nanoparticles have an effect on the human body - and if so, how - is still largely unanswered. There is little information, for instance, on whether pregnant women exposed to these minute particles pass them on to their unborn babies.

19 Mar 2010

Nanofluidics Identify Epigenetic Changes One Molecule at a Time

Using a system of nanofluidic channels and multicolor fluorescence microscopy, a team of investigators at Cornell University has developed a method that analyzes the binding of DNA and DNA-binding proteins known as histo...

19 Mar 2010

Discovery of Flagellar Nano-Motor Curbing

Biozentrum researchers have now discovered that Escherichia coli bacteria harness a sophisticated chemosensory and signal transduction machinery that allows them to accurately control motor rotation, thereby adjusting th...

19 Mar 2010

Haemonetics' New Alliance Marks Important Milestone in its Nano Program

Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE), a global blood management solutions company, today announced that it has entered into a reagent development and supply agreement with Quotient Biodiagnostics Group and its wholly owne...

19 Mar 2010

Celsense Launches First Software to Merge Scanner Images

Celsense, Inc. announced today its launch of the first off-the-shelf software for merging scanner images.

18 Mar 2010

Nanodiamond Monolayer Coatings Promote Formation of Functional Neuronal Networks

Researchers in London have found that nanometer size diamonds can be attached to a wide range of substrates and that they can promote the growth of neurons without the need for the complex layers of proteins normally required.

17 Mar 2010

Better Understanding of Conga Dance inside Cells

Understanding the steps to the intricate dance inside a cell is essential to one day choreographing the show. By studying the molecules that give a cell its structure, University of Illinois researchers are moving closer to understanding one of those steps: the conga line.

17 Mar 2010

Platform Validation Yields More than Twenty Such Novel Peptides

Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) announced today the development and validation of its Intracellular Drug Delivery (IDD) discovery platform for identification of cell penetrating peptides. Compugen also announced that as par...

17 Mar 2010

Fibrous Polymer Scaffold Delivering Liver-Like Cells into Damaged Liver for Tissue Repair

Biocompatible materials that emulate living tissues can be used for tissue repair and regeneration. Polymer scaffolds, for example, mimic the network that connects cells and stimulates cell adhesion. They can also transp...

16 Mar 2010