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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

Nano3D Biosciences Tests New Technique to Grow 3-D Cell Cultures

The film "Avatar" isn't the only 3-D blockbuster making a splash this winter. A team of scientists from Houston's Texas Medical Center this week unveiled a new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures, a technological leap from the flat petri dish that could save millions of dollars in drug-testing costs.

16 Mar 2010

Essen Instruments Forms Strategic Alliance with OriGene Technologies

Essen Instruments Inc. and OriGene Technologies, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance to co-develop ion channel cell lines. Essen, based in Ann Arbor Michigan, is a leading provider of life science products and serv...

15 Mar 2010

Gold Nanocage Acts as Key Tool in Photothermal Cancer Therapy

In a lecture he delivered in 1906, the German physician Paul Ehrlich coined the term Zuberkugel, or "magic bullet," as shorthand for a highly targeted medical treatment.

15 Mar 2010

Scientists Record First Microscopic Images Showing Deadly Effects of AMPs

For two decades, scientists have been pursuing a potential new way to treat bacterial infections, using naturally occurring proteins known as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Now, MIT scientists have recorded the first microscopic images showing the deadly effects of AMPs, most of which kill by poking holes in bacterial cell membranes.

14 Mar 2010

VisEn Announces VivoTag 680 XL Fluorescent Dye for Biomolecule Labeling

VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new VivoTag® 680 XL fluorescent dye for labeling biomolecules in a broad range...

12 Mar 2010

Latest Developments in Protein and Peptide Characterisation to be Presented by Malvern Expert

Dr Hanna Jankevics, product technical specialist at Malvern Panalytical is presenting the latest in light scattering methodologies for protein and peptide characterisation at The Peptide Conference 2010.

From Malvern Panalytical 12 Mar 2010

Cowpea Mosaic Virus as Anti-Cancer Agent Could Soon be a Reality

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus and have made them carry useful chemicals. The external surface of these nano containers could be decorated with mole...

10 Mar 2010

Nanocrystalline Calcium Phosphate Material Cleared for Implant Use by FDA

ETEX Corporation, an advanced biomaterials company, announced today that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance of CarriGen Porous Bone Substitute Material. CarriGen is available for immediate sale through ETEX's indep...

9 Mar 2010

Low-Power Chips Allow Engineers to Design Wearable and Implantable Devices to Monitor Patients

In the past several decades, microchips have transformed consumer electronics, enabling new products from digital watches and pocket-sized calculators to laptop computers and digital music players.

9 Mar 2010