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Study Shows Individual Cells React Differently to Complex Stimulus

News - 28 Jun 2010

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...

ICFO Advances its Research to Develop Nano-Based Cancer Therapy Device

News - 29 Apr 2010

The SPEDOC project will create the precursor to future devices for individualized diagnosis and monitoring of cancer therapy, which will allow the illness to be treated in earlier stages and at...

McGinnis Venture Competition Launches New Companies on the Road to Success

News - 17 Mar 2010

A promising cure for ovarian cancer seeking funding to begin clinical trials; a person-to-person car-sharing program that could reduce carbon emissions; a device to enable power-generation facilities...

Researchers Develop Biosensor Chip 1,000 Times More Sensitive

News - 17 Nov 2009

Searching for biomarkers that can warn of diseases such as cancer while they are still in their earliest stage is likely to become far easier thanks to an innovative biosensor chip developed by...

Industrial-Scale Processing of Pure Carbon-Nanotube Fibers

News - 2 Nov 2009

Rice University scientists today unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution...

2 Grand Prize Winners Have Innovations Related to Cell Engineering and Tools for Quadriplegics

News - 21 Oct 2009

A faster tool for cell programming and a new way of allowing quadriplegics to perform simple tasks have won grand prizes of the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the National...

Using Nanotechnology, Biologists and Engineers Hope to Change Paradigm

News - 21 Sep 2009

For the past 40 years, cancer research at MIT has focused on identifying the molecular mechanisms that cause the disease. While that is still a hot research field, the focus is now expanding. MIT...

X-Ray Nanoprobe Pushes Observation to Ever Smaller Frontiers

News - 2 Mar 2009

The unparalleled access to state-of-the-art tools and high-intensity X-rays gives researchers at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source the capability to see structural details of cells and materials at...

Technique Shown to be Effective in Detecting the Presence of Pancreatic Cancer

News - 2 Mar 2009

Optical technology developed by a Northwestern University professor of biomedical engineering has been shown to be effective in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer through analysis of...

Drug-Filled Nanoparticles Offer Potential Cure for Melanoma

News - 16 Sep 2008

Nanoparticles filled with a drug that targets two genes that trigger melanoma could offer a potential cure for this deadly disease, according to cancer researchers. The treatment, administered through...