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Shrink files patent related to rapid prototyping system for manufacture of Lab-on-a-Chip devices

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors, and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that patent applications related to its rapid prototyping system for the manufacture of microfluidic chips, or Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) devices, have been filed.

25 May 2010

Patent applications for Shrink's stem cell research and drug discovery tool StemDisc filed

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors, and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that patent applications for its stem cell research and drug discovery tool StemDisc have been filed.

24 May 2010

BBSRC, EPSRC fund £1.5M for synthetic biology projects under EuroSYNBIO Programme

Four new projects, announced today, will develop biological methods that offer a new approach to antibiotic production, power generation for extremely small mechanical components, new classes of medicines and innovative techniques to study cell biology.

19 May 2010

University of Arkansas to host the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research workshop

The University of Arkansas will host the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation on Oct. 26-29. The workshop will bring together researchers in nanotechnology, biomagnetics, microwave imaging, acoustics, laser and biochemistry fields with researchers from radiology, oncology and breast surgery.

19 May 2010

152 research and training grants awarded to researchers at 93 institutions nationwide

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 152 new national research and training grants totaling $50,717,000 in the first of two grants cycles for 2010. The grants, primarily to early career researchers, cover a broad range of investigator-initiated ideas at 93 institutions nationwide, from whether cadmium exposure increases the risk of endometrial cancer, to studies of plant and bacterial-bourne compounds, to a study on a protein called survivin that could lead to novel drugs targeting prostate cancer.

18 May 2010

UGA researchers discover SERS method to identify rotavirus strains, genotypes

Using nanotechnology and a patented signal enhancing technique developed at the University of Georgia, UGA researchers have discovered a rapid, sensitive and cost-effective method to detect and identify a number of rotavirus strains and genotypes in less than one minute with greater than 96 percent accuracy.

14 May 2010

GE Healthymagination Fund invests $5M in CardioDx

GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE and CardioDx, a pioneer in cardiovascular genomic diagnostics, announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic alliance to advance and co-develop diagnostic technologies to improve the care and management of patients with cardiovascular disease.

14 May 2010

Arrowhead decreases second-quarter consolidated operating expenses by 58%

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended March 31, 2010.

13 May 2010

Genetic Immunity formulates first topically administered nanomedicine therapeutic vaccine for HIV/AIDS

Genetic Immunity, a multi-national biopharmaceutical company developing nanomedicine vaccines today announces publication of the Company's innovative work to develop a stable liquid formulation to deliver a novel nanomedicine. Appearing in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, the paper addresses how Genetic Immunity was able to overcome significant hurdles facing the field to successfully formulate the first topically administered nanomedicine therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, DermaVir.

13 May 2010

CEA-Leti launches TARGET-PDT project to increase effectiveness of PDT for treating cancer

CEA-Leti today announced the launch of the TARGET-PDT project designed to increase the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy for treating cancer by developing a novel nano carrier-based approach.

12 May 2010

DNA Medicine Institute awarded Grand Challenges Explorations grant to develop finger scanner for malaria

The DNA Medicine Institute announced today that it has received a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Eugene Y. Chan, M.D. titled "Optomagnetic Finger Scanner for Malaria."

11 May 2010

New study to send microorganisms into space

A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts.

11 May 2010

UCF receives $1.9M NIH grant for exploring new ways of reversing damage caused by MS

A National Institutes of Health grant will help University of Central Florida researchers explore new ways to potentially reverse the damage caused by multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders.

11 May 2010

Coffee-ring formation can be used to set standards for biosensor devices: UCLA researchers

The field of biosensing has recently found an unlikely partner in the quest for increased sensitivity: coffee rings. The next time you spill your coffee on a table, look at the spot left after the liquid has evaporated, and you'll notice it has a darker ring around its perimeter that contains a much higher concentration of particles than the center.

7 May 2010

Neurons' complicated tree-like structure formation unravelled

A breakthrough about the formation and maintenance of tree-like nerve cell structures could have future applications in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and the repair of injuries in which neurons are damaged. The findings by the international team led by Prof. Benjamin Podbilewicz of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Biology are published in the May 6th issue of Science Express.

7 May 2010

Public need to be informed of nanotechnology's risks as well as benefits: Survey

A new national survey on public attitudes toward medical applications and physical enhancements that rely on nanotechnology shows that support for the technology increases when the public is informed of the technology's risks as well as its benefits - at least among those people who have heard of nanotechnology.

6 May 2010

Making stem cells in the lab: a training program and a study

Young researchers will now be trained for the first time by the Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) in scientific techniques of using and growing human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in research. This training will be through StemCore iPS Cell Workshop, the ASCC's national facility for the provision of stem cells and advice.

5 May 2010

Cryo-EM images shed light on virus structure, function

UCLA researchers report in the April 30 edition of the journal Cell that they have imaged a virus structure at a resolution high enough to effectively "see" atoms, the first published instance of imaging biological complexes at such a resolution.

5 May 2010

Researchers explore use of nanomedicine techniques for treatment of diseases in children

"Children are not small adults"—pediatricians say that's what makes their specialty different from the practice of medicine in adults. For similar reasons, researchers exploring the medical uses of nanotechnology believe that the use of molecular-level nanomedicine techniques in children will also require its own specialty.

3 May 2010

Researchers experiment different nanoparticles that may help surgeons remove glioblastomas

Researchers have developed a way to enhance how brain tumors appear in MRI scans and during surgery, making the tumors easier for surgeons to identify and remove.

30 Apr 2010

Nanotechnology News and Research

Shrink files patent related to rapid prototyping system for manufacture of Lab-on-a-Chip devices

Patent applications for Shrink's stem cell research and drug discovery tool StemDisc filed

BBSRC, EPSRC fund £1.5M for synthetic biology projects under EuroSYNBIO Programme

University of Arkansas to host the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research workshop

152 research and training grants awarded to researchers at 93 institutions nationwide

UGA researchers discover SERS method to identify rotavirus strains, genotypes

GE Healthymagination Fund invests $5M in CardioDx

Arrowhead decreases second-quarter consolidated operating expenses by 58%

Genetic Immunity formulates first topically administered nanomedicine therapeutic vaccine for HIV/AIDS

CEA-Leti launches TARGET-PDT project to increase effectiveness of PDT for treating cancer

DNA Medicine Institute awarded Grand Challenges Explorations grant to develop finger scanner for malaria

New study to send microorganisms into space

UCF receives $1.9M NIH grant for exploring new ways of reversing damage caused by MS

Coffee-ring formation can be used to set standards for biosensor devices: UCLA researchers

Neurons' complicated tree-like structure formation unravelled

Public need to be informed of nanotechnology's risks as well as benefits: Survey

Making stem cells in the lab: a training program and a study

Cryo-EM images shed light on virus structure, function

Researchers explore use of nanomedicine techniques for treatment of diseases in children

Researchers experiment different nanoparticles that may help surgeons remove glioblastomas

Ultimate guide to the essential tools for the characterization of proteins, polymers and nanoparticles eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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