(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to image single biological molecules in a living cell is something that has long eluded researchers; however, a novel technique, using the structure of diamond, may well be able to do this and ...
General Physics
May 19, 2011
0
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- DNA and protein sequencing have forever transformed science, medicine, and society. Understanding the structure of these complex biomolecules has revolutionized drug development, medical diagnostics, forensic ...
Biochemistry
Oct 11, 2011
0
0
(Phys.org) -- Label free optical biosensors enable the monitoring of biomolecules and their interactions in often highly sensitive diagnostic assays. Several methods have been employed for this purpose, including Whispering ...
Nanophysics
Aug 17, 2012
0
0
A simple method to sense DNA, as well as potential biomarker proteins of cancer or other diseases such as Alzheimer's, may soon be within reach - thanks to the work of a team of Yokohama National University researchers in ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 13, 2015
0
48
A research group from the National Institute for Materials Science, in joint work with Dr. Shinsuke Ishihara, who is a ICYS-MANA Fellow at the NIMS International Center for Young Scientists, and researchers at Charles University ...
Other
Aug 23, 2013
0
0
(Phys.org) —When it comes to understanding how proteins perform their amazing cellular feats, it is often the case that the more one knows the less one realizes they know. For decades, biochemists and biophysicists have ...
Biochemistry
Mar 15, 2013
5
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new technique, in which molecules are used as bait to capture and study large biomolecules, could lead to a new generation of psychiatric medications.
Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2010
0
0
A research team at Northwestern University has developed a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells. The tool, called the nanofountain probe, functions in two different ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009
0
0
The ability to create conducting polymer films in a variety of shapes, thicknesses and surface properties rapidly and inexpensively will make growing and testing cells easier and more flexible, according to a team of Penn ...
Polymers
May 9, 2014
0
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers continue to search for cancer treatments that effectively destroy tumor cells while protecting surrounding healthy tissue and the body. One intriguing approach involves photoactivated drugs: an ...
Biochemistry
Sep 14, 2010
0
0
