News tagged with dna microchip

Nanostructured Integrated Circuit Detects Type and Severity of Cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of investigators from the University of Toronto have used nanomaterials to develop an inexpensive microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Models begin to unravel how single DNA strands combine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using computer simulations, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has identified some of the pathways through which single complementary strands of DNA interact and combine to form the double ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Oxford Nanopore announces groundbreaking GridION and MinION gene sequencers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University spinoff company, Oxford Nonopore has announced at this year’s Advances in Genome Biology and Technology conference in Florida, two new machines for sequencing genes. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes

The newfound scientific power to quickly "fingerprint" species via DNA is being deployed to unmask quack herbal medicines, reveal types of ancient Arctic life frozen in permafrost, expose what eats what in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Proteins caught 'in action' in intact cells using new electron microscopy technique

Proteins are literally the movers and the shakers of the intracellular world. If DNA is the film director, then they are the actors. And much can be learned about cell function – and dysfunction – by watching proteins ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magnetic attraction: NIST microchip demonstrates concept of 'MRAM for biomolecules'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU) have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UA engineers win patent for protein-based electronic circuits

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona engineers have patented a process that could lead to the next big leap in microelectronics, completely changing the way microchips are made. Pierre Deymier, a professor ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers find faster way to produce efficient nano-vehicles for gene delivery

(PhysOrg.com) -- New stamp-sized microchip enables faster production of low-cost, highly efficient nano-vehicles for gene-delivery.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Anti-tumor drugs tested by microfluidic device

A prototype device developed in Hong Kong will allow laboratory researchers to non-invasively test drugs for their ability to kill tumors by subjecting cancerous cells with different concentration gradients. The new device ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nano research creates new products to market

Two new Arkansas start up companies have announced exclusive license agreements with UALR to bring to market patent-pending technology developed by the University’s Nanotechnology Center Research to provide anti-counterfeiting ...

Technology / Software

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lollipops and Ice Fishing: Molecular Rulers Used to Probe Nanopores

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed methods ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find a way to make drops on a surface move in just one direction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling the way liquids spread across a surface is important for a wide variety of technologies, including DNA microarrays for medical research, inkjet printers and digital lab-on-a-chip ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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