News tagged with serum albumin

First nanoscale mass spectrometer created

Using devices millionths of a meter in size, physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a technique to determine the mass of a single molecule, in real time.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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Proteins in focus: Adjustable protein microlenses made by femtosecond laser direct writing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's right under our nose or far away, when we observe an object we see it—provided we have healthy eyes and normal vision or suitable glasses—in focus. For this to work, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make human blood protein from rice

Scientists at a Chinese university said Monday they can use rice to make albumin, a protein found in human blood that is often used for treating burns, traumatic shock and liver disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Nanosilver for therapy and diagnostics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nowadays, everyday life would be inconceivable without nanotechnology. It is also ever-present in medical technology – both in therapy and diagnostics. Researchers from ETH Zurich have ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sensitive to oxygen: Phosphorescent iridium(III) porphyrin complexes, new tunable oxygen indicators

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monitoring the amount of oxygen in living tissues accurately is a valuable tool in biomedical science, because it enables the elucidation of the course of metabolic processes or the detection ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radio-guided surgery a safe and simple way to remove potentially cancerous nodules in the lung

Using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid to guide surgeons as they remove potentially cancerous material in the lungs is safe and more effective than other techniques, Italian researchers report at the European Multidisciplinary ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 26, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study questions botox use for migraines

The anti-wrinkle drug Botox, which has been licensed in some countries as a treatment for chronic migraine, has negligible effect against these headaches, a study published on Tuesday said.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technique controls sizes of nanoparticle clusters for EHS studies

The same properties that make engineered nanoparticles attractive for numerous applications -- small as a virus, biologically and environmentally stabile, and water-soluble -- also cause concern about their ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanosponges harvest rare cancer marker from blood

Cancer researchers have long hypothesized that tumors release small amounts of proteins that could serve as earlier diagnostic indicators of cancer, but the search for such biomarkers has been hampered by the presence of ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Starting dialysis earlier may be harmful for some patients

Beginning dialysis therapy earlier in the development of advanced kidney disease appears to be associated with a greater risk of death for some patients in the following year, according to a report posted online today that ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanodiamonds could be used in disease diagnosis

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Taiwan have developed fluorescent nanodiamonds that may in the future be used in the diagnosis and treatment of human disease.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report


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