Search results for nanopore
Aluminum-oxide nanopore beats other materials for DNA analysis
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
Nanopore Sequencing Could Slash DNA Analysis Costs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past 5 years, researchers have been exploring the use of nanoscale pores as nucleic acid sequencing tools. In theory, such pores should generate a unique response characteristic of each of the four ...
DNA gripped in nanopores
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2009 |
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Molecular biologists, including the cool dudes from CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyze the DNA. A team of researchers under the leadership of Vici winner Serge Lemay, ...
Semiconductor membrane mimics biological behavior of ion channels
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Jul 12, 2007 |
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A semiconductor membrane designed by researchers at the University of Illinois could offer more flexibility and better electrical performance than biological membranes. Built from thin silicon layers doped with different ...
New technique could dramatically lower costs of DNA sequencing
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Dec 12, 2007 |
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Using computer simulations, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a strategy for sequencing DNA by driving the molecule back and forth through a nanopore capacitor in a semiconductor chip. The technique ...
Artificial Nanopores Take Analyte Pulse
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Resistive pulse sensing represents a very attractive method for identifying and quantifying biomedical species such as drugs, DNA, proteins, and viruses in solution.
Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing method developed
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston University biomedical engineers have devised a method for making future genome sequencing faster and cheaper by dramatically reducing the amount of DNA required, thus eliminating the ...
Researchers use 'nanopore channels' to precisely detect DNA
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 05, 2007 |
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Researchers at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center have shown how "nanopore channels" can be used to rapidly and precisely detect specific sequences of DNA as a potential tool for genomic applications in ...
Nanopores That Can Recognize, Separate Proteins and Small Molecules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Nanopores, holes less than one-thousand the width of a human hair, are capable of isolating strands of DNA or therapeutic drugs from a solution, based mostly on the size of the pores. Now, a chemist at the University of Massachusetts ...
Nanopore Method Could Revolutionize Genome Sequencing
Apr 06, 2006 |
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A team led by physicists at the University of California, San Diego has shown the feasibility of a fast, inexpensive technique to sequence DNA as it passes through tiny pores. The advance brings personalized, ...
DNA sieve -- Nanoscale pores can be tiny analysis labs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 11, 2007 |
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Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using a system that can fit on a microchip or in a drop of salt water. It’s closer than you might think, say a team of ...
Researchers create novel nanotechnique to sequence human genome
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Since the human genome was sequenced six years ago, the cost of producing a high-quality genome sequence has dropped precipitously. More recently, the National Institutes of Health called for cutting the cost ...
Nanotech researchers develop artificial pore
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through ...
$2 billion market in nanopore
Jul 15, 2005 |
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Sponges with pores only nanometers in diameter could help lead to advanced fuel cells in hydrogen-powered cars, as well as super-coolants to keep perishable drugs fresh and devices to clean out toxins in the body, experts ...
Making a good impression: Nanoimprint lithography tests at NIST
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 29, 2008 |
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In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology have helped resolve two important questions about an emerging microcircuit ...
