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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, ...
Scientists Hand-Make Devices Smaller than 10 Nanometers
Apr 27, 2007 |
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A research team from the University of Pennsylvania has used an electron beam to hand-carve ultra-small metal structures and devices, all with dimensions below 10 nanometers, from very thin metal sheets. Their ...
Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases
Sep 04, 2008 |
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In a collaborative study at the University of California, San Diego, investigators from neurosciences, chemistry and medicine, as well as the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have investigated how proteins ...
New technique could dramatically lower costs of DNA sequencing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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 ...
Semiconductor membrane mimics biological behavior of ion channels
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
IBM Research Aims to Build Nanoscale DNA Sequencer (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to build a nanoscale DNA sequencer, IBM scientists are drilling nano-sized holes in computer-like chips and passing DNA strands through them in order to read the information contained ...
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 ...
MIT's molecular sieve advances protein research
Sep 12, 2006 |
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New MIT technology promises to speed up the accurate sorting of proteins, work that may ultimately aid in the detection and treatment of disease.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
