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Ultrafast detection of a cancer biomarker enabled by innovative nanobiodevice
Like DNA, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a type of polymeric biomolecule essential for life, playing important roles in gene processing. Short...
Mar 8, 20172 min read


Graphene sheets capture cells efficiently
New method could enable pinpoint diagnostics on individual blood cells A single cell can contain a wealth of information about the health...
Mar 6, 20174 min read


Most complex nanoparticle crystal ever made by design
The most complex crystal designed and built from nanoparticles has been reported by researchers at Northwestern University and the...
Mar 3, 20174 min read


Researchers use DNA-based nano-tweezers to measure the forces between nucleosomes
The mode of packaging of the genomic DNA in the cell nucleus determines patterns of gene expression. Munich researchers have used...
Mar 1, 20174 min read


Improving DNA-detecting transistors using graphene
Graphene-based transistors could soon help diagnose genetic diseases. Researchers in India and Japan have developed an improved method...
Feb 27, 20172 min read


Electrons use DNA like a wire for signaling DNA replication
In the early 1990s, Jacqueline Barton, the John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry at Caltech, discovered an...
Feb 27, 20174 min read
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