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NERC Environmental Bioinformatics CentreThe U.K. Natural Environment Research Council's Environmental Bioinformatics Centre provides bioinformatics tools and support services to researchers addressing environmental issues. Examples include Bio-Linux, a ubuntu distribution pre-configured with a variety of informatics tools, and ...
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A Semantic Web Framework for Representation of Biomedical Terminological Knowledge using Simple Knowledge Organization SystemThis abstract presents a plan for transfomring the NIH Library of Medicine's UMLS Knowledge Source into a SKOS representation for better integration with Semantic Web resources. Potential benefits are The consequences of such undertaking would be at least three fold: 1) ability to automatically ...
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Monitoring Diabetes Through a New (Contact) LensJin Zhang and colleatues at The University of Western Ontario are developong contact lenses with embedded glucose-sensing nanoparticles. The hydrogel lenses incorporate that react with glucose molecules found in tears, causing a chemical reaction that changes their color.
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TR: Synthetic Platelets Help Stop BleedingErin Lavik (Case Western) and James Bertram (Yale), have developed a PEGylated nanoparticle small enough to flow through capillaries unfettered. It also has a platelet's specific stickiness. The particle is about a third of the size of a normal platelet. In rodent tests, they cut clotting time ...
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euronanomed.neteuronanomed.net Nanomedicine is the application of nanotechnology to medicine and healthcare. The field takes advantage of the physical, chemical and biological properties of materials at the nanometer scale to be used for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of diseases. Given the immense ...
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NYT Novelties - From the Lab, a New Weapon Against CholesterolNanoparticles engineered to mimic good HDL cholestorol may help prevent buildup of bad LDL cholesterol in blood vessels. http://bit.ly/68NLNZ This New York Times Sunday Business Novelties article describes work at Northwestern University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, currently undergoing ...
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MRS Materials News: Phototriggerable Release Capules filled with CNTs an drugsCarbon Nanotubes efficiently absorb laser light and heat thin-walled, sand-grain-sized nylon capules until they burst. This new delivery system could, for example, assist in pinpointing the release of anti-tumor agents. see DOI:10.1021/ja905378v for the original research report in the Journal ...
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The Canadian Press: 'Lab on a chip' could one day be tool in doctors' offices, clinics'Lab on a chip' could one day be tool in doctors' offices, clinics By Sheryl Ubelacker Health Reporter (CP) – 4 days ago TORONTO — Canadian researchers have developed a "lab-on-a-chip" device that measures estrogen from minuscule samples of blood and tissue - a technology they believe could ...
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The Era of Nanoparticle Drugs Begins With Erection Cream | Nanotechnology | DISCOVER MagazineOver a thousand years ago, Mesopotamian artisans stumbled on a new way to add a special sheen to their ceramics: using microscopic pieces of metal. This "luster" was the first known use of nanoparticles—tiny objects that are less than 100 nanometers long in all three dimensions. In modern ...
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‘DNA Transistor’ Could Revolutionize Genetic Testing | Gadget Lab | Wired.comResearchers at IBM have found a way to meld biology and computing to create a new chip that could become the basis for a fast, inexpensive, personal genetic analyzer. The DNA sequencer involves drilling tiny nanometer-size holes through computer-like silicon chips, then passing DNA strands ...
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