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Therapeutic Nanoparticles Give New Meaning to Sugar-Coating Medicine
Release Date: 09/22/2009 A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) studying sugar-coated nanoparticles for use as a possible cancer … more
Genetically Engineered Mice Yield Clues to ‘Knocking Out’ Cancer
Release Date: 06/30/2009 Deleting two genes in mice responsible for repairing DNA strands damaged by oxidation leads to several types of tumors, providing additional … more
NIST Researchers 'All Aglow' Over New Test of Toxin Strength
Release Date: 06/16/2009 A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assay using a "glow or no glow" technique may soon help the U.S. Department … more
Long-Sought Protein Structure May Help Reveal How 'Gene Switch' Works
Release Date: 02/10/2009 The bacterium behind one of mankind’s deadliest scourges, tuberculosis, is helping researchers at the National Institute of Standards … more
Long-Sought Protein Structure May Help Reveal How ‘Gene Switch’ Works -- NIST, Brookhaven Researchers Use Tuberculosis Bacteria to End 25-Year Quest
Release Date: 02/06/2009 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The bacterium behind one of mankind's deadliest scourges, tuberculosis, is helping researchers at the Commerce … more
NIST Guides Genetic Genealogy Labs Toward Improved Accuracy
Release Date: 12/23/2008 Anyone who has watched crime dramas on TV knows that forensic scientists can use DNA “profiling” to identify people from … more
Dressed to Kill: From Virus to Vaccine
Release Date: 12/09/2008 In a pioneering effort, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Queensland in Australia … more
Nanoparticles in the Home: More and Smaller Than Previously Detected
Release Date: 11/12/2008 NIST researcher Cynthia Howard Reed and guest researcher Lance Wallace measure nanoparticles emitted by common household appliances. The new … more
Candy-Coating Keeps Proteins Sweet
Release Date: 08/19/2008 Sugar-frosting isn’t just for livening up boring bran flakes; it can also preserve important therapeutic proteins. Researchers at the … more
NIST, UMBI Host October Conference to Spur Bioscience Innovation
Release Date: 08/06/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) will co-sponsor an … more
NIST Trumps the Clumps: Making Biologic Drugs Safer
Release Date: 07/22/2008 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a technique to measure the formation of clumps of proteins … more
NIST Membrane Model May Unlock Secrets of Early-Stage Alzheimer's
Release Date: 07/22/2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and three collaborating institutions are using a new laboratory model of … more
‘Nanoglassblowing’ Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules
Release Date: 06/10/2008 While the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and … more
Bitter Orange SRMs: Tools for Product Analysis/Quality
Release Date: 05/13/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for bitter orange, long used in folk … more
New Report Outlines Research Roadmap for Biomanufacturing
Release Date: 04/01/2008 On-line process tools, improved sensor calibration and analytical and data analysis methods are among the technological challenges facing the … more |
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