John Fourkas and his group report the development of a new technique that promises to make the mass production of complex plastic microstructures a routine, one-step process. “The problem with microtransfer molding comes when the original object contains closed loops,” says Fourkas. “Imagine that you want to mass produce a microscopic version of the Golden …
Gene Sequencing: Seven thousand dollars will buy you a million base pairs of DNA [using conventional technology], which is one-6,000th of your diploid (6 billion base pairs genome. Polony sequencing [a method developed by Church and colleagues] is about a hundred times less expensive ($3425 for 30 million bases per run as of June 2006). …
Results of a multi-center clinical study of a drug (Pfizer’s oral drug, sunitinib malate) currently approved for treatment of kidney cancer indicate that it may also be effective for people with recurrent and advanced lung cancer. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have successfully used gene therapy to accelerate muscle regeneration in experimental animals …
more technical information about the quantum dots releasing multiple excitons for possible improved solar cell efficiency Previous article on quantum dots and solar cells Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many …
The state of synthetic biology, which might become DNA/RNA nanotech or the protein assembly pathway.They are applying the programming/engineering paradigm to DNA and RNA and biology.automating, making parts etc…this works well with the Ned Seeman work and the DNA origami, virus assembly of batteries and scaffolds, plus the advanced chemistry and the light enabled molecular …
OSHU cancer institute study points to future cancer therapies tailored by the nature of the individual patient’s tumor Scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute and elsewhere have discovered that patients responded differently to the targeted therapy Sunitinib (Sutent) depending on the type of genetic abnormality in their cancer. In my predictions …
Voice over IP phone calls can be encrypted to prevent wiretapping Zfone is the software that implements my new encryption protocol, called ZRTP, in a certain way. Zfone is not a VoIP client; it watches for the packets of Internet data going in and out of the machine and looks for ones that are VoIP …
Recording the activity patterns of the united cell structure of an intact mammalian brain tissue represents a significant technological breakthrough. Employing the new technique, the biophysicists working under the direction of Peter Fromherz were able to visualize the influence of pharmaceutical compounds on the neural network. This makes the “brain-chip” from Martinsried a novel test …
Bio of Masakazu Aono who first used an STM to pick and place atoms on silicon. Aono currently is Research Supervisor, “Nanoscale Quantum Conductor Array” Project, International Cooperative Research Project (ICORP), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Now, he wants to study an unexplored area of biotechnology. Prof. Aono says, “I want to study thoroughly …
Positional Assembly Using DNA from 1994 until 2004 at the molecular assembler site (part of the Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines book by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle Positional Assembly Using Proteins as of 2004 at the molecular assembler site (part of the Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines book by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle Positional Assembly Using Microbes …
A new sequencer produced by 454 Life Sciences Corporation can sequence the genome (3.165 billion base pairs) for $2.2M. Making a hypothetical biological Intel 8088 (3500 transistor. A DNA transistor should take up 450 base pairs. 450 base pairs * 3500 transistors = 1.575M base pairs. 1.575M bp * $1.23 per bp = a total …