Drug Discovery

Microfluidic chip helps replicate the motor neuron connections affected by ALS

December 27, 2018

In an advance that could help scientists develop and test new drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that gradually kills off the motor neurons that control muscles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; [more...]

Carterra Inc. Raises $10M from Telegraph Hill Partners to Develop and Launch Next-Generation Antibody Characterization Platform

January 22, 2018

Carterra LSA, fully integrated high throughput mAb characterization platform (Image credit: Carterra Inc.) Carterra Inc., an innovative label-free biosensor company, has announced the closing of a $10M financing from Telegraph Hill [more...]

Lab-grown Kidney Helps Test New Drugs

January 22, 2018

Figure 1 Draper designed PREDICT-96 so that researchers can easily integrate it into existing lab automation and screening tools. Drug use is extensive in the intensive care units of many hospitals, and although lifesaving, the practice is [more...]

Cancer Breakthrough Miniature Device Shows Which Drugs Perform Best Against Tumors

December 18, 2016

A microfluidic device used to monitor the response of hypoxic cells (Credit: University of Huddersfield) Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have helped develop a lab device that could speed up the adoption of new anti-cancer [more...]

EMN Meeting on Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 2016

April 5, 2016

The paramount EMN Meeting on Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, April 05-08, 2016 will bring an opportunity for leading academic scientists, researchers and decision makers in the field of Nanomedicine to get their latest discoveries [more...]

Vancouver-based Nanomedicine Startup Targets Genetic Solution To Diseases

March 1, 2016

Microfluidic chip in the Precision NanoSystem (Image credit: PNI) Vancouver-based biotech firm Precision NanoSystems Inc. (PNI) has created a tabletop device that produces “self-assembling” molecules that carry drugs and gene therapies [more...]

NanoCellect Closes $1.75M Series A Financing Round to Begin Production of the WOLF Cell Sorter

February 10, 2016

Wolf Cell Sorter Instrument (Image Credit: NanoCellect Biomedical Inc, Click to enlarge image) San Diego, CA—Feb 4th, 2016—NanoCellect Biomedical, a developer of affordable and accessible flow cytometry and cell sorting technology for [more...]

Pharma and Drug Delivery Developments Combine

October 11, 2015

Both micro manufacturing techniques and materials advancements are constantly driving innovation in pharmaceutical devices, combination devices, and drug delivery. The medical device sector is constantly pushing the drive towards [more...]

Health Care Microfluidics Market to Hit $4 Billion by 2020

July 28, 2015

Microfluidics can offer portable, cheap, single-use devices that replace centralized laboratory equipment in health care facilities. As the technology advances and medicine grows more personalized, the overall health care market for [more...]