nanopores

(PhysOrg. com) -- Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed methods to measure accurately the length of "nanopores," the miniscule channels found in cell membranes.

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(PhysOrg. com) -- Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed methods to measure accurately the length of "nanopores," the miniscule channels found in cell membranes.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

The chip contains "nanopores", about 100,000 times smaller than a human hair, through which DNA strands can be fed.

InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2009

Several months later, touring the Oxford labs in safety goggles and ill-fitting lab coat, I met Marion Crawford, an expert in analyzing the single purified nanopores despite her youthful appearance.

The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010

In principle, Oxford could squeeze thousands of nanopores onto a chip.

The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010

Ulmer, an expert on sequencing in his own right, was convinced he could devise a better way, contemplating ideas—visualizing DNA with heavy uranium atoms using electron microscopy or threading DNA through submicroscopic nanopores—that are still being pursued a quarter of a century later.

The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010

Interestingly, these studies have revealed that larger nanopores (200 nm) trigger DNA replication and cell proliferation via various signal transduction pathways.

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The scientists say the key to their molecular sieve, which is made using microfabrication technology, is the uniform size of the nanopores through which proteins are separated from biological fluids.

MIT Scientists Create a Molecular Sieve | Impact Lab 2006

Cheng, who has developed a type of silica polymer called silica sol, says that it has many nanopores that help it trap the pigment of the photocromatic dye.

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Because the four DNA bases block the current differently, graphene nanopores with sub-nanometer thickness may provide a way to distinguish among bases, realizing a low-cost, high-throughput DNA sequencing technique.

Medgadget 2010