Detecting cancer of various types, in a very early stage and using a simple urine sample — that is the ambition of the new startup company NanoMed Diagnostics. Years of research, by scientists from the University of Twente and the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam (VUmc), have led to a new approach using nanotechnology. Together…
Separating DNA Now Takes Minutes, Not Hours
Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a glass microchip for ultrafast separation and purification of DNA fragments. The chip is easy and cheap to produce. The UT scientists published their results in Microsystems and Nano Engineering, a Nature publication. The new chip is capable of fractionating DNA fragments within just a few minutes,…