New approach for fast and cost-effective pathogen detection

Palm-sized test system that can simultaneously carry out up to thirty-two analyses of one sample

09-Feb-2024 - The ability to detect diseases at an early stage or even predict their onset would be of tremendous benefit to doctors and patients alike. A research team led by Dr. Larysa Baraban at the at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) develops intelligent, miniaturized biosensor devices and ...

Directing nanoparticles straight to tumors

Researchers trace cancer cells with tailor-made materials

26-Feb-2020 - Modern anticancer therapies aim to attack tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and FU Berlin has made important progress in this area: the scientists have produced tiny nanoparticles that are designed to ...

Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles

14-Nov-2018 - A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University Australia, has succeeded in significantly increasing the stability and biocompatibility of special light-transducing nanoparticles. The team has developed the ...

Bacteria-based nanoclusters

22-Aug-2006 - Scientists from the research center Forschungszentrum Rossendorf use the survival mechanism of special bacteria to produce solid nanoclusters out of palladium. The tiny bullets, only a few billions of millimeters in size, show new properties, i.e. enhanced catalytic activity. Thus, bacteria-based ...