Tag: lignin nanotubes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences took what some would consider garbage and made a remarkable scientific tool, one that could someday help to correct genetic disorders or treat… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research

Tags: lignin nanotubes, Wilfred Vermerris

UF researchers develop plant-based technology that helps biofuels, may fight cancer

by BLOGS.IFAS2

Posted: March 29, 2012

Image of synthesized lignin nanotubes GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For the first time, University of Florida researchers have developed plant-based technology that could reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil and may also help treat cancer. Known as lignin nanotubes,… Read More

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life

Tags: bioethanol, biofuel, Biorefinery, cancer, ethanol, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, lignin, lignin nanotubes, Luisa Amelia Dempere, nanotechnology, sugarcane, sweet sorghum, University of Florida, Wilfred Vermerris

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and University of Florida

P.O. Box 110180 Gainesville, FL 32611-0180 | Phone: (352) 392-1761

Tag: lignin nanotubes

Nanotubes made from plants could allow delivery of DNA into cells, improve chemotherapy treatment

UF researchers develop plant-based technology that helps biofuels, may fight cancer