 Portable 'lab on a chip' could speed blood tests October 17, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Testing soldiers to see if they have been exposed to biological or chemical weapons could soon be much faster and easier, thanks to MIT researchers who are helping to develop a tiny diagnostic device that could ... | |
Connect the Quantum Dots July 18, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A new study, published today in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has significant implications for the design of disease markers and the development of chemoreceptors used in human biomedical ... | |
Iron oxide nanoparticles may help detect, treat tumors May 01, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A new technique devised by MIT engineers may one day help physicians detect cancerous tumors during early stages of growth. The technique allows nanoparticles to group together inside cancerous tumors, creating masses with ... | |
 Nano probe may open new window into cell behavior July 24, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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To create drugs capable of targeting some of the most devastating human diseases, scientists must first decode exactly how a cell or a group of cells communicates with other cells and reacts to a broad spectrum ... | |
New designer lipid-like peptide with lipid nanostructures for drug delivery systems May 30, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists from Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research (IBN), Austrian Academy of Sciences and of Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA report the study of “Tuning ... | |
Nanoparticles Provide Detailed View Inside Living Animals April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Using nanoparticles designed specifically to produce a bright Raman spectroscopic signal, a team of investigators at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (Stanford CCNE) has shown that ... | |
Nano World: Nano risk blueprint proposed July 19, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Instead of a general call for more federal research into the risks of nanotechnology, a new strategy proposes a move beyond to recommend how these investigations should get prioritized and implemented, experts tell UPI's ... | |
 New nanotube sensor can continuously monitor minute amounts of insulin April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body’s insulin-producing cells in real time. | |
UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells April 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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Researchers from the Nano Machine Center at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have developed a novel type of nanomachine that can capture and store anticancer drugs inside tiny pores and release them into cancer ... | |
Nanosize Rods Light Up Pancreatic Cancer Cells April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Quantum dots have shown promise as ultrabright contrast agents for use in a variety of cancer imaging studies. Now, a team of investigators at the Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer ... | |
 As nanotech goes mainstream, 'toxic socks' raise concerns April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology is now available in a store near you. Valued for it’s antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages ... | |
 'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet “test tubes” for studying individual proteins under conditions that mimic the crowded ... | |
Scientists discover how nanocluster contaminants increase risk of spreading April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. | |
 Nano-sized technology has super-sized effect on tumors April 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Anyone facing chemotherapy would welcome an advance promising to dramatically reduce their dose of these often harsh drugs. Using nanotechnology, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in ... | |
 Manufactured Buckyballs don't harm microbes that clean the environment April 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Even large amounts of manufactured nanoparticles, also known as Buckyballs, don't faze microscopic organisms that are charged with cleaning up the environment, according to Purdue University researchers. | |
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