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Dual-Mode Nanoparticles Image Tumors Using MRI and PET

August 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

Medical imaging represents one of the most used and useful procedures in the oncologist’s diagnostic toolkit, even though each of the most useful techniques—magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography x-ray ...


Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice

August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | User comments: 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter.