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Study Details How Platinum Nanocages 'Cook' Cancer Cells

August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Platinum-based anticancer agents have a long history as proven therapeutic agents, but their toxicity and short lifetime in the body and the ability of tumors to develop resistance to these drugs limit the ultimate utility ...


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.


Scientists overcome nanotech hurdle

August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | User comments: 6

When you make a new material on a nanoscale how can you see what you have made? A team lead by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences research Council (BBSRC) fellow has made a significant step toward overcoming this major ...


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 ...