Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration June 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe the use of nanotechnology ... | |
Nanoengineers mine tiny diamonds for drug delivery October 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Northwestern University researchers have shown that nanodiamonds -- much like the carbon structure as that of a sparkling 14 karat diamond but on a much smaller scale -- are very effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs ... | |
 New technique captures chemical reactions in a single living cell at unprecedented resolution November 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time enables the detection of biomolecules' dynamic reactions in a single living cell. | |
 Researchers Develop New Nanomaterials to Deliver Anticancer Drugs to Kill Cancer Cells June 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Researchers at UCLA have successfully manipulated nanomaterials to create a new drug-delivery system that promises to solve the challenge of the poor water solubility of today’s most promising anticancer drugs ... | |
Gold nanoparticle probes may allow earlier cancer detection December 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively. | |
On a 'roll': Researchers devise new cell-sorting system March 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Capitalizing on a cell’s ability to roll along a surface, MIT researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive system to sort different kinds of cells — a process that could result in low-cost tools to test for diseases such ... | |
Nanotech researchers discover cancer cells 'feel' much softer than normal cells December 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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A multidisciplinary team of UCLA scientists were able to differentiate metastatic cancer cells from normal cells in patient samples using leading-edge nanotechnology that measures the softness of the cells. | |
 Remote-control nanoparticles deliver drugs directly into tumors November 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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MIT scientists have devised remotely controlled nanoparticles that, when pulsed with an electromagnetic field, release drugs to attack tumors. The innovation, reported in the Nov. 15 online issue of Advanced ... | |
Nanoparticles Delivery of 'Suicide DNA' Kills Prostate Tumors May 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Using nanoparticles developed by members of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a team of investigators at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, in Philadelphia, has developed a DNA-based therapeutic agent that ... | |
New technique could dramatically lower costs of DNA sequencing December 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Using computer simulations, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a strategy for sequencing DNA by driving the molecule back and forth through a nanopore capacitor in a semiconductor chip. The technique ... | |
New nano device detects immune system cell signaling September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. | |
'Smart bomb' nanoparticle strategy impacts metastasis July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue, ... | |
Gold nanorods shed light on new approach to fighting cancer October 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Researchers have shown how tiny "nanorods" of gold can be triggered by a laser beam to blast holes in the membranes of tumor cells, setting in motion a complex biochemical mechanism that leads to a tumor cell's self-destruction. | |
 Magnetic tweezers unravel cellular mechanics May 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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By injecting tiny magnetic beads into a living cell and manipulating them with a magnetic ‘tweezer’, scientists of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, succeed in getting to know more about the mechanics ... | |
 Carbon Nanotubes Compromise the Functions of Certain Protozoa, Study Shows June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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A new study by researchers from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, hints that carbon nanotubes may be toxic to microorganisms. When cultures of a certain key protozoan, a single-cell organism, ... | |
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