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Nano technique allows precise injection of living cells Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine June 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Specialized pulsed lasers have been used to inject individual cells with a variety of materials, but little is known about how this type of injection might affect living cells. For the first time, researchers at Rensselaer ...

Anthrax vaccine produces immunity with nanoparticles, not needles Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine August 16, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A vaccine against anthrax that is more effective and easier to administer than the present vaccine has proved highly effective in tests in mice and guinea pigs, report University of Michigan Medical School scientists in the ...

Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine February 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team from UCL has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The team - which won a prestigious Brian Mercer Feasibility ...

Too much nanotechnology may be killing beneficial bacteria Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Too much of a good thing could be harmful to the environment. For years, scientists have known about silver’s ability to kill harmful bacteria and, recently, have used this knowledge to create consumer products containing ...

Nanobacteria – Are They Alive? Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 85 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 Tiny particles called nanobacteria have intrigued researchers in many ways since their discovery 20 years ago, but perhaps the most controversial question they pose is whether or not they are alive.

T-cell 'nanotubes' may explain how HIV virus conquers human immune system Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine January 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| No comments yet String-like connections found between T-cells could be important to how HIV spreads between cells in the human immune system, according to new research published online yesterday in Nature Cell Biology. ...

Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine 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.

Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine May 21, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Nanoparticles for Delivery of Prostate Cancer Treatment Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine March 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Alan Garen, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale has received a $100,000 award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to expand research on the delivery of a targeted therapy for prostate ...

Nanoparticles hitchhike on red blood cells: a potential new method for drug delivery Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine June 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that attaching polymeric nanoparticles to the surface of red blood cells dramatically increases the in vivo lifetime of the nanoparticles. ...

Chemists Create Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine June 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a doctor’s best friend for detecting a tumor in the body without resorting to surgery. MRI scans use pulses of magnetic waves and gauge the return signals to identify different types ...

First Direct Images of Carbon Nanotubes Entering Cells Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine November 15, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 84 vote(s) \| User comments: 12 For the first time, scientists have directly imaged carbon nanotubes entering and migrating within human cells, determining as a result that whether the nanotubes cause cell death depends on the dose and exposure ...

Nano-sized technology has super-sized effect on tumors Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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 ...

Scientists get first look at nanotubes inside living animals Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine September 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| No comments yet Rice University scientists have captured the first optical images of carbon nanotubes inside a living organism. Using fruit flies, the researchers confirmed that a technique developed at Rice -- near-infrared fluorescent ...

Nanotechnology offers hope for treating spinal cord injuries, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body—kidneys, liver, heart—can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired. Think about individuals suffering ...

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Nano technique allows precise injection of living cells Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine June 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Specialized pulsed lasers have been used to inject individual cells with a variety of materials, but little is known about how this type of injection might affect living cells. For the first time, researchers at Rensselaer ...

Anthrax vaccine produces immunity with nanoparticles, not needles Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine August 16, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A vaccine against anthrax that is more effective and easier to administer than the present vaccine has proved highly effective in tests in mice and guinea pigs, report University of Michigan Medical School scientists in the ...

Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine February 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team from UCL has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The team - which won a prestigious Brian Mercer Feasibility ...

Too much nanotechnology may be killing beneficial bacteria Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet Too much of a good thing could be harmful to the environment. For years, scientists have known about silver’s ability to kill harmful bacteria and, recently, have used this knowledge to create consumer products containing ...

Nanobacteria – Are They Alive? Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 85 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 Tiny particles called nanobacteria have intrigued researchers in many ways since their discovery 20 years ago, but perhaps the most controversial question they pose is whether or not they are alive.

T-cell 'nanotubes' may explain how HIV virus conquers human immune system Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine January 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| No comments yet String-like connections found between T-cells could be important to how HIV spreads between cells in the human immune system, according to new research published online yesterday in Nature Cell Biology. ...

Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine 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.

Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine May 21, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Nanoparticles for Delivery of Prostate Cancer Treatment Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine March 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Alan Garen, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale has received a $100,000 award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to expand research on the delivery of a targeted therapy for prostate ...

Nanoparticles hitchhike on red blood cells: a potential new method for drug delivery Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine June 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that attaching polymeric nanoparticles to the surface of red blood cells dramatically increases the in vivo lifetime of the nanoparticles. ...

Chemists Create Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine June 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a doctor’s best friend for detecting a tumor in the body without resorting to surgery. MRI scans use pulses of magnetic waves and gauge the return signals to identify different types ...

First Direct Images of Carbon Nanotubes Entering Cells Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine November 15, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 84 vote(s) \| User comments: 12 For the first time, scientists have directly imaged carbon nanotubes entering and migrating within human cells, determining as a result that whether the nanotubes cause cell death depends on the dose and exposure ...

Nano-sized technology has super-sized effect on tumors Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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 ...

Scientists get first look at nanotubes inside living animals Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine September 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| No comments yet Rice University scientists have captured the first optical images of carbon nanotubes inside a living organism. Using fruit flies, the researchers confirmed that a technique developed at Rice -- near-infrared fluorescent ...

Nanotechnology offers hope for treating spinal cord injuries, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine April 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body—kidneys, liver, heart—can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired. Think about individuals suffering ...

Nano technique allows precise injection of living cells

Anthrax vaccine produces immunity with nanoparticles, not needles

Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests

Too much nanotechnology may be killing beneficial bacteria

Nanobacteria – Are They Alive?

T-cell 'nanotubes' may explain how HIV virus conquers human immune system

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

Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration

Nanoparticles for Delivery of Prostate Cancer Treatment

Nanoparticles hitchhike on red blood cells: a potential new method for drug delivery

Chemists Create Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles

First Direct Images of Carbon Nanotubes Entering Cells

Nano-sized technology has super-sized effect on tumors

Scientists get first look at nanotubes inside living animals

Nanotechnology offers hope for treating spinal cord injuries, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease

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