Nanomedicine News

RSS

Nano-Encapsulated Drug Delivery Vehicle Having Big Impact on Cancer Cells

Researchers at Penn State University are reporting for the first time that nanoparticles 1/5,000 the diameter of a human hair encapsulating an experimental anticancer agent, kill human melanoma and drug-resistant breast ...

10 Dec 2008

Using the Latest in Nanotechnology to Design Nanoparticles Capable of Detecting and Locating Tumours

A new European research project will use the latest techniques in nanotechnology to design nanoparticles capable of detecting and locating tumours. Once located, these super-small 'nanites' will also have the capacity to attack and neutralise the tumour.

9 Dec 2008

RainDance Technologies Delivers RDT 1000 and Sequence Enrichment Solution to Broad Institute

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will beco...

From RainDance Technologies, Inc. 9 Dec 2008

Cutting-Edge Science Explains How Santa Able to Deliver Toys to Good Girls and Boys Around the World in One Night

Don't believe in Santa Claus? Cutting-edge science explains how Santa is able to deliver toys to good girls and boys around the world in one night. If you're skeptical of Santa's abilities to deliver prese...

8 Dec 2008

New Project to Discover Organic Materials to Create More Efficient and Lower Cost Solar Cell

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking effort will u...

8 Dec 2008

Nanotechnology Research Paving Way for New Data Storage Devices and Drug Delivery Systems

A key challenge of nanotechnology research is investigating how different materials behave at lengths of merely one-billionth of a meter. When shrunk to such tiny sizes, many everyday materials exhibit interesting and potentially beneficial new properties.

8 Dec 2008

Researchers Develop Anti-Cancer Agent using Precious Metal

A precious metal which has never before been used in a clinical setting is being developed as an anti-cancer agent by University of Warwick researchers. The metal, osmium, is closely related to platinum, which is wide...

8 Dec 2008

Strain-Tuned Quantum Dots Show New Optical Properties

Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier. However, if doctors were to use them in humans, quantum dots could have limitations related to thei...

7 Dec 2008

Dry Winter Weather Leads to High Concentrations of Tiny Soot Nanoparticles

Dry winter weather and low level mixing of pollutants from vehicle exhausts in cities leads to the highest concentrations of the tiny soot particles, known as PM10 particles, according to German scientists writing in the...

4 Dec 2008

Cutting-Edge Nanotechnology Resource for Australian Secondary Schools

Science teachers and technophillic teenagers around Australia were thrilled last Friday to gain access to the innovative nanotechnology resource AccessNano. Launched on November 28th at the 2008 Science Teachers Association of Victoria Conference by The Honourable Julia Gillard, The Deputy Prime Minister.

4 Dec 2008