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Nanoscale Process Allows Precise Injection of Living Cells

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 Renssela...

15 Jun 2007

Double Inversion of Emulsions Using Nanoparticles and Surfactants

Oil and water are not miscible. However, it is possible to combine both into an emulsion in which they act as a unit?for example, in creams, body lotion, milk, or mayonnaise. In these substances, one of the two liquids i...

15 Jun 2007

Double-Duty Nanoparticles Overcome Drug Resistance in Tumors

Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy. In fact, research suggests strongly that multidrug resistant cancer cells that remain alive after chemotherapy are responsible for the reappearance of ...

15 Jun 2007

Hybrid Gold-Dendrimer Nanoparticles Target and Image Tumors

Dendrimer nanoparticles, made of spherical, highly branched polymers, have shown promise as drug delivery vehicles capable of targeting tumors with large doses of anticancer drugs. Dendrimer nanoparticles have also been ...

15 Jun 2007

Phase I Clinical Trial Shows Nanoparticle-Enabled Thermal Therapy Safe for Treating Cancer

Several types of metal nanoparticles are capable of converting energy, such as that carried by near-infrared light or an oscillating magnetic field, into heat at a level high enough to kill tumors. Now, a recently comple...

15 Jun 2007

Growing Mammalian Cells on Nanowires Provides Novel View of Cell Activity

A research team at the University of California, Berkeley, has achieved a significant step toward one of the futuristic goals of nanomedicine and nanobiology-developing technology for "wiring" together individu...

15 Jun 2007

Persistently Bright Nanoparticle Images Tumors

In a new take on use of luminescent nanoparticles as cancer imaging probes, a team of investigators from several research institutes in Paris, France, has developed new metal-containing nanoparticles that emit light for ...

15 Jun 2007

Nanoparticle-Enabled Peptide Delivery Triggers Tumor Regression

Cells possess a variety of ways of dealing with mutations that can cause them to grow uncontrollably and eventually form a tumor. The tumor suppressor gene p53 plays a critical role in these cancer prevention processes, ...

15 Jun 2007

Quantum Dots Outline Brain Tumors for Surgical Removal

Although surgical removal of a tumor can be the most effective way of treating brain cancer, neurosurgeons are often faced with the dilemma of determining the exact border between a tumor and the healthy tissue that surr...

15 Jun 2007

Ceramic Nanoparticles Deliver Genes to the Spleen, Trigger Antitumor Immune Response

A detailed comparison of different types of ceramic nanoparticles has found that those made of silica can efficiently transport therapeutic genes to the spleen and trigger a potent immune response capable of attacking tu...

15 Jun 2007

Aptamer-Targeted Nanoparticles Collect and Detect Cancer Cells

Using magnetic and fluorescent nanoparticles capable of binding tightly to molecules found only on the surface of cancer cells, a team of investigators at the University of Florida has developed a method for collecting a...

15 Jun 2007

Nanoparticles Image siRNA Delivery Into Tumors

Using magnetic nanoparticles labeled with dye molecules, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a delivery vehicle capable of transporting antitumor small interfering RNA (siRNA) mole...

15 Jun 2007

Life Science Research Luminaries Speak at First AFM BioMed Conference

At the first AFM BioMed conference, held last month in Barcelona, Spain, world-leading life science researchers came together to share ideas and investigate how atomic force microscopy (AFM) technology can be used to sol...

15 Jun 2007

Nanotechnology Industries Association Launch Forecast of Emerging Technologies Report

Today, the NIA launch the first edition of its Forecast of Emerging Technologies. The report provides a purely industry-led forecast, which makes exclusive use of data obtained from the industrial members of the NIA, the...

15 Jun 2007

Micromem Technologies Look to Retain Foundry to Commercialize MRAM Device

Micromem Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that it has engaged a European based financial consultancy firm to raise on a best efforts basis up to $US 8.5 million. A portion of this financing will enable Micromem t...

15 Jun 2007