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Nanopores to Detect Specific Genetic Sequences

As efforts such as The Cancer Genome Atlas and others generate vast quantities of information about the genetic makeup of different types of cancer, it is becoming increasingly clear that such information has great poten...

18 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology Boosting Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy

One of the hallmarks of cancer is that tumors are able to suppress the immune system, preventing the body's own defense system from eliminating the disease, particularly as tumors spread through the body.

18 Feb 2010

Design Considerations for Tumour-Targetting Nanoparticles

One of the challenges of using nanoparticles for imaging tumors during surgery is that there needs to be a tradeoff between the number of nanoparticles that target a tumor and the rapid clearance of any unbound nanoparti...

18 Feb 2010

MRI Contrast Agent and Nanodiamond Dramatically Enhances Signal Intensity

A Northwestern University study shows that coupling a widely used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent to a nanodiamond results in dramatically enhanced signal intensity and thus vivid image contrast. &quo...

18 Feb 2010

Article to be Published on Role of Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment

A world-renowned medical researcher discusses the key role that nanotechnology has begun to play in the detection and treatment of cancer in an article that will appear in the March 2010 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

18 Feb 2010

Purdue University Deploys Cyntellect's Microplate-Based Cytometry System in its Facility

Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company commercializing products to advance the study of cell biology, stem cell research, biopharmaceutical production, and drug discovery, today announced that Purdue Un...

18 Feb 2010

Rexahn Pharma Outlines Key Scientific Goals for 2010

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: RNN), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today provided guidance on its key pipeline, scientific and bu...

18 Feb 2010

Researchers Create High-Resolution Snapshots of Life's Smallest Motor

Life's smallest motor, a protein that shuttles cargo within cells and helps cells divide, does so by rocking up and down like a seesaw, according to research conducted by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Brandeis University.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 17 Feb 2010

NCI to Conduct Characterization Studies to Advance Development of Celator Pharmaceuticals's Nanoparticle Drug Formulation

Celator Pharmaceuticals today announced that the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL), operated by SAIC-Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), has agreed to conduct characterization studies to advance the development of the company's nanoparticle drug formulation technology.

17 Feb 2010

Research Report on Nanotechnology Market in Healthcare Sector

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanotechnology in Healthcare: Market outlook for applications, tools and materials, and 40 company profiles. The advent of he...

17 Feb 2010