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Scientist Devised "Smart Capsule" Made from Tiny Cage of Gold Covered with Smart Polymer

Scientist Devised "Smart Capsule" Made from Tiny Cage of Gold Covered with Smart Polymer

In campy old movies, Lucretia Borgia swans around emptying powder from her ring into wine glasses carelessly left unattended. The poison ring is usually a confection of gold filigree holding a cabochon or faceted gemstone that can be broken to empty the ring's contents. It is invariably enormous - so large it is rather odd nobody seems to notice it.

1 Nov 2009

New Nanoformulation Eliminate Tumors After a Single Treatment

New Nanoformulation Eliminate Tumors After a Single Treatment

Duke University bioengineers have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drug payloads into nano-scale delivery vehicles and demonstrated in animal models that this new nanoformulation can eliminate tumors after a single treatment.

30 Oct 2009

Report Examines Worldwide Nanotechnology Dental Implant Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report "Worldwide Nanotechnology Dental Implant Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2009 to 2015" is available in its catalogue. Worldwide dental i...

30 Oct 2009

'On-Off' Fluorescent Probes Allow Multicolor Detection of Nucleic Acid Strands within Living Cells

One of the best ways to watch the complex workings of living cells is to label components, such as DNA segments, with fluorescent probes-small molecules with active optical properties. Then, using a fluorescent microscop...

29 Oct 2009

First Ever Synthetic Gene Circuit that Works Like that of a Natural Cell

First Ever Synthetic Gene Circuit that Works Like that of a Natural Cell

The experiment, featured on the cover of the leading weekly science journal Cell of October 30, shows that cells use chance to survive uncertainty.

29 Oct 2009

Combining Two Different Anticancer Agents in One Nanoscale Construct

Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy, leading to relapse of disease. One approach showing promise in overcoming multidrug resistance in tumors is to combine two different anticancer agents ...

29 Oct 2009

Detecting and Destroying Lymph Node Metastases using Nanotechnology

Colonoscopy represents one of the great weapons against cancer. In one step, a physician can find precancerous lesions in the colon and then cut them out, an on-the-spot intervention that prevents cancer from developing....

29 Oct 2009

Solution that Combines Magnetism with Nanotechnology

Many medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and chronic pain, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time. A few delivery tec...

29 Oct 2009

Researchers Develop Gold Nanoparticles as Delivery Vehicle for Non-Toxic Form of Platinum

Researchers Develop Gold Nanoparticles as Delivery Vehicle for Non-Toxic Form of Platinum

Now, however, researchers have developed a nanoparticulate formulation of cisplatin that may be able to eliminate or reduce platinum-associated toxicity while boosting cisplatin's tumor-killing activity.

29 Oct 2009

DSM Biomedical Announces Development of VitroStealth

DSM Biomedical Announces Development of VitroStealth

Specifically developed to combine state of the art non-biofouling properties with high durability and fast processing, VitroStealth™ coating is scratch resistant and reduces unwanted protein absorption and cellular adhesion on surfaces.

29 Oct 2009

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