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NIST Researchers Developed Simplified Process for Producing Water-Soluble Quantum Dots

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble quantum dots for biomedical applications. By usin...

10 Jul 2008

New Type of Imaging Agent with Potential to Deliver Drugs to Tumors

Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy, a close relativ...

10 Jul 2008

Detecting and Analyzing Genetic Signature of Tumor Cells Using Laboratory-on-a-Chip Device

Using a miniature laboratory-on-a-chip device, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital, led by Daniel Haber, M.D., Ph.D., and Mehmet Toner, Ph.D., both members of the MIT-Harvard Center for Cancer N...

10 Jul 2008

Event Focuses on Nanomedical Applications in Diagnostics, Imaging, and Therapeutics

The Nano-Network, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, and Case Western Reserve University today announced the organizations will partner to host a national summit to explore the use of nanoparticles for diagnosti...

9 Jul 2008

New Antimicrobial Coatings with Potential to Prevent Diseases from Spreading on Contaminated Surfaces

A team of researchers in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has produced new antimicrobial coatings with potential to prevent diseases from spreading on contaminated surfaces - possibly solving a growing problem not only in hospitals but also in schools, offices, airplanes and elsewhere.

9 Jul 2008

Nanoparticle Carrying Payload of Chemotherapy Homes in on Metastasis

A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to sur...

8 Jul 2008

First Ever Initiative Funded by European Commission to Analyse Nanoinformatics

From the 1st June 2008 a consortium of seven European and Latin American partners has launched ACTION-Grid, the first ever initiative funded by the European Commission to analyse and link three areas: Biomedical Informat...

7 Jul 2008

A New Way to Alter Shape and Size of Microscopic 3-D Structures

A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason Shear and his former graduate student Bryan Kaehr at The Universi...

4 Jul 2008

Quantum Dot Nanoparticles Penetrate Skin Through Abrasion

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that quantum dot nanoparticles can penetrate the skin if there is an abrasion, providing insight into potential workplace concerns for healthcare workers or indiv...

3 Jul 2008

NanoZoomer Shows High-Resolution Images of Cells and Tissue

"TIGA," the new high-tech imaging center at the University of Heidelberg founded in cooperation with the Japanese company Hamamatsu, provides deep insights: a high-tech robot makes it possible for the first time to automatically reproduce and evaluate tissue slices only micromillimeters thick - an important aid for researchers in understanding cancer or in following in detail the effect of treatment on cells and tissue.

2 Jul 2008