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Safety of Carbon Nanotubes in the Body Investigated to See if Carbon Nanotubes Build Up in Essential Organs

Carbon nanotubes-cylinders so tiny that it takes 50,000 lying side by side to equal the width of a human hair-are packed with the potential to be highly accurate vehicles for administering medicines and other therapeutic...

30 Jan 2008

Medical and Genetic Testing Using Cheap, Reliable Lab-On-A-Chip Testing Equipment

University of Alberta researchers in Edmonton, Canada, have developed a portable unit for genetic testing about the size of a shoebox, which has the same capability as a lab full of expensive equipment. The device &nd...

30 Jan 2008

Carbon Nanotube Based Drugs may Prevent Damage from Acute Radiation

More than half of those people who suffer acute radiation injury die within 30 days from the devastation they cause in the immune system. A new drug based on carbon nanotubes could protect against ionising radiation.

30 Jan 2008

Molecular Sized Machines Might Get Around Using Two Legged DNA Walker Legs

Researchers have synthesized a molecular structure designed from single and double-stranded pieces of DNA that responds to a similarly modeled track, by walking down it autonomously.

29 Jan 2008

Miniature Machines Diagnosing Disease in the Body a Step Closer With Tiny Camera in a Pill

What if swallowing a pill with a camera could detect the earliest signs of cancer? The tiny camera is designed to take high-quality, color pictures in confined spaces. Such a device could find warning signs of esophageal...

25 Jan 2008

Major EU Research Project to be Run from Copenhagen Nano-Science Centre

Nanotechnology allows scientists to observe atoms and molecules and manipulate them. New materials, improved medicine, high-speed computers, and enhanced environmental protection are just a few of the benefits that can b...

24 Jan 2008

Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging Scientists Win 2008 Wolf Prize in Chemistry

Dr. Allen Bard, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, was awarded the 2008 Wolf Prize in Chemistry jointly with Professor William Moerner of Stanford University. The award, anno...

24 Jan 2008

Drug Delivery Method Developed That is Invisible to the Immune System

Using nanotechnology, scientists from UCLA and Northwestern University have developed a localized and controlled drug delivery method that is invisible to the immune system, a discovery that could provide newer and more ...

23 Jan 2008

Localized and Controlled Drug Delivery Method Using Nanotechnology

22 Jan 2008

Medically Inert Nanothin Coating Hides Implanted Stents From Body Defences

A new stent with a nanothin surface application shows promise in opening and healing blocked heart arteries without the life-threatening dangers of drug-eluting stents, according to a study being presented at the 20th an...

22 Jan 2008