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Polymers Nanoparticles Inhibit Nonspecific Protein Absorption

One problem that confounds researchers who are developing nanoparticles for use as cancer imaging and therapeutic agents is that many nanoparticles accumulate blood proteins on their surfaces as they circulate through th...

21 Apr 2008

Prostate Cancer and Kidney Cancer Spread Tracked with Nanotechnology and Iron Nanoparticles

Iron nanoparticles designed to collect in lymph nodes containing metastatic cancer cells have proven that they can help physicians detect metastatic spread of prostate cancer. Now, a team of investigators at Harvard Medi...

21 Apr 2008

Pancreatic Cancer Revealed Using Nanosized Rods

Quantum dots have shown promise as ultrabright contrast agents for use in a variety of cancer imaging studies. Now, a team of investigators at the Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Canc...

21 Apr 2008

Using Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Based Imaging to Produce Whole Body Images Showing Cancer Tumor Locations

Researchers have published a paper that describes a strategy for
small-animal optical imaging based on Raman spectroscopy and
Raman nanoparticles. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering nanoparticles
and single-wall carbon nanotubes were used to demonstrate
whole-body Raman imaging, nanoparticle pharmacokinetics,
multiplexing, and in vivo tumor targeting, using an imaging
system adapted for small-animal Raman imaging.

21 Apr 2008

Cancer Detection and Therapy to be Enhanced With Fluorine Based Nanoparticles

Perfluorocarbons, a class of inert, oily polymers, have a proven track record in a variety of clinical uses, including in contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging and in eye surgery to correct a detached retina. Researchers ...

21 Apr 2008

Nano Sized Magnets to Offer Gene Therapy Treatment for Cancer

A revolutionary cancer treatment using microscopic magnets to enable 'armed' human cells to target tumours has been developed by researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (B...

18 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Company pSivida Proposing to Reincorporate in the US

pSivida Limited today announced that it proposes to reincorporate in the United States. The reincorporation, which is subject to Australian Federal Court and shareholder approval, will occur in mid-2008. This reincorpora...

From EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 18 Apr 2008

Final Program Announced for Nanotech 2008 Conference and Trade Show

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) today announced the scientific final program and schedule for its Nanotech 2008 Conference and Trade Show has been finalized and posted at http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2008...

15 Apr 2008

Delivering Molecules via Biodegradable Microspheres Enhances the Efficiency and Purity of Stem Cell Differentiation

New research shows that delivering molecules within aggregates of embryonic stem cells via biodegradable microspheres enhances the efficiency and purity of differentiation, which is the process the cells undergo to become more specialized.

10 Apr 2008

Researchers Develop New Model for Self Assembly of Nanoparticles

Carnegie Mellon University’s Nadine Aubry and colleague Pushpendra Singh of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are leading a research team to develop a manufacturing strategy that could improve technolog...

8 Apr 2008