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Nanoparticle BrainTumour Drug Delivery System Shows Promising Cell Selectivity

A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumor therapy has shown promising tumor cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model devised by University of Nottingham scientists. The project, conducted jointly...

24 Aug 2007

Nuclear Nanoparticles To Target Tiny Tumours

Rice University chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside DNA-sized tubes of pure carbon -- a method they hope to use to target tiny tumors and even lone leukemi...

24 Aug 2007

Leaching Problem In Microsphere Cancer Treatment Solved

Oncologix Tech Inc. announced today that it has qualified a new design of its Oncosphere product in response to the "leaching" problem found in its previous design. The improved design was developed and qualifi...

23 Aug 2007

Nanoscience Expert To Become Rensselaer Head

Susan P. Gilbert, a renowned expert in cell biology, biophysics, and nanoscience, will join Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the head of the Biology Department on Sept. 1, 2007. Gilbert joins the Rensselaer faculty af...

23 Aug 2007

Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Detects Oral Cancer Marker in Minutes

Using a microfluidic device designed to capture and enrich cells from biological samples, a research team at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a test that can detect an important early marker for oral squam...

23 Aug 2007

Nanotweezers Unlock Anticancer Drug Secrets

The annoying bulges of an overwound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller’s motion help explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators...

23 Aug 2007

Metal Nanoshells Respond to Near-Infrared Light for Tumor Imaging and Therapy

Using metal nanoshells designed to both absorb and scatter near-infrared light, a team of investigators at Rice University has shown that such nanoparticles can both image and treat tumors in animals. Their experiments r...

23 Aug 2007

Nanotubes Enable New Approach to Cancer Radiotherapy

Radioactive elements, or radionuclides, are well-established anticancer agents whose main limitation is that they kill healthy cells almost as easily as they do tumors. But because nanoparticles can be targeted to tumors...

23 Aug 2007

Multifunctional Nanoparticles Combine Ultrasound Imaging and Targeted Anticancer Therapy

A new targeted drug delivery method, which combines two nanoparticles into one larger one, uses ultrasound to image tumors and release the anticancer drug doxorubicin from “nanobubbles” into the same tumors. ...

23 Aug 2007

Targeting Quantum Dots To Deliver SiRNA Therapy

Take a quantum dot, add a coating of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and attach a homing peptide and a piece of small interfering RNA (siRNA), and the result is a targeted nanoparticle that can stop the production of a spec...

23 Aug 2007