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Growing Mammalian Cells on Nanowires Provides Novel View of Cell Activity

A research team at the University of California, Berkeley, has achieved a significant step toward one of the futuristic goals of nanomedicine and nanobiology-developing technology for "wiring" together individu...

15 Jun 2007

Persistently Bright Nanoparticle Images Tumors

In a new take on use of luminescent nanoparticles as cancer imaging probes, a team of investigators from several research institutes in Paris, France, has developed new metal-containing nanoparticles that emit light for ...

15 Jun 2007

Nanoparticle-Enabled Peptide Delivery Triggers Tumor Regression

Cells possess a variety of ways of dealing with mutations that can cause them to grow uncontrollably and eventually form a tumor. The tumor suppressor gene p53 plays a critical role in these cancer prevention processes, ...

15 Jun 2007

Quantum Dots Outline Brain Tumors for Surgical Removal

Although surgical removal of a tumor can be the most effective way of treating brain cancer, neurosurgeons are often faced with the dilemma of determining the exact border between a tumor and the healthy tissue that surr...

15 Jun 2007

Ceramic Nanoparticles Deliver Genes to the Spleen, Trigger Antitumor Immune Response

A detailed comparison of different types of ceramic nanoparticles has found that those made of silica can efficiently transport therapeutic genes to the spleen and trigger a potent immune response capable of attacking tu...

15 Jun 2007

Aptamer-Targeted Nanoparticles Collect and Detect Cancer Cells

Using magnetic and fluorescent nanoparticles capable of binding tightly to molecules found only on the surface of cancer cells, a team of investigators at the University of Florida has developed a method for collecting a...

15 Jun 2007

Nanoparticles Image siRNA Delivery Into Tumors

Using magnetic nanoparticles labeled with dye molecules, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a delivery vehicle capable of transporting antitumor small interfering RNA (siRNA) mole...

15 Jun 2007

Fluorescent Nanotubes Now OK For Use In Medical Applications

Vanderbilt researchers have removed an obstacle that has restricted fluorescent nanotubes from a variety of medical applications. In a paper published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society they describe ...

14 Jun 2007

Bacteria Ferry Nanoparticles Into Cells For Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease

Researchers at Purdue University have shown that common bacteria can deliver a valuable cargo of "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors, drugs or DNA for the early diagnosis and treatme...

14 Jun 2007

Nanomedicine Conference Identifies Training as Key to Rapid and Safe Development

The European Science Foundation (ESF)'s 'Forward Look in Nanomedicine' conference (chaired by Professor Ruth Duncan of Cardiff University) identified a need for truly interdisciplinary Pan-European training i...

12 Jun 2007