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Nanoparticle-Delivered Suicide Gene Therapy Could Fight Ovarian Cancer

Nanoparticle delivery of diphtheria toxin-encoding DNA that expresses selectively in ovarian cancer cells reduced the burden of ovarian tumors in mice, and researchers expect that this therapy could be tested in humans w...

28 Aug 2009

Paramagnetic Nanoparticle Rapidly Detects and Profiles Cancer Cells

Using a new type of paramagnetic nanoparticle and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system built into a microfluidic device, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School has c...

28 Aug 2009

Researchers Assembled New Cancer Drug Delivery System

For cancer drug developers, finding an agent that kills tumor cells is only part of the equation. The drug also must spare healthy cells, and ideally its effects will be reversible to cut short any potentially dangerous side effects.

28 Aug 2009

Malvern Releases White Paper "10 Ways to Control Rheology by Changing Particle Properties"

'10 ways to control rheology by changing particle properties' is the latest addition to Malvern Panalytical' INFORM series of white papers, which are designed to provide advice on material characterization issues.

From Malvern Panalytical 28 Aug 2009

Scientists Image "Anatomy" of a Molecule using Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have been able to image the "anatomy" -- or chemical structure -- inside a molecule with unprecedented resolution, using a complex technique known as noncontact atomic force microscopy.

28 Aug 2009

A*Star Awards S$27.5m In Research Grants To Scientists For Research In Sustainable Development

Scientists have been awarded S$27.5 million in research funding for 28 projects in four key areas of Sustainable Development, namely, Carbon Capture + Utilisation, BioEnergy + BioFuels, Sustainable Construction and Susta...

28 Aug 2009

Double-Solvent Approach Makes Electrospray Deposition Better Choice for Fabricating Organic LEDs

Electrospray-deposited polymer films can be used to make organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with better characteristics than those made from spin-coated films, according to Yutaka Yamagata of the RIKEN Center for Intellectual Property Strategies, Wako, and colleagues.

27 Aug 2009

Lipid-Coated Nanocircuits Could Lead to Development of New Classes of Bio-Sensing Tools

A hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components that mimics some of the processes that control the passage of molecules into and out of cells has been created by a team of scientists from UC Davis, Lawrence Li...

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 27 Aug 2009

Metal Catalysts Used to Create Carbon Nanotubes Can Block Key Signaling Pathway in Neurons

Carbon nanotubes hold many exciting possibilities, some of them in the realm of the human nervous system. Recent research has shown that carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue or ferry drugs used to repair damaged neurons associated with disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and perhaps even paralysis.

27 Aug 2009

Method May Help Identify Conditions Needed to Get Current Flowing at Higher Temperatures

A team of U.S. and Japanese scientists has shown for the first time that the spectroscopic "fingerprint" of high-temperature superconductivity remains intact well above the super chilly temperatures at which these materials carry current with no resistance.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 27 Aug 2009

Nanomaterials News

Nanoparticle-Delivered Suicide Gene Therapy Could Fight Ovarian Cancer

Paramagnetic Nanoparticle Rapidly Detects and Profiles Cancer Cells

Researchers Assembled New Cancer Drug Delivery System

Malvern Releases White Paper "10 Ways to Control Rheology by Changing Particle Properties"

Scientists Image "Anatomy" of a Molecule using Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy

A*Star Awards S$27.5m In Research Grants To Scientists For Research In Sustainable Development

Double-Solvent Approach Makes Electrospray Deposition Better Choice for Fabricating Organic LEDs

Lipid-Coated Nanocircuits Could Lead to Development of New Classes of Bio-Sensing Tools

Metal Catalysts Used to Create Carbon Nanotubes Can Block Key Signaling Pathway in Neurons

Method May Help Identify Conditions Needed to Get Current Flowing at Higher Temperatures

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