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Carbon Nanotube Sensor Capable of Seeking Out Cancer Cells in the Body

MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. The sensors, made of carbon nanotubes wrapped in DNA, can detect chemotherapy drugs such a...

14 Dec 2008

NRC Declare Further Research Needed to Assess Risk of Nanotechnology

There are more than 700 products on the market today that are touched, worn and used -- ranging from cosmetics to electronics -- that involve nanomaterials. In the next decade a number of products, including food and med...

14 Dec 2008

Report Finds Government Strategy on Nano Safety Inadequate

A 15-member committee of chemists, toxicologists and other experts said it found no adequate statement of clear goals or priorities in the strategy outlined by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, a program set up in ...

11 Dec 2008

New Report Finds Serious Weaknesses in Government's Plan for Research on Potential Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

A new report from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are increasingly being used...

10 Dec 2008

Nano-Encapsulated Drug Delivery Vehicle Having Big Impact on Cancer Cells

Researchers at Penn State University are reporting for the first time that nanoparticles 1/5,000 the diameter of a human hair encapsulating an experimental anticancer agent, kill human melanoma and drug-resistant breast ...

10 Dec 2008

Researchers Develop Anti-Cancer Agent using Precious Metal

A precious metal which has never before been used in a clinical setting is being developed as an anti-cancer agent by University of Warwick researchers. The metal, osmium, is closely related to platinum, which is wide...

8 Dec 2008

Strain-Tuned Quantum Dots Show New Optical Properties

Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier. However, if doctors were to use them in humans, quantum dots could have limitations related to thei...

7 Dec 2008

PharmaEngine Receives Approval of US IND Application for a Phase II Study of PEP02 in Pancreatic Cancer

PharmaEngine, Inc. announced today that it has received approval of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the U.S. FDA for PEP02, a liposome formulation of irinotecan in a phase II study in patients with met...

4 Dec 2008

New Chromium-Free Nanocoating Protecting Car Bodies Against Rust

For a long time, chromium plating protected car bodies against rust - but this has been prohibited since 2007. However, chromium-free coatings are not suitable for universal use; they have to be adapted to the respective...

3 Dec 2008

Compound has Powerful Antioxidant Properties to Fight Diseases and Efficient Catalyst for Biofuel Production

Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have uncovered new properties of imidazolium salts (IMSs), which suggest that they could play a vital role in disease prevention and treatment. IBN r...

1 Dec 2008