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Assessing Cells' Disease-Fighting Performance Over Time

Coaxing a patient's own cells to hunt down and tackle infected or diseased cells is a promising therapeutic approach for many disorders. But until now, efforts to follow these specially modified cells after their rei...

18 Nov 2008

Nontoxic Nanoparticle Developed at Penn State is Proving to be an All-Around Effective Delivery System

Now a nontoxic nanoparticle developed by researchers at Penn State University is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.

14 Nov 2008

Mapping Out the Health Effects of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a metre in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials. There are also significant amounts of nanoparticles in exhaust emissions. However, very litt...

14 Nov 2008

Hi-Tec Launches Nanotechnology Enhanced Footware

Leading British footwear brand HI-TEC launches a global first in footwear: the revolutionary ion-mask™ technology. Held at the London Aquarium on Wednesday August 27th, HI-TEC's global launch was hosted by t...

13 Nov 2008

First Experimental Evidence that Plants Can Take up Nanoparticles and Accumulate Them in Tissues

Researchers at the University of Delaware have provided what is believed to be the first experimental evidence that plants can take up nanoparticles and accumulate them in their tissues.

13 Nov 2008

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Supervisory Council Approves Project Aimed at Fighting Cardiovascular Diseases

On Thursday November 6th, the supervisory council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) recommended the board of directors to approve the investment in a medical project aimed at the development, desig...

12 Nov 2008

Nano-Scale Electromechanical Sensors Alerting us to Toxic Chemicals and Gases in the Air

Clemson physics professor Apparao Rao and his team are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic chemicals or gases in the air. Put them into a small handheld device and the potential is there for real-time chemical alerts in battle, in industry, in health care and even at home.

12 Nov 2008

Nanotoxicology News

Assessing Cells' Disease-Fighting Performance Over Time

Nontoxic Nanoparticle Developed at Penn State is Proving to be an All-Around Effective Delivery System

Mapping Out the Health Effects of Nanoparticles

Hi-Tec Launches Nanotechnology Enhanced Footware

First Experimental Evidence that Plants Can Take up Nanoparticles and Accumulate Them in Tissues

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Supervisory Council Approves Project Aimed at Fighting Cardiovascular Diseases

Nano-Scale Electromechanical Sensors Alerting us to Toxic Chemicals and Gases in the Air

New Study Finds Nanoporous Material Could Lead to New Dialysis Devices and Other Revolutionary Medical Implants

University of Delaware to Host Workshop on Environmental Nanoparticles

Researchers Solved Structure of Virus that can Infect Specific Cancer Cells for First TIme

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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