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Phase I Clinical Trial Shows Nanoparticle-Enabled Thermal Therapy Safe for Treating Cancer

Several types of metal nanoparticles are capable of converting energy, such as that carried by near-infrared light or an oscillating magnetic field, into heat at a level high enough to kill tumors. Now, a recently comple...

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

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

Fluorescent Carbon Nanotubes for Medical Applications

In a way, nanotubes are nature’s smallest candles. These tiny tubes are constructed from carbon atoms and they are so small that it takes about 100,000 laid side-by-side to span the width of a single human hair....

8 Jun 2007

Bioconjugated Quantum Dots Effectively Identify Biomarkers in Cancerous Tissues

Bioconjugated quantum dots – luminescent nanoparticles linked to biological molecules – have shown great promise as tools for disease diagnosis and treatment, but their medical use has been limited by the lac...

30 May 2007

EPA Needs to Take Immediate Action over Nanotechnology Oversight

Regulatory oversight of nanotechnology is urgently needed and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should act now, reports a new study released today. In EPA and Nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st Century, forme...

23 May 2007

NanoBio Announces Positive Phase 1 Clinical Results for Topical Treatment for Onychomycosis

NanoBio Corporation today announced positive safety data from its Phase 1 clinical study of NB-002, the company's drug candidate currently in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the topical treatment of onychomycosis. T...

23 May 2007

Nanoparticulate Delivery of Suicide DNA to Murine Prostate and Prostate Tumors

Using nanoparticles developed by members of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a team of investigators at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, in Philadelphia, has developed a DNA-based therapeutic agent ...

23 May 2007

siRNA Containing Nanoparticles Show Promise for Cancer Treatment

The use of targeted nanoparticles offers promising techniques for cancer treatment. Researchers in the laboratory of Mark E. Davis at the California Institute of Technology have been using small interfering RNA (siRNA), ...

22 May 2007

Green Nanotech Solutions for Cleaning Up the Environment

VeruTEK Technologies has launched and announced the availability of its patent-pending, green nanotech solutions for environmental remediation. VeruTEK’s S-ISCO and S-ESCO solutions remedy environmental contaminati...

18 May 2007