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New Nanosensors for Measuring Enzyme Levels, Help Choose Appropriate Cancer Treatments

An MIT research team has built nanosensors capable of profiling tumors and may help to discover how they will react to certain therapies. The system is designed according to levels of enzymes known as proteases, which cancer cells use to remodel their surroundings.

29 Sep 2016

Scientists Discover Nanoparticle Capable of Killing Cancer Cells

Cornell dots or C dots are nanoparticles that are emerging as promising therapeutic tools to detect and treat cancer.

29 Sep 2016

Memristors Could be the Missing Link in Development of Bio-Electronic Medicines

A new University of Southampton-led study shows that a nanoscale device known as a memristor could possibly be the missing link in the advancements of implants. These implants require electrical signals from the brain to aid medical treatments.

28 Sep 2016

Nanoparticle Injections Hold Promise for Osteoarthritis Treatment

Nearly 27 million people in the US are affected osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease. About 12% of osteoarthritis cases are a result of former injuries.

27 Sep 2016

MIT Researchers Develop Gene Therapy Method with Potential to Arrest Cancer Metastasis

A major cause of mortality in women with breast cancer is the spread of malignant cells around the body called as metastasis. Recently, a team of MIT researchers are in the process of formulating a new gene therapy method, which shows potential as a novel approach to prevent breast cancer tumors from metastasizing.

22 Sep 2016

Yale Researchers Use Sticky Nanoparticles to Progress Treatment of Cancer

Sticky nanoparticles capable of delivering drugs specifically to their targets and then remain there could be extremely useful in the fight against uterine and ovarian cancers.

21 Sep 2016

Graphene Nanoribbons May Help Heal Damaged Spinal Cords

James Tour, a chemist at Rice University, stated that a treatment procedure to heal damaged spinal cords by combining graphene nanoribbons produced with a process invented at Rice and a common polymer is expected to gain importance.

20 Sep 2016

Nanoparticle Drug Cocktail Optimizes Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy for Potential Treatment of Cancers

Over the past few years there has been a lot of excitement regarding cancer treatments capable of mobilizing the body's immune system to fight the disease.

19 Sep 2016

Researchers Develop Robust Strategy to Produce Rich Variety of Nanorods

A new approach for crafting one-dimensional nanorods from a variety of precursor materials has been developed by materials scientists.

16 Sep 2016

New Nanoparticle-Based Therapy Can Transport Drug into Lung Cancer Cells Without Affecting Normal Lung Cells

Researchers with the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center successfully developed a synthetic polymer that can transport a drug into lung cancer cells without going inside of normal lung cells.

16 Sep 2016