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Arrowhead Research Enters Option Agreement for Obesity-Treating Technology

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced that it has signed an option agreement with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to negotiate a license in a defined field to a class of compounds that is believed to kill fat tissue by specifically targeting the blood vessels that supply it.

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 11 Aug 2010

Smart Nanomaterial Can Improve Lives of Glaucoma Sufferers

A "smart" nanomaterial recently developed at the University of Dayton Research Institute for multi-purpose use in aircraft coatings, wind turbines and other large-scale commercial applications may also lead to ...

11 Aug 2010

Innovative Method Enabling Nanomachines to Release Drugs Inside Living Cancer Cells

Scientists from UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Korea's Yonsei University have developed an innovative method that enables nanomachines to release drugs inside living cancer cells when activated remotely by an oscillating magnetic field.

10 Aug 2010

New Nano-Based Heat Technique for Cancer Treatment

Though a valuable weapon against cancerous tumors, radiation therapy often harms healthy tissue as it tries to kill malignant cells. Now, Prof. Israel Gannot of Tel Aviv University's Department of Biomedical Engin...

10 Aug 2010

Sheffield Team Receives Grant to Develop Nano-Bio-Chip for Oral Cancer Test

A new test for oral cancer, which a dentist could perform by simply using a brush to collect cells from a patient's mouth, is set to be developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching H...

10 Aug 2010

Tiny Bubbles Collapse to Produce Sharp Liquid Jets

Duke University physicists have developed a way to produce sharp fluid jets with enough precision that they can inject material into a single, living cell. The technique promises a way to deliver drugs to cells one at a time, which is likely to be very valuable for research involving stem cells and other cellular-level studies.

10 Aug 2010

Researchers Study Injection of Magnetic Nanoparticles into the Tumor

Those who have to fight a powerful enemy must look for allies. This is why physicists from different scientific fields have decided to cooperate with biomedical physicians in order to place the fight against cancer through heat treatment by means of magnetic nanoparticles on a solid, scientific basis.

9 Aug 2010