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International Experts to Provide Lectures on Nanomedicine at ESF-UB Conference

The application of nanotechnology will have a major influence in many fields of medicine. Novel nano-based materials appear in drug delivery systems, diagnostics, imaging, biosensing, and medical materials and devices...

30 Apr 2010

Scientists Work on Nanocomposite Particles to Help Make Tumor Surgeries Easier

Researchers have developed a way to enhance how brain tumors appear in MRI scans and during surgery, making the tumors easier for surgeons to identify and remove. Scientists at Ohio State University are experimenting ...

30 Apr 2010

New Nanoparticle Formulation for Curcumin Delivery into Tumors

Pre-treatment with curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric, makes ovarian cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Ovarian Res...

29 Apr 2010

ICFO Advances its Research to Develop Nano-Based Cancer Therapy Device

The SPEDOC project will create the precursor to future devices for individualized diagnosis and monitoring of cancer therapy, which will allow the illness to be treated in earlier stages and at lower doses, reducing or preventing current secondary effects.

29 Apr 2010

Harnessing the Power of Nanotechnology to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Cancer

A $145-million Federal Government effort to harness the power of nanotechnology to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is producing innovations that will radically improve care for the disease.

28 Apr 2010

Raman Microscopy Helps Researchers to Precisely Locate Metal Complexes in Cancer Cells

Scientists from Bochum have managed to accurately determine the location of metal complexes within living cancer cells using Raman microscopy.

27 Apr 2010

Scientists Find That Melanin Nanoparticles Protect Bone-Marrow from Radiation Damage

Tiny, melanin-covered nanoparticles may protect bone marrow from the harmful effects of radiation therapy, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University who successfully tested the ...

27 Apr 2010

Biosensor Chip Recognizes Diseases

Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), together with Fujitsu Laboratories of Japan, have developed a novel biosensor chip that not only recognizes proteins that are characteristic for specific diseases, but also can show if these proteins are changed through the influence of disease or drugs.

27 Apr 2010

Intezyne Soon to Receive European Patent for IVECT Nanoparticle Method

Intezyne today announced it has received notification the European Patent Office intends to grant a patent covering a key element of Intezyne’s breakthrough drug delivery technology, the IVECT™ Method. At the core of ...

24 Apr 2010

Nanopatch 100 Times Better than Needle and Syringe

New research, led by Professor Mark Kendall, from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, demonstrates that a vaccine delivered by a Nanopatch induces a similarly protective immune response a...

23 Apr 2010