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Melanin-Covered Nanoparticles for Protection of Bone Marrow During Radiation Therapy of Cancer

Nanoparticles covered with the natural pigment melanin may protect bone marrow from the harmful effects of anticancer radiation therapy, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Universit...

21 May 2010

Nanoporous Silicon Particles Ferrying Labile Molecular Therapies Deep into the Body

Using nanoporous silicon particles, two teams of investigators have created drug delivery vehicles capable of ferrying labile molecular therapies deep into the body. Both groups believe their new drug delivery vehicles create new opportunities for developing innovative anticancer therapies.

21 May 2010

Supramolecularly Assembled Gold Nanoparticles for Targeted Treatment of Cancer Cells

A variety of studies by numerous investigators are demonstrating that gold nanoparticles have real promise as anticancer agents. When irradiated with light, gold nanoparticles become hot quickly, hot enough to generate e...

21 May 2010

Gold Nanoparticle Detecting Early Stage Prostate Cancer

Recent studies support the idea that the standard methods of screening men for prostate cancer leave much to be desired, particularly in terms of their inability to have much effect on prostate cancer survival. Now, a te...

21 May 2010

New Method of Characterizing Tumor Biopsies using Quantum Dots

One important discovery made about cancer over the past decade is that as a tumor develops, the molecular identity of its cells begins to diverge. As a result, any given tumor is likely to contain groups of cells with di...

21 May 2010

Researchers Create Janus Dendrimer Assemblies for Drug Delivery

An international collaboration led by chemists and engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has prepared a library of synthetic biomaterials that mimic cellular membranes and that show promise in targeted delivery of cancer drugs, gene therapy, proteins, imaging and diagnostic agents and cosmetics safely to the body in the emerging field called nanomedicine.

21 May 2010

NanoLogix Advances its Marketing Strategy

NanoLogix, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NNLX) announces advancements to its go-to-market strategy, including the exploration of its BNP/BNF technologies by the University of Texas - Texas Medical Center. To facilitate its entry ...

From NanoLogix 20 May 2010

Researchers Use NMR to Study Shape-Shifting Movement of Drug Molecules

A new study by a team of researchers led by Jeffrey Peng, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, is using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), to move drug design into groundbreak...

20 May 2010

Nanotechnology Breath Sensor Detects Diabetes and Potentially Serious Complication

Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a sensor that can instantly tell whether someone has Type I diabetes. It could also be used by emergency room doctors to determine whether a patient has developed diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially serious complication that happens when diabetics do not take enough insulin.

19 May 2010

Improving Orthopedic Implants with Nanotubes

Titanium and its alloys have a leg up on all other materials used to make the orthopedic implants used by surgeons to repair damaged bones and joints.

18 May 2010