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Nanostructured Substrates Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells

Perhaps the earliest sign that cancer is starting to spread is the appearance of so-called circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, in the blood stream. These are the forward army of a metastatic tumor, the cells that escape fr...

17 Nov 2009

Effects of Molecular Size and Binding Affinity on Tumor Targeting

One of the great promises of nanotechnologies lies in its ability to create drug-containing nanoparticles decorated with targeting molecules that recognize and bind to cancer cells, providing drug delivery only at the site of the targeted cells.

17 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Detecting Previously Undetectable Levels of Prostate-Specific Antigen

A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive nanotechnology-based tool known as the biobarcode system, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in pati...

17 Nov 2009

American Biotech ASAP Antibacterial Silver Wound Dressing Gel Receives FDA Clearance

American Biotech Labs, LLC (ABL), developer of a new class of products based on the company's patented nano-catalytic SilverSol Technology(R), today announced that the company has obtained clearance by the U.S. Food ...

17 Nov 2009

Grant Hoping to Make Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging More Efficient and Simpler to Implement

Fluorescence lifetime imaging is a useful but relatively complex technique for probing the local microenvironment of a fluorescent molecule. The method can be used to help determine biochemical makeup of body tissues or measure distances between molecules on the nanometer scale.

17 Nov 2009

Capturing Tumor Cells in Bloodstream using Nanotechnology

Jin-Woo Kim, a biomedical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas, is part of a cutting-edge nanotechnology research group that has discovered a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream. The work could dramatically improve early cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.

17 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Brings Big Improvement to Medical Imaging

If you're watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important-especially if you are watching changes that take a long time to unfold and require high-spatial-resolution imaging.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Nov 2009

Single Molecule Spectroscopy Reveals How Genetic Materials is Unwrapped

The genetic material found in cells is not in its free state, but is bound to large protein complexes and tightly wrapped. To activate genes that could well play a role in carcinogenesis, the genetic material first needs...

17 Nov 2009

Innovative Test Requires Only One Step and a Microscopically Small Amount of Sample

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use and can test for many diseases, including one of world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease.

16 Nov 2009

ACS Releases Inventories of What Stood Out in 2009 and Holds Promise for the Year Ahead

A first-of-its kind inhalable measles vaccine for developing countries, where the disease remains a scourge. A "nanogenerator" that could recharge iPods and other electronic devices with a shake. And for Fido a...

From American Chemical Society 16 Nov 2009