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Nanotechnology Combined with Ultrasound Advances Chemotherapy Treatment in Recent Lab Experiments

Many people diagnosed with cancer have been treated with chemotherapy, have gone on to live healthy lives. However, chemotherapy does impact the body, the treatment attacks all the cells in the body, not just cancer cells.

28 Aug 2017

Nanolaser can Identify, Kill Metastasized Cancer Cells in Blood Stream

According to a new research work, a nanolaser called the spaser is capable of acting as a water-soluble, super-bright, biocompatible probe that has the potential to find metastasized cancer cells in the blood stream and then kills these cells.

22 Aug 2017

Researchers Identify Topical NO-np as a Potential Treatment for Dermatophytosis on the Skin

Researchers from George Washington University (GW) have discovered that topically applied nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles (NO-np) are a feasible treatment for deep fungal infections caused by dermatophytes on the skin. Currently, these infections are being treated with systemic antifungals.

1 Aug 2017

Researchers Use Probiotics to Develop Metallic Nanoparticles

Probiotics, being live microbes, wield many advantageous health effects on the host cells. Such probiotics are commercially available as foods, dietary supplements, and pharmaceutical formulations.

24 Jul 2017

New Diagnostic Sensors for Analyzing Human Exhaled Breath to Diagnose Diseases

Breath pattern recognition is considered to be a futuristic diagnostic platform. The disease as well as the physical condition can be diagnosed by simple characterizing target gas concentrations of human exhaled breath.

20 Jul 2017

Researchers Develop NanoVelcro Microchips for Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing

Some form of prenatal testing is taken up by many pregnant women before their children are born. The information obtained from these tests by the expectant mothers vary as details range from the baby's gender to its genetic defects.

20 Jul 2017

Scientists Develop New Method for Detecting Extremely Small Amounts of DNA

It is now possible to detect traces of biomolecules such as DNA with the help of a new “dynamic” technique based on the observation of association and dissociation events of gold nanoparticles.

19 Jul 2017

New Hypoallergenic Electronic Sensor Lets Skin Breathe During Long-Term Health Monitoring

It is now possible to wear a hypoallergenic electronic sensor on the skin continuously for a week without any discomfort. This sensor is extremely thin and light such that users tend to forget that they even have it on, explains a Japanese group of scientists.

18 Jul 2017

Smart Polymer Changes Color and Activates Natural Antimicrobial Enzymes When Bacterial Contamination is Detected

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria that colonize medical equipment and surfaces are causing shocking annual rises in the number of patients becoming infected in clinics and hospitals. Efforts to reduce these numbers are now carried out by a KAUST team through the usage of a smart polymer capable of changing color and activating natural antimicrobial enzymes when bacterial contamination is identified.

10 Jul 2017

Researchers Demonstrate the Phenomena of Shape Memory and Self-Healing in Gold Microparticles

For the very first time, researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Germany have demonstrated the phenomena of shape memory and self-healing in gold microparticles.

10 Jul 2017