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Indian Researchers Create Nanoparticle-Based Contrast Agent for Dual Modal Imaging of Cancer

A team of Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have created nano-contrast agents for both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and optical imaging of cancer cells.

21 Jun 2017

Sugar-Coated Nanomaterial Boosts Bone Growth

Until now there is no gold standard for the way in which orthopedic spine surgeons stimulate new bone growth in patients.

20 Jun 2017

Rotating Magnetic Nanoparticles Could Mechanically Destroy Cancer Cells

An international team in which a UPM researcher is involved has shown that it is possible to mechanically destroy cancer cells by rotating magnetic nanoparticles attached to them in elongated aggregates.

14 Jun 2017

New Nanotechnology-Based Blood Test for Predicting Prostate Cancer Helps Avoid Painful Biopsies

Alberta Scientists have developed a new diagnostic that will allow men to avoid painful biopsies to check for aggressive prostate cancer. The test includes a unique nanotechnology system to make the diagnostic using just a single drop of blood, and is considerably more accurate than existing screening techniques.

12 Jun 2017

MIT Research Team Develops Innovative DNA Origami

The founding mission of MIT may seem like an unusual meal-time story for a child. But, when Mark Bathe was growing up, it was a regular topic of conversation around the dinner table.

5 Jun 2017

Silicon Nanoparticle Heater and Thermometer United to Fight Cancer

A Team of Russian Physicists from ITMO University have discovered that spherical silicon nanoparticles can be effectively heated up, and concurrently produce light based on their temperature. According to the researchers, these properties united with a good biocompatibility will facilitate usage of the semiconductor nanoparticles in nanosurgery and photothermal therapy.

2 Jun 2017

Combination Therapy for Cancer using Radiation and Nanoencapsulated Drugs

Scientists from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered an astonishing new role for the immune cells known as macrophages—enhancing the efficaciousness of nanoparticle-delivered cancer treatments.

1 Jun 2017

Self-Assembling, Self-Propelling, and Self-Destructive Nanovesicle for Drug Delivery

Some of the favorable attributes of nanomedical systems are autonomous targeting and delivery of drugs at their location of action. At present, a group of Dutch Researchers have developed a nanomotor that includes an antitumor drug enclosed within a self-assembled, self-propelled stomatocytes, carried over the cellular membrane and delivered into the cell on receiving a chemical redox signal for disassembling the vesicle membrane.

31 May 2017

Using Nanopore Technology To Identify Proteins

According to a new study published in the journal PLOS Computational Biology, researchers can improve on conventional protein analysis methods by using tiny nanopores, which ‘scan’ the proteins as they pass through them.

31 May 2017

A New Look at Evolution of Protein Nano-Machines

Proteins perform vital functions of life. They digest food and fight infections and cancer. They are in effect nano-machines, each one of them designed to do a specific function. But how did they evolve to fulfil those needs, how did the genes encode the structure and purpose of proteins?

25 May 2017