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Lab Mice Successfully Vaccinated Against Dengue Fever Using Nanoparticle

Annually, dengue fever affects over 350 million people in more than 120 countries. The symptoms can range from a skin rash and achy muscles to critical hemorrhagic fever.

21 Oct 2016

Gold Nanoparticles May Help Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

A pancreatic cancer diagnosis is often a death sentence for patients because both radiation and chemotherapy have very little effect on the disease. According to the National Institutes of Health, there will be nearly 53,000 new cases and 42,000 deaths due to pancreatic cancer this year in the U.S.

20 Oct 2016

Novel, Non-Invasive Cancer Therapy Targets Specific Cancer Cells Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A staggering 1.7 million persons in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016, with 600,000 cases ending in death.

18 Oct 2016

Research into Nanoparticle Activation Could Potentially Transform Cancer Treatment

Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have shown that using microwaves to activate photosensitive nanoparticles produces tissue-heating effects that ultimately lead to cell death within solid tumors.

12 Oct 2016

Microencapsulation Mass-Produces Encapsulated, Uniform Particles for Pharmaceuticals

Microencapsulation is widely used in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, and it is a process where a small particle of one material is enclosed within a shell produced from another. This process can also be used in other areas such as solar power and self-repairing materials.

6 Oct 2016

New Nanosensors for Measuring Enzyme Levels, Help Choose Appropriate Cancer Treatments

An MIT research team has built nanosensors capable of profiling tumors and may help to discover how they will react to certain therapies. The system is designed according to levels of enzymes known as proteases, which cancer cells use to remodel their surroundings.

29 Sep 2016

Scientists Discover Nanoparticle Capable of Killing Cancer Cells

Cornell dots or C dots are nanoparticles that are emerging as promising therapeutic tools to detect and treat cancer.

29 Sep 2016

Memristors Could be the Missing Link in Development of Bio-Electronic Medicines

A new University of Southampton-led study shows that a nanoscale device known as a memristor could possibly be the missing link in the advancements of implants. These implants require electrical signals from the brain to aid medical treatments.

28 Sep 2016

Nanoparticle Injections Hold Promise for Osteoarthritis Treatment

Nearly 27 million people in the US are affected osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease. About 12% of osteoarthritis cases are a result of former injuries.

27 Sep 2016

MIT Researchers Develop Gene Therapy Method with Potential to Arrest Cancer Metastasis

A major cause of mortality in women with breast cancer is the spread of malignant cells around the body called as metastasis. Recently, a team of MIT researchers are in the process of formulating a new gene therapy method, which shows potential as a novel approach to prevent breast cancer tumors from metastasizing.

22 Sep 2016

Nanomedicine News

Lab Mice Successfully Vaccinated Against Dengue Fever Using Nanoparticle

Gold Nanoparticles May Help Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Novel, Non-Invasive Cancer Therapy Targets Specific Cancer Cells Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Research into Nanoparticle Activation Could Potentially Transform Cancer Treatment

Microencapsulation Mass-Produces Encapsulated, Uniform Particles for Pharmaceuticals

New Nanosensors for Measuring Enzyme Levels, Help Choose Appropriate Cancer Treatments

Scientists Discover Nanoparticle Capable of Killing Cancer Cells

Memristors Could be the Missing Link in Development of Bio-Electronic Medicines

Nanoparticle Injections Hold Promise for Osteoarthritis Treatment

MIT Researchers Develop Gene Therapy Method with Potential to Arrest Cancer Metastasis

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Multiscale Force Sensing with Photon-Avalanching Nanocrystals

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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