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Quantum Dots Outline Brain Tumors for Surgical Removal

Although surgical removal of a tumor can be the most effective way of treating brain cancer, neurosurgeons are often faced with the dilemma of determining the exact border between a tumor and the healthy tissue that surr...

15 Jun 2007

Fluorescent Nanotubes Now OK For Use In Medical Applications

Vanderbilt researchers have removed an obstacle that has restricted fluorescent nanotubes from a variety of medical applications. In a paper published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society they describe ...

14 Jun 2007

Fluorescent Carbon Nanotubes for Medical Applications

In a way, nanotubes are nature’s smallest candles. These tiny tubes are constructed from carbon atoms and they are so small that it takes about 100,000 laid side-by-side to span the width of a single human hair....

8 Jun 2007

Bioconjugated Quantum Dots Effectively Identify Biomarkers in Cancerous Tissues

Bioconjugated quantum dots – luminescent nanoparticles linked to biological molecules – have shown great promise as tools for disease diagnosis and treatment, but their medical use has been limited by the lac...

30 May 2007

Bioconjugated Quantum Dots for Multiplex and Quantitative Immunohistochemistry

Quantum dots linked to biological molecules, such as antibodies, have shown promise as a new tool for detecting and quantifying a wide variety of cancer-associated molecules. Now, thanks to detailed studies of how to mak...

23 May 2007

Researchers Advance Development of Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors

Researchers at Northwestern University have made significant strides in the development of quantum dot infrared photodetectors -- technology that may provide new imaging techniques with applications in medical and biolog...

18 May 2007

Nanotech Cancer Detector Wins Prize at NanoNexus2007

A plan to use nanotechnology to produce a new type of cancer detector won the third-place award at the NanoNexus2007 conference held last month at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The detector has been under development...

From Nanonex Corporation 10 May 2007

Optical Properties of Fluorescent Nanoparticles Open Possibilities for Cellular Imaging

Scientists from the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have successfully exploited the optical properties of fluorescent nanoparticles to broaden the scope of single-cell microscopy. By using nanoparticles, they succ...

9 May 2007

Breakthrough Method for Quantum Dot Production May Result in Cheaper Solar Cells

Rice University scientists today revealed a breakthrough method for producing molecular specks of semiconductors called quantum dots, a discovery that could clear the way for better, cheaper solar energy panels. The r...

3 May 2007

Improved Self Assembling Nanomaterials to Result in More Powerful Solar Cells

Novel, self-assembly techniques for fabricating inorganic nanomaterials that could pave the way for more efficient and powerful solar cells, chemical sensors and detectors currently are being developed by a University at...

20 Apr 2007