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Targeted Dendrimer Advances in Preclinical Studies

Although a variety of nanoparticles continue to show promise for improving cancer imaging and therapy, regulators and drug developers are concerned that these delivery systems may prove difficult to manufacture on a cons...

4 Mar 2008

Microfluidics, Nanoparticles Drive Novel Cancer Detection Schemes

Early detection of tumors is one of the Holy Grails of cancer research, an achievement that would greatly improve cancer therapy and prognosis. Two new reports describe different but promising approaches to solving this ...

4 Mar 2008

Changing the Structure of Gold Nanoclusters and Making Magnetic Gold Nanowires

Nanowires of gold have been made magnetic through oxygenation.

4 Mar 2008

World First With Self Organising Carbon Nanotube Composites Suited for Use In High Temperature Electronics

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the successful formation of a new nano-scale carbon composite featuring a self-organizing structure, by combining carbon nanotubes and graphene which are both nano-scale carbon structures.

3 Mar 2008

Breast Cancer Testing and Diagnosis Using Nanoparticles to Make Tests Easier and Cheaper

A team from UCL has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer.

3 Mar 2008

Nanotech Scientist Awarded as Outstanding Missourian

University of Missouri scientist Kattesh Katti recently discovered how to make gold nanoparticles using gold salts, soybeans and water. Katti’s research has garnered attention worldwide and the environmentally-frie...

29 Feb 2008

Nanobiosensor and Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistor Patent Awarded to Nano-Proprietary

Austin, Texas-based Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. ("ANI") received a notice of allowance for its patent titled "Nanobiosensor and carbon nanotube thin film tra...

29 Feb 2008

Non-Magnetic Metals Made Magnetic by Reducing to Nanometer Sizes

An international team led by Physics and Chemistry teams from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and directed by Professor Jose Javier Saiz Garitaonandia, has achieved...

29 Feb 2008

AIDS May be Cured by Nanotechnology With Nanoemulsion Nasal Vaccine Producing Immunity to HIV, Smallpox and Other Infectious Diseases

AIDS may be cured by a novel nanotechnology based technique for vaccinating against a variety of infectious diseases – using an oil-based emulsion placed in the nose, rather than needles – has proved able to produce a strong immune response against smallpox and HIV in two new studies.

27 Feb 2008

Federal Toxics Reporting Statute Could be Applied to Production and Commercialization of Nanotechnology

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has released a first-time legal analysis that finds a key federal toxics reporting statute could be applied to production and commercialization of nanotechnology, providing ...

26 Feb 2008