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Nanoparticle BrainTumour Drug Delivery System Shows Promising Cell Selectivity

A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumor therapy has shown promising tumor cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model devised by University of Nottingham scientists. The project, conducted jointly...

24 Aug 2007

Veeco Introduces New Thermal Deposition For CIGS Thin Film Colar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc. has introduced a line of new production-scale PV-Series™ Thermal Deposition Sources, enabling copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar manufacturers to more quickly transition fr...

24 Aug 2007

Nuclear Nanoparticles To Target Tiny Tumours

Rice University chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside DNA-sized tubes of pure carbon -- a method they hope to use to target tiny tumors and even lone leukemi...

24 Aug 2007

Moving Beyond Carbon Nanotubes With Metal Oxide Nanotubes

Moving beyond carbon nanotubes, researchers are developing insights into a remarkable class of tubular nanomaterials that can be produced in water with a high degree of control over their diameter and length. Based on me...

24 Aug 2007

Summary of Potential Nanotechnology Caused Health and Environmental Problems

Nanotechnology, no longer the stuff of science fiction, abounds in electronics, lotions, and even medications we use daily. Nanomaterials are in clothing, sunscreen, paint, window glass, tennis rackets, washing machines,...

23 Aug 2007

Metal Nanoshells Respond to Near-Infrared Light for Tumor Imaging and Therapy

Using metal nanoshells designed to both absorb and scatter near-infrared light, a team of investigators at Rice University has shown that such nanoparticles can both image and treat tumors in animals. Their experiments r...

23 Aug 2007

Nanotubes Enable New Approach to Cancer Radiotherapy

Radioactive elements, or radionuclides, are well-established anticancer agents whose main limitation is that they kill healthy cells almost as easily as they do tumors. But because nanoparticles can be targeted to tumors...

23 Aug 2007

Multifunctional Nanoparticles Combine Ultrasound Imaging and Targeted Anticancer Therapy

A new targeted drug delivery method, which combines two nanoparticles into one larger one, uses ultrasound to image tumors and release the anticancer drug doxorubicin from “nanobubbles” into the same tumors. ...

23 Aug 2007

Targeting Quantum Dots To Deliver SiRNA Therapy

Take a quantum dot, add a coating of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and attach a homing peptide and a piece of small interfering RNA (siRNA), and the result is a targeted nanoparticle that can stop the production of a spec...

23 Aug 2007

UVISEL VUV Phase Modulated Spectroscopic Ellipsometer From HORIBA Scientific Extended Down To 140nm

The introduction of the UVISEL VUV phase modulated spectroscopic ellipsometer from HORIBA Scientific extends the performance capabilities of the UVISEL series down to 140 nm. This energy range is becoming increasingly im...

From HORIBA 22 Aug 2007