Saturday, Sept 9, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Improving Magnetic Nanoparticle Design
Researchers are developing magnetic nanoparticles as miniature thermal scalpels for killing tumors as well as imaging them


Sunday, Aug 13, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles Deliver Gene-Silencing RNA
Work from the University of Aarhus, in Denmark, shows that nanoparticles may serve as suitable delivery vehicles for siRNA.


Sunday, Aug 06, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Intracellular Tracking with Coated Gold Nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles, with their novel optical and physical properties, have rapidly become a favorite tool of biomedical researchers, yet their ultimate utility in cancer research and clinical oncology depends on an ability to stably link them to targeting molecules and drugs


Wednesday, Aug 02, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Tiny inhaled particles take easy route from nose to brain
University of Rochester Medical Center scientists showed that when rats breathe in nano-sized materials they follow a rapid and efficient pathway from the nasal cavity to several regions of the brain
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 | Nanoparticles
UCSF Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Increase the Amount of Drug Uptake by Tumor Cells
Several studies have shown that antibody-targeting of drug-laden nanoparticles to cancer cell receptors can significantly enhance antitumor efficacy of the drug cargo.


Sunday, July 09, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Temperature-Sensitive Nanoparticles Open New Avenues for Drug Delivery
Many types of nanoparticles can cross the cell membrane and deliver their therapeutic payload into tumor cells. In some instances, however, nanoparticles can become trapped inside endosomes, distinct compartments within a cell in which enzymes can break down some anticancer agents.
Sunday, July 02, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Oscillating Pattern in Nanoparticle Crystallisation
Max Planck researchers in Potsdam demonstrate an oscillating pattern in nanoparticle crystallisation and self-organisation
Sunday, June 25, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Imaging Live Cells with a Fluorescent Magnetic Nanoparticle
Investigators in, France, have developed a versatile new method for creating nanoparticles that are both magnetic and fluorescent


Saturday, June 17, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Targeted Nanoparticle Enhances MRI Detection of Cancer Cells
Using a novel polymer to coat paramagnetic iron oxide particles, a research team at the University of Washington in Seattle has created a nanoparticulate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging agent that targets certain tumor cells.


Saturday, June 17, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Acoustic Nanoparticles Deliver Drug without Damaging Cells
Targeted nanoparticles made of liquid perfluorocarbons are well on the way to human clinical trials as both imaging agents and sound-activated drug delivery vehicles for detecting and treating cancer.
Monday, June 12, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Programming Nanoparticle Release
Imagine an implantable device that could be programmed to release exact numbers of drug-laden nanoparticles at specific times over the course of weeks or months or even in response to incoming biochemical signals.
Thursday, June 8, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Magnetic Field Acts as "Remote Control" to Deliver Nanomedicine
A nanoparticle-based drug delivery concept in which an applied magnetic field directs the accumulation in tumor cells of custom-designed, drug-filled nanocarriers has been demonstrated by University at Buffalo researchers.


Monday, June 5, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles Open New Avenues for Photodynamic Therapy
Two newly published papers suggest that nanoparticles may provide the means for targeting tumors with photosensitizers.


Saturday, June 3, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Stabilizing Liposomes with Nanoparticles
Drug-loaded liposomes were the first engineered nanoparticles to find clinical utility in treating cancer patients, but the initial promise they showed has not translated well into a wide range of anticancer agents.
Friday, June 2, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Biobarcode Nanoparticles Enable Muliplexed DNA Detection
Gold nanoparticles containing DNA "barcodes" may provide next generation technology
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Beyond the hype and the scare stories, how safe are nanoparticles?
May edition of Nano Today calculates risks of nanotechnology


Monday, May 22, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Predicting Therapy Response: Nanoparticle Detects Drug-Induced Cell Death
Starting with a magnetic nanoparticle that also emits bright, fluorescent light, and adding a targeting molecule that recognizes a molecule found only on the inside of a cell’s membrane, researchers in The Netherlands have created a scale reporter of cell death that could provide real-time data on therapeutic efficacy.


Sunday, May 21, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Nanotube membranes offer possibility of cheaper desalination
A nanotube membrane on a silicon chip the size of a quarter may offer a cheaper way to remove salt from water.


Tuesday, May 16, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Smell of success for nanobiosensors
Modern-day doctors may soon start using smell to detect the early warning signs of different illnesses thanks to technology that replicates - and improves upon - the human olfactory system thanks to tiny bioelectronic sensors.
Saturday, May 13, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Silica-Coated Iron Oxide Yield Versatile Nanoparticles for Biomedicine
By melding magnetic and luminescent properties with an easily modified surface, a team of investigators at the National Research Council of Canada have created what could prove to be a highly versatile nanoparticle system for imaging and delivering drugs to tumors.


Saturday, May 13, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Advancing Nanoparticle-Based Imaging and Therapy of Brain Cancer
Brain cancer is one of the most difficult malignancies to detect and treat, in large part because of the difficulty in getting imaging and therapeutic agents past the so-called blood-brain barrier and into the brain.
Friday, May 12, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Gold Nanoparticles Trapped Inside Viral Protein Shell
Using a short piece of DNA as a template, a team of investigators at North Carolina State University has assembled a complete viral coat around a gold nanoparticle.


Saturday, May 6, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Polymeric Nanoparticles Entrap Diverse Biological and Cancer Targeting Agents
In a novel twist on nanoparticle formation, a research team at the Northwestern University Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE) has developed a polymer nanoparticle that contains bioactive small molecules as part of its chemical structure.


Saturday, May 6, 2006 | Nanoparticles
Blood-Compatible Nanoscale Materials Possible Using Heparin
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have engineered nanoscale materials that are blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant