September 25, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – A team led by bioengineer Jeffrey Jacot and chemical engineer and chemist Matteo Pasquali created the patches infused with conductive single-walled carbon nanotubes. The patches are made of a sponge-like bioscaffold that contains microscopic pores and mimics … Read More
September 23, 2014
(Nanowerk) – In new work, Friedman and a team of researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Oregon State University have explored the use of curcumin nanoparticles for the treatment of infected burn wounds, an application that resulted in … Read More
September 22, 2014
(Deutsche Welle) – US researchers have developed a magnetic device that fishes bacteria, viruses and toxins out of the blood. It could help treat life-threatening diseases like sepsis and even Ebola. Which doctor hasn’t wished to be able to simply … Read More
September 18, 2014
(Phys.org) – By loading any specific protein and nucleic acid into an icosahedral phage T4 capsid-based nanoparticle, the resulting cell delivery vehicle’s ligands can bind to the surface of specific target tissues to deliver the protein/DNA cargo. (Icosahedral viral nanoparticles … Read More
September 18, 2014
(Nanowerk) – Murdoch University nanotechnology researchers have successfully engineered synthetic materials which encouraged bone formation in sheep (“The synthesis, characterisation and in vivo study of a bioceramic for potential tissue regeneration applications”). The advancement means the successful use of synthetic … Read More
September 17, 2014
(MIT Technology Review) – One day in 1989, biophysicist David Deamer pulled his car off California’s Interstate 5 to hurriedly scribble down an idea. In a mental flash, he had pictured a strand of DNA threading its way through a … Read More
September 16, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – Better effectiveness and performance of the drug entrapped in the proposed nanocarrier system in comparison with the free drug in the sample is among the achievements of this research. This research studies the use of nanostructured drug … Read More
September 11, 2014
(Eurekalert) – Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute infused antibody-studded iron nanoparticles into the bloodstream to treat heart attack damage. The combined nanoparticle enabled precise localization of the body’s own stem cells to the injured heart muscle. The study, which … Read More
September 9, 2014
(Nanowerk) – Revolutionary nanotechnology method could help improve the development of new medicine and reduce costs. Researchers from the Nano-Science Center and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new screening method that makes it … Read More
September 3, 2014
(Phys.org) – Vertical nanowires could be used for detailed studies of what happens on the surface of cells. The findings are important for pharmaceuticals research, among other applications. A group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden have managed to … Read More
August 28, 2014
(Phys.org) – Now a team of scientists, led by Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS)/Seoul National University and Prof. Kam Man Hui at the National Cancer Center Singapore, has screened a library containing hundreds of natural … Read More
August 28, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – Kit Lam and colleagues from UC Davis and other institutions have created dynamic nanoparticles (NPs) that could provide an arsenal of applications to diagnose and treat cancer. Built on an easy-to-make polymer, these particles can be used … Read More
August 25, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – The research group of Arun Sharma, PhD has been working on innovative approaches to tissue regeneration in order to improve the lives of patients with urinary bladder dysfunction. Among their breakthroughs was a medical model for regenerating … Read More
August 21, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – Although body motion sensors already exist in different forms, they have not been widely used due to their complexity and cost of production. Now researchers from the University of Surrey and Trinity College Dublin have for the … Read More
August 21, 2014
(News-Medical) – The most common form of diabetes is sometimes referred to as metabolic diabetes, which is the diabetes most people are very familiar with, type 2 diabetes. This form of diabetes is most prevalent in people that are overweight … Read More
August 21, 2014
(Discovery News) – Imagine a pacemaker or bionic ear that doesn’t require batteries but is powered by your very own cells. That could be the future of biomedical implants once biofuel cells come to fruition, says an international team of … Read More
August 19, 2014
(Phys.org) – Scientists at Yale University have developed a novel cancer immunotherapy that rapidly grows and enhances a patient’s immune cells outside the body using carbon nanotube-polymer composites; the immune cells can then be injected back into a patient’s blood … Read More
August 19, 2014
(Nantechnology Now) – Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, but mimicking the intricate networks and dynamic interactions that are inherent to living cells is difficult to achieve outside the cell. Now, as published in Science, Weizmann Institute … Read More
August 18, 2014
(Discovery) – With the Ebola virus death toll now topping 1000 and even the much publicized experimental treatment ZMapp failing to save the life of a Spanish missionary priest who was treated with it, it is clear that scientists need … Read More
August 18, 2014
(Forbes) – Nanotechnology has blossomed into a $20 billion business, with a huge presence in manufacturing. Now there’s new evidence suggesting that the use of nanoparticles on the production line might be causing serious health effects in workers. In what is … Read More
August 15, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – As reported Aug. 3 in Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers used bundled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to incubate cytotoxic T cells, a type of white blood cell that is important to immune system functions. According to the researchers, the … Read More
August 14, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – A team of researchers from the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences have developed a new way of using electricity to open the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). The Vascular Enabled Integrated Nanosecond pulse (VEIN pulse) … Read More
August 14, 2014
(Digital Journal) – As the World Health Organization holds crisis meetings to discuss ways to battle the Ebola outbreak, one scientist thinks that one solution for fighting the deadly virus is nanotechnology. The research is being led by Thomas Webster … Read More
August 13, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – Results of the research can meet the needs of hospitals and diagnosis laboratories to a cheap, quick and accurate sensor for the measurement of blood sugar in patients. At present, commercial sensors to detect glucose include enzyme … Read More
August 8, 2014
(Nanotechnology Now) – About one in four older adults suffers from chronic pain. Many of those people take medication, usually as pills. But this is not an ideal way of treating pain: Patients must take medicine frequently, and can suffer … Read More
