September 18, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – Say you’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death in men. You opt for surgery to remove your prostate. Three months later, a prostate surface antigen (PSA) test shows no prostate cells in … Read More
September 12, 2015
NanoEthics (vol. 9, no. 2, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Anticipatory Ethics and Governance (AEG): Towards a Future Care Orientation Around Nanotechnology” by Karena Hester, et al. “Communitarian and Subsidiarity Perspectives on Responsible Innovation at a Global Level” … Read More
September 11, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – A new Ebola test that uses magnetic nanoparticles could help curb the spread of the disease in western Africa. Research published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics shows that the new test is 100 times more sensitive than the … Read More
September 8, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – The ability to custom design biological materials such as protein and DNA opens up technological possibilities that were unimaginable just a few decades ago. For example, synthetic structures made of DNA could one day be used to … Read More
August 31, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – The key to making drugs by themselves more soluble is not to give the molecular soldiers time to fall in to their crystalline structures, making the particle unstructured or amorphous. Researchers from Harvard John A. Paulson School … Read More
August 27, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – While the origin of Alzheimer’s Disease, one that robs the old of their memory, is still hotly debated, it is likely that a specific form of the Amyloid beta molecule, which is able to attack cell membranes, … Read More
August 26, 2015
(Nanowerk) – One common way of deciding whether and how nanomaterials should be regulated is to conduct a risk assessment. This involves calculating the risk a substance or activity poses based on the associated hazards or dangers and the level … Read More
August 19, 2015
(Physorg) – In two new studies, researchers from across the country spearheaded by Duke University faculty have begun to design the framework on which to build the emerging field of nanoinformatics. Nanoinformatics is, as the name implies, the combination of … Read More
August 6, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – Surgery, associated with cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemia, often require the implantation of vascular grafts – artificial blood vessels, aimed at restoring the blood flow in a problematic part of the circulatory system. A serious disadvantage of … Read More
August 5, 2015
(Australia Broadcasting Company) – Melbourne scientists investigating whether nanotechnology is a better way to treat heart attacks and strokes have developed a nano-capsule that homes in on a blood clot, then breaks it down. The research by Baker IDI Heart … Read More
August 5, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – A vaccine containing virus-like nanoparticles, or microscopic, genetically engineered particles, is an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to researchers at Georgia State University. The findings, published on July 14 in the International Journal of … Read More
July 20, 2015
(Nanowerk) – Researchers at Columbia University have reported a new approach to visualize glucose uptake activity in single living cells by light microscopy with minimum disturbance. In a recent study published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (“Vibrational Imaging of Glucose … Read More
July 15, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – In a move akin to adding chemical weapons to a firebomb, researchers at Duke University have devised a method for making a promising nanoscale cancer treatment even more deadly to tumors. The invention allows an extremely thin … Read More
July 9, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests a new approach to develop highly-potent drugs which could overcome current shortcomings of low drug efficacy and multi-drug resistance in the treatment of cancer as well as … Read More
June 29, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies and threatens millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is considered fatal if untreated, but as it affects mostly poor people in … Read More
June 26, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – The Mexican company “Medical and Surgical Center for Retina” has created a way to deliver drugs in order to avoid risks and painful treatments in people with secondary blindness due to chronic degenerative blindness such as diabetic … Read More
June 25, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – In what may be a major leap forward in the quest for new treatments of the most common form of cardiovascular disease, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have found a way to halt and reverse the … Read More
June 25, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – A team of researchers has created a new implantable drug-delivery system using nanowires that can be wirelessly controlled. The nanowires respond to an electromagnetic field generated by a separate device, which can be used to control the … Read More
June 23, 2015
(Digital Journal) – Trials have taken place magnetized nanoparticles to deliver heat to tumors. Although it is unlikely that heat alone will be sufficient to remove cancerous cells, the idea is that heat combined with other treatments, like radiotherapy and … Read More
June 22, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – Researchers have found an easy way to produce carbon nanoparticles that are small enough to evade the body’s immune system, reflect light in the near-infrared range for easy detection, and carry payloads of pharmaceutical drugs to targeted … Read More
June 11, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – Two years ago, the Immunology of Diabetes Research Group at the Germans Trias Research Institute (at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – Campus of International Excellence Sphere) reported a new experimental immunotherapy that prevented the onset of Type … Read More
June 10, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – A team of international researchers, led by Lieber, the Mark Hyman, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, an international team of researchers developed a method for fabricating nano-scale electronic scaffolds that can be injected via syringe. Once connected to … Read More
June 10, 2015
(Nanotechnology Now) – In regenerative medicine, the technology to control stem cell functions such as differentiation and proliferation is indispensable. It has been reported that nanosized gold particles promote the differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells into osteoblasts. Also, other … Read More
June 9, 2015
(Nanowerk) – Applying nanotechniques developed in the U.S. space program may help to better understand the electrochemical dynamics of deep brain stimulation in order to fine-tune the therapy, according to a presentation by NASA Ames Research Center scientist Russell J. … Read More
June 2, 2015
(Physorg) – Legal researcher Mohammad Ershadul Karim at the University of Malaya is looking into the legalities of nanotechnology research in Asia. Karim has found that there are significant challenges to developing a proper legal framework as our understanding of … Read More
