A golden bullet for cancer
Contact: Diana Lutz
dlutz@wustl.edu
314-935-5272
Washington University in St. Louis Read more
Like little golden assassins, ’smart’ nanoparticles identify, target and kill cancer cells
March 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Blaine Friedlander
bpf2@cornell.edu
607-254-8093
Cornell University
ITHACA, N.Y. - Another weapon in the arsenal against cancer: Nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
Nanotechnology advances tackle the 2 biggest problems associated with chemotherapy
February 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Helen Paxton
paxton@andromeda.rutgers.edu
973-353-5262
Rutgers University Read more
Silver nanoparticles may one day be key to devices that keep hearts beating strong and steady
February 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Ellen Goldbaum
goldbaum@buffalo.edu
716-645-4605
University at Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Diamonds and gold may make some hearts flutter on Valentine’s Day, but in a University at Buffalo laboratory, silver nanoparticles are being designed to do just the opposite.
Rice physicists kill cancer with ‘nanobubbles’
Contact: David Ruth
druth@rice.edu
713-348-6327
Rice University
Team finds method of IDing, destroying individual diseased cells
Nanoparticles designed to target cardiovascular disease
January 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Jen Hirsch
jfhirsch@mit.edu
617-253-1682
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Read more
Paper strips can quickly detect toxin in drinking water
January 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Nicole Casal Moore
ncmoore@umich.edu
734-647-7087
University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A strip of paper infused with carbon nanotubes can quickly and inexpensively detect a toxin produced by algae in drinking water.
Researchers develop ‘nano cocktail’ to target and kill tumors
January 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Kim McDonald
scinews@ucsd.edu
858-534-7572
University of California - San Diego
A team of researchers in California and Massachusetts has developed a “cocktail” of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.
Keeping stem cells young forever
December 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Rutlege Ellis-Behnke
rutledge@hkucc.hku.hk</a
University of Hong Kong
Tampa, Fla. (December 28, 2009) Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a study in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (18:9), now freely available on line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct, that explores ways to successfully keep stem cells “forever young” during implantation by slowing their growth, differentiation and proliferation.
Nanoscale changes in collagen are a tipoff to bone health
December 21, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Nancy Ross-Flanigan
rossflan@umich.edu
734-647-1853
University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Using a technique that provides detailed images of nanoscale structures, researchers at the University of Michigan and Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital have discovered changes in the collagen component of bone that directly relate to bone health.
