POSTS TAGGED AS nanotechnology

Programmable, Patient-Specific Bandages

Bioengineering professor Elizabeth Loboa, at North Carolina State University, aims to create wound healing bandages from hollow, [MORE]

Nanofiber Material Simulates VEGF

Using an injectable liquid that contains nanoparticles engineered to mimic vascular endothelial growth factor, researchers at Northwestern University’s Institute [MORE]

Biomarkers in Fingerprints

It is known that residues of nicotine and illegal drugs can be detected in sweaty palms and moist fingers, [MORE]

Nanosensor Tattoos

By designing polymer nanoparticles that contain a capture molecule, a charge neutralizing molecule and a fluorescent dye, researchers at [MORE]

Nanotubes to Sniff Out Disease

Mimicking the olfactory capability of the dog in sniffing out explosives, and even the presence of cancer, researchers at [MORE]

Proteomic Analysis of Bone Matrix

Using laser capture micro-dissection and mass spectroscopy, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been able to determine the proteomic “signatures [MORE]

Magnetic Hyperthermia

Fascination with magnets has launched thousands of claims for their health benefits-in treating pain, asthma, allergies, depression, chronic fatigue, [MORE]

Nanopore Chip for DNA Sequencing

IBM may have pioneered nanopore technology, but other companies have advanced the field or found alternatives to faster DNA [MORE]

Something Like Cotton Candy for Wound Dressings

Wounds resulting from diabetes can take years to heal, if they heal at all.  Occasionally, they lead to death [MORE]

Carbon Nanotubes Regenerate Heart Tissue

While regenerative medicine researchers work on growing new hearts from collagen scaffolds and induced pluripotent stem cells, engineers at [MORE]

Drug Delivery via Nanodisks

All mammalian cells contain naturally occurring nanoparticles called “vaults” that resemble, in their lipid bilayer structure, artificial liposomes used [MORE]

Nanoparticles for Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) accounts for nearly 19,000 deaths annually from hospital-acquired infections. Antibiotics which might otherwise penetrate the [MORE]

Printing Electrodes on Devices

The roots of 3D printing go back to sintering tungsten filaments for the early incandescent lamps, but today 3D [MORE]

Making Colorful MRI’s

Professor Li Sun, in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston has developed nanoparticles which can [MORE]

Nanoparticle for Cancer Targeting

Imagine taking a tumor biopsy, then growing those cells in culture with a synthetic nanoparticle that can both deliver a [MORE]

Cancer Detection in an Hour

Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Systems Biology have used magnetic nanoparticles, with attached protein ligands, to detect [MORE]

Circulating Tumor Cells, Alternative to Biopsy?

Capturing circulating tumor cells not only could be an alternative to taking a biopsy, their detection could hold earlier diagnosis [MORE]

Designing Rotors for Nanomachines

First think of a Crookes radiometer-that child’s toy resembling a light bulb with a spinning vane inside.  Now compress [MORE]

Compact Proton Accelerator

Proton radiation therapy offers an advantage over conventional x-ray radiation from better focusing. This poses less damage to non-targeted [MORE]

Magnetic Nanoparticles for Early Cancer Detection

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay diagnostic is the gold-standard for determining cervical cancer, but it is not particularly adept for identifying [MORE]