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Self-Renewing Process in the Kidney

September 19, 2023 | | Posted in Newsletter

Researchers’ shows how kidney cells self-renew
“University of Texas at Dallas scientists have discovered a previously unknown “housekeeping” process in kidney [MORE]

A Review of Gold Nanoparticles in Medicine

April 11, 2023 | | Posted in Newsletter

Gold Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine- Recent Advances and Prospects
“The review [from the Russian Academy of Sciences] is focused on [MORE]

Contact Lenses that Correct Color Blindness

May 4, 2021 | | Posted in Newsletter

Contact lenses that correct color blindness
“In this study, gold nanoparticles are integrated into contact lens material, thus forming nanocomposite contact [MORE]

Better Dispersion of Gold Nanoparticles

May 4, 2021 | | Posted in Newsletter

Linear PEG (left) and cyclic PEG (right) around gold nanoparticle
From bioengineers at the Hokkaido University: “we showed that the drastic [MORE]

Gold Nanotubes in Treating Mesothelioma

January 12, 2021 | | Posted in Newsletter

Golden nanotubes deliver drugs to treat cancer
From University of Cambridge: “Gold nanotubes (AuNTs) represent an intriguing subset of 1D nanomaterials. [MORE]

A “Universal Cancer Biomarker”

March 26, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

UQ Cancer test shows particles changing color
According to University of Queensland bioengineers: “When circulating tumor DNA fragments are placed in [MORE]

Heat-Activated Immunotherapy

July 31, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

 
Heat-sensitive genetic switch for T cell
Georgia Tech bioengineers have developed means to control T-cells activity in cancer therapy.  They introduced a [MORE]

Nanoparticles and Lasers to Kill Tumor Cells

October 25, 2016 | | Posted in Newsletter

In a new approach to laser ablation of tumors, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have used nanoparticles (150 nm [MORE]

An Update on “Fantastic Voyage”

April 26, 2016 | | Posted in Newsletter

Fantastic Voyage Illustration
Imagine gold nanoparticles to which long and short sequences of DNA are attached. The large sequences are receptors [MORE]

High Fidelity DNA/Gold Particle Nanostructures

February 16, 2016 | | Posted in Newsletter

Gold Nanoparticles
Chemical engineers at McGill University in Montreal have reported a means for making nanoparticles that have high fidelity targeting [MORE]

Optically Optimizing Anticancer Drugs

December 16, 2014 | | Posted in Newsletter

Nanodevice to Improve Cancer Treatment Monitoring
While genomics research works to find the drivers of metabolism, which, among other things, determine [MORE]

Gold Nanoparticle Coatings on Prosthetic Joints

September 2, 2014 | | Posted in Newsletter

Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
Researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics believe they have developed an effective anti-bacterial coating for artificial [MORE]

Light Sensitive Antimicrobial Surface

June 17, 2014 | | Posted in Newsletter

Light Sensitive Antimicrobial Surface
Hospital acquired infections have taken greater urgency since hospitals are no longer be compensated for treating in-patients [MORE]

Topical Gene Therapy

October 9, 2012 | | Posted in Newsletter

Gene therapy has relied on multiple delivery “vehicles”—liposomes, peptides, viruses, et al—to place genetic material inside cells, either in the [MORE]