Neurology :: Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way.
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Nanotechnology :: Nanotechnology offers hope for spinal cord injuries, diabetes & Parkinson’s disease
Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body?kidneys, liver, heart?can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired.
Cancer :: Sensors for diagnosing diseases like cancer by sniffing
A team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a kind of molecular nose that uses nanoparticle-based sensors to sniff out and identify proteins.
Cancer :: Nanotechnology revolutionising cancer diagnostic testing
University of Queensland researchers are using nanotechnology to revolutionise medical diagnostic testing of diseases such as cervical cancer.
Healthcare :: New methods and tools needed to measure exposure to airborne nanomaterials
New methods and tools for measuring exposure to airborne engineered nanomaterials will be required to protect the health of workers in nanotechnology-related jobs — estimated to total 10 million people by 2014 — according to two occupational health experts writing in the inaugural issue of the journal Nanotoxicology.
Cancer :: Smart Hydrogel Nanoparticles for Serum Cancer Biomarkers Harvesting
Researchers at George Mason University are investigating a remarkable use of nanotechnology that might change the way doctors monitor patients for cancer-indicating biomarkers.
Medicine :: Nanocylinders deliver medicine better than nanospheres
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine & School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a better way to deliver drugs to tumors.
Medicine :: Setting sights on the drugs of the future
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have joined forces with one of the world?s leading pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca, to single out potential medicines of the future.
Nanotechnology :: Nanotechnology oversight requires thinking outside the box
With hundreds of nanotechnology-enabled products already on the market and many more in the commercial pipeline, a new report by a former senior Environmental Protection Agency official urges policymakers to give greater attention to the challenges of crafting an oversight system that can effectively address health and safety issues particular to nanoscale materials and devices.
Breast Cancer :: Heated nanoprobes used to destroy breast cancer cells in mice
In experiments with laboratory mice that bearaggressive human breast cancers, UC Davis researchers have used hotnanoprobes to slow the growth of tumors — without damage to surroundinghealthy tissue. The researchers describe their work in the March issue ofthe Journal of Nuclear Medicine.