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Nanostructured Integrated Circuit Detects Type and Severity of Cancer

Nov 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of investigators from the University of Toronto have used nanomaterials to develop an inexpensive microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that ...

findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...

Ideal nanoparticle cancer therapies surf the bloodstream

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Nov 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Eric Shaqfeh studies blood at Stanford University, using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. On November 11 at a meeting of the scientific society AVS, he will present his latest ...