Nanoprobes hit targets in tumors, could lessen chemo side effects

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny nanoprobes have shown to be effective in delivering cancer drugs more directly to tumor cells - mitigating the damage to nearby healthy cells - and Purdue University research has shown that the nanoprobes ...

Tracking new cancer-killing particles with MRI

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have created a single nanoparticle that can be tracked in real time with MRI as it homes in on cancer cells, tags them with a fluorescent ...