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findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 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, ...


Bioengineer uses nanoparticles to target drugs

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects.


Magnetic Nanoworms and Nanocrystals Deliver siRNA to Tumors

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small pieces of nucleic acid known as short interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, can turn off the production of specific proteins, a property that makes them one of the more promising new classes of anticancer drugs ...


Topical erectile dysfunction therapy shows promise

Topical erectile dysfunction therapy shows promise (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

An innovative drug-delivery system - nanoparticles encapsulating nitric oxide or prescription drugs - shows promise for topical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a new study by scientists ...


When nano may not be nano

When Nano May Not Be Nano

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 13, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The same properties of nanoparticles that make them so appealing to manufacturers may also have negative effects on the environment and human health. However, little is known which particles ...


UCSB scientists discover potential drug delivery system

Scientists discover potential new drug delivery system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a potential new drug delivery system. The finding is a biological mechanism for delivery of nanoparticles into tissue. The results are published ...


New cancer drug delivery system is effective and reversible

New cancer drug delivery system is effective and reversible

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For cancer drug developers, finding an agent that kills tumor cells is only part of the equation. The drug must also spare healthy cells, and - ideally - its effects will be reversible, to cut short any potentially ...


A fantastic voyage brought to life

A fantastic voyage brought to life

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Ever since the 1966 Hollywood movie, doctors have imagined a real-life Fantastic Voyage -- a medical vehicle shrunk small enough to "submarine" in and fix faulty cells in the body. Thanks to new research by ...


Gold nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery

Gold nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using tiny gold particles and infrared light, MIT researchers have developed a drug-delivery system that allows multiple drugs to be released in a controlled fashion.