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Nanodiamonds Advance Anticancer Gene Therapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of cancer as well as a large number of other diseases. However, developing a scalable system for delivering genes to cells both efficiently and safely has been ...


Promise of nanodiamonds for safer gene therapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of a myriad of diseases, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among many others. However, developing a scalable system for delivering genes to cells both efficiently and ...


Six North American sites hold 12,900-year-old nanodiamond-rich soil

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous ...





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Easing concerns about the toxicity of diamond nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 02, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

New research has brightened the prospects for using nanodiamonds as drug carriers, implant coatings, nanorobots and other medical applications that take advantage of diamond nanoparticles' attractive properties.


Nanodiamonds deliver insulin for wound healing

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacterial infection is a major health threat to patients with severe burns and other kinds of serious wounds such as traumatic bone fractures. Recent studies have identified an important new weapon for fighting ...


Mining Tiny Diamonds for Drug Delivery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 08, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Northwestern University researchers have shown that nanodiamonds are effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs to cells without the negative effects associated with current drug delivery agents. Their study, published in ...


Nanodiamond Drug Device Could Transform Cancer Treatment

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

A team of investigators at Northwestern University has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically ...


Nanoscale 'Fountain Pen' Draws Therapeutic Nanodiamonds

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A research team at Northwestern University has developed a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells. The tool, called the nanofountain probe, functions in two different ...


Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the Sky

Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the Sky

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (22) | comments 4

Diamonds may be rare on Earth, but surprisingly common in space -- and the super-sensitive infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are perfect for scouting them, say scientists at the NASA Ames Research ...


New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A research team at Northwestern University has demonstrated a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells.


Nanodiamond drug device could transform cancer treatment

Nanodiamond drug device could transform cancer treatment

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

A Northwestern University research team has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically ...


Nanoengineers mine tiny diamonds for drug delivery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 13, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 1

Northwestern University researchers have shown that nanodiamonds -- much like the carbon structure as that of a sparkling 14 karat diamond but on a much smaller scale -- are very effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs ...


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Scientists say comet killed off mammoths, saber-toothed tigers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 19

First an explosion as powerful as thousands of megatons of TNT rained meteorites down on North America. Then forest fires broke out across the continent, sending up a thick layer of soot and dust that blocked ...



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