News tagged with nanoshells
Researchers develop drug delivery system using nanoparticles and lasers
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a new way to deliver drugs into cancer cells by exposing them briefly to a non-harmful laser. Their results are published in a recent article in ACS Nano, a jour ...
Computer-Guided Nanoparticle Therapy Destroys Tumors
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Gold nanoshells are among the most promising new nanoscale therapeutics being developed to kill tumors, acting as antennas that turn light energy into heat that cooks cancer to death. Now, a multi-institutional research team ...
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Bioengineer uses nanoparticles to target drugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects.
DNA-Coated Nanotubes Help Kill Tumors Without Harm to Surrounding Tissue
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have destroyed prostate cancer tumors in mice by injecting them with specially-coated, miniscule carbon tubes and then superheating the tubes with ...
Researchers effectively treat tumors with use of nanotubes
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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By injecting man-made, microscopic tubes into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second zap of a laser, scientists have discovered a way to effectively kill kidney tumors in nearly 80 percent of mice. Researchers say ...
Two lasers better when attacking cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Two lasers may be better than one when attacking cancer cells, according to a paper by Rice University scientists.
Researchers shed new light on catalyzed reactions
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Rice University scientists on the hunt for a better way to clean up the stubborn pollutant TCE have created a method that lets them watch molecules break down on the surface of a catalyst as individual chemical bonds are ...
Plasmonics book gives overview of technology that could revolutionise computing
Apr 27, 2007 |
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A book which gives an overview of plasmonics, an area of physics that could revolutionise computing and telecommunications over the next two decades, has been published by a researcher at the University of Bath.
Rice scientists unveil 'nanoegg'
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family ultrasmall, light-focusing particles. A cousin of the versatile nanoshell, nanoeggs are ...
Nano World: Acid sensors for cells
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Jul 17, 2006 |
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Scientists have devised the first sensors only nanometers or billionths of a meter long that can detect how acidic the environment around them is, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Rice scientists make first nanoscale pH meter
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Jun 29, 2006 |
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Using unique nanoparticles that convert laser light into useful information, Rice University scientists have created the world's first nano-sized pH meter.
Rice University researchers create 'nanorice'
Mar 14, 2006 |
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Who better to invent "nanorice" than researchers at Rice University? But marketing and whimsy weren't what motivated the team of engineers, physicists and chemists from Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) ...
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