Nanotechnology is improving in leaps and bounds. Yes, including in the department of spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injury can lead to paralysis, among others! A spinal cord injury often leads to...

Researchers have discovered that the bacteria Shewanella can produce semiconducting nanotubes that may be useful in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices. This is the first report...

A Dutch researcher has developed biodegradable nanoparticles which may be used to encapsulate and deliver fat-soluble anticancer drugs. The nanoparticles consist of polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains...

A new topical lotion developed by NanoBio Corporation, a spin-off company from the University of Michigan, has been shown to penetrate deep enough to treat onychomycosis, or toenail fungus, without...

The W.M. Keck Foundation has granted the University of Oregon $1.6 million to study the biological effects of exposure to precisely engineered nanoparticles that are being designed for diagnostic and...

Photo:Fluorescence picture showing uptake of nanoparticles labelled with red fluorescence taken up principally by tumor cells labelled with green microparticles. Few nanoparticles can be seen on the...

A nano-sized light source capable of emitting coherent light across the visible spectrum has been invented by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...

In a study published in the June 28 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, scinetists have developed a nanoparticle which can be used as a drug delivery device for treating glaucoma, an eye...

In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have shown that bacteria may be used to deliver "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors, drugs or DNA for...

A preliminary clinical trial has demonstrated that an intravenuously administered nanoparticle containing the FUS1 gene shows clinical activity in stage 4 lung cancer patients. FUS1 can induce...

Gold nanoparticles has a huge potential in cancer detection and treatment: they could function as in vivo sensors, photoactive agents for optical imaging, drug carriers, contrast enhancers in computer...

In addition to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, there may now be an additional treatment modality for cancers: dual gene therapy. In a preclinical study, two tumor-suppressing genes, packaged in a...

A novel lab-on-a-chip has been developed to identify pneumonia-causing bacteria from bronchoalveolar lavage samples within hours, instead of days. Inside the chip, the bacteria flow into several...

Scientists have developed DNA-gold nanoparticle based detection kit for the detection of cocaine and other drugs in the saliva, urine or blood. "Building upon our earlier work with lead (Pb)...

Engineers from the University of Alberta have developed a wireless microsensor to monitor the bone healing process after surgery. The device, which is permanently implanted on a joint, uses...

Researchers from MIT and Hong Kong University have discovered a peptide-containing solution that can be used to stop bleeding immediately i.e., less than 15 seconds. Although the exact mechanism of...

Doctors at the Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center are already using the PillCam ESO to help diagnose and monitor esophageal varices, a serious and common...

Biopeer has the scoop on the latest diagnostic kits: The Smart Shirt, a obile device for heart patients, is composed of stainless steel threads that can record an electrocardiogram and transmit it...

Chorolphyll is a pivotal molecule in the photosynthesis process. Using a scanning tunneling microscope, nanoscientists from the Ohio University were able to manipulate the configuration of the spinach...