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Shaking Brain Cancer Cells to Death (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Scientists have developed a new technique to fight brain cancer using tiny, nano-sized discs that literally shake the tumor cells to death. (read here…) Related items Nanomaterials may help fight cancer (Science Daily) Specific targeting of brain tumors with an optical/magnetic resonance imaging nanoprobe across the blood-brain barrier (News-Medical-Net) Reversible cell-specific drug delivery with aptamer-functionalized liposomes (News-Medical-Net) Researchers use nanotechnology... »
Nanomaterials may help fight cancer (Science Daily)
Brain cancer is notoriously difficult to treat with standard cancer-fighting methods, so scientists have been looking outside standard medicine and into nanomaterials as a treatment alternative. (read here…) Related items Shaking Brain Cancer Cells to Death (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) Nanomaterial used in cancer tests, medicine delivery (Nature via Yahoo! News) DNA Nanotechnology Breakthrough Offers Promising Applications in Medicine... »
Disconnect Between Brain Regions in ADHD (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) — Two brain areas fail to connect when children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder attempt a task that measures attention, according to researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and M.I.N.D. Institute. (read on…) Related items Sensitive nano oscillator can detect pathogens (PhysOrg) Nano-foundry technique yields ultra-durable probes from diamond (PhysOrg) Nanoscale Structures with Superior... »
‘Grey goo food’ laced with nanoparticles could swamp Britain (Daily Mail)
The microscopic compounds, nick-named ‘grey goo’ by Prince Charles, can worm their way into the brain, liver and kidneys with unknown consequences. (get the story…) Related items Georgia Is there any way we (New Matilda) Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Catalyze Brain Tumor Death (PhysOrg) Drug Delivery System Using Nanoparticles And Lasers Developed (Science Daily) Drug Delivery System Using Nanoparticles And Lasers... »
Research reveals lipids’ unexpected role in triggering death of brain cells (PhysOrg)
The lipid that accumulates in brain cells of individuals with an inherited enzyme disorder also drives the cell death that is a hallmark of the disease, according to new research led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators. (read on…) Related items Daily Digest 10 March (ElectricNews.Net) Buff Buckypaper Makes Steel Sob Into Tub Of Ben And Jerry’s... »
