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Scientists Advance Use of Nanoparticles Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (Medical Device Link)
Researchers at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU; Germany) and the Center for NanoTechnology GmbH (CeNTech; Münster, Germany) have developed a new nanotechnology material, zeolite-L-nanocrystalstha, that kills antibiotic-resitant bacteria. (get the story…) Related items Targeted nanoparticles boost platinum-based anticancer therapy (News-Medical-Net) Nanotech Invention May Be Golden Bullet for Controlling Drug Addiction (Fast Company Magazine) Researchers provide proof in humans of RNA... »
Nanotubes destroy kidney tumors (News-Medical-Net)
By injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second zap of a laser, a multi-institutional team of researchers from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSOM), Wake Forest University Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Rice University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has developed a... »
It’s raining pentagons (EurekAlert!)
( University College London ) This week’s Nature Materials reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Center for Nanotechnology at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can... »
Targeted nanoparticles boost platinum-based anticancer therapy (News-Medical-Net)
A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center for Nanotechnology Excellence has custom-designed nanoparticles that can deliver the anticancer drug cisplatin specifically to prostate cancer cells. (get the story…) Related items Prostate Cancer Recurrence Detected Early in Nanosphere Test (Bloomberg) Scientists Advance Use of Nanoparticles Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (Medical Device Link) Nanoparticles studied for cancer therapy... »
