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National Nanotechnology Initiative Requests Increase to Safety Budget (IEEE Spectrum)
In the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) recently released Supplement to the President’s 2011 budget several government agencies including the FDA and NIST have requested additional funding to research the environmental, health and safety (EHS) issues surrounding nanotechnology. (read the story…) Related items Distinctions and Differences in Nanotechnology (IEEE Spectrum) Ten-year Review of National Nanotechnology Initiative Focuses on Manufacturing,... »
NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions (ThomasNet)
Research team at NIST has quantified interaction of gold nanoparticles with proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and for better understanding the physical origin of toxicity of certain nanoparticles. Team found that once proteins stick to nanoparticles, optical properties of both particles and... »
NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions (Newswise)
A research team at NIST has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in the development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and for better understanding the physical origin of the toxicity of certain nanoparticles. (get the story…) Related items NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions (ThomasNet) Scientists Quantify... »
Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging (ThomasNet)
Joint research team working at NIST and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) discovered method of using nanoparticles to illuminate cellular interior to reveal activities that occur over hours, or even days, inside living cells. While potentially providing means to solving mysteries associated with molecular-scale events, this research focused on characterizing quantum... »
Sugar-Coating Medicine With Therapeutic Nanoparticles (Medical News Today)
(NIST) studying sugar-coated nanoparticles for use as a possible cancer therapy has uncovered a delicate balancing act that makes the particles more effective than conventional thinking says they should be. Just like individuals in a crowd respecting other people’s personal space, the particles work because they get close together, but not too close. (get the... »
