NSF: Safer Nano Cancer Detector
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Nanomedicine
Investigators at the University of California, San Diego developed the first biodegradable fluorescent nanoparticle, based on mesoporous silica, that has a host of interesting and important clinical properties. The National Science Foundation elaborates: Chemistry professor Michael Sailor and a...
Posted in Medgadget on May 4, 2009 12:00 AM
Light Activated Drug Nanotransporters
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Nanomedicine
Using clever technology and special chemicals, UCLA scientists were able to create unique transport intracellular nanoparticles, motorized by 'nanoimpellers', that can be manually activated to release their cargo with a switch of a light, potentially allowing for precise targeting of...
Posted in Medgadget on April 1, 2008 11:26 AM
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Improve Delivery of Hydrophobic Anticancer Drugs
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Nanomedicine
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Oncology
We've certainly seen mesoporous silica before. Thought to have a range of important unique qualities for nanomedicine research (see our flashbacks below), this material has again demonstrated its potential usefulness in the latest study: The poor solubility of anticancer...
Posted in Medgadget on June 8, 2007 10:28 AM
Nanostructured Porous Silicon Activates "Dead" Enzymes
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Nanomedicine
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is reporting that its scientists observed a reemergence of function in enzymes, thought to be expired, when these enzymes were placed in a material called functionalized mesoporous silica: Inactive enzymes entombed in tiny honeycomb-shaped holes in...
Posted in Medgadget on December 1, 2006 08:26 AM

