Category Archives: Nano medicine

Call to reintroduce Nano Science in schools

Sri Lanka should popularise Nano Science at school level to gain economic control in nano technology- based industries. Nano Science should be re-introduced in school syllabuses said Dr. Prabath Hewageegana of the Department of Physics of the University of Kelaniya.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?ei=UTF-8&p=nano+medicine&eo=UTF-8

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U of A develops new technology that enables personalized medicine

You wouldn’t know it from appearances, but a metal cube the size of a toaster, created at the University of Alberta, is capable of performing the same genetic tests as most fully equipped modern laboratories-and in a fraction of the time. At its core is a small plastic chip developed with nanotechnology that holds the key to determining whether a patient is resistant to cancer drugs or has diseases like malaria Continue reading

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Nano-devices cross blood-brain barrier to deliver drug to treat cerebral palsy

A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have developed nano-devices that successfully cross the brain-blood barrier and deliver a drug that tames brain-damaging inflammation in rabbits with cerebral palsy. A report on the experiments, conducted at Wayne State University in collaboration with the Perinatology Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, before the lead and senior investigators moved to Johns Hopkins, is published in the April 18 issue of Science Translational Medicine Continue reading

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Nano-devices that cross blood-brain barrier open door to treatment of cerebral palsy, other neurologic disorders

ScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2012) A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have developed nano-devices that successfully cross the brain-blood barrier and deliver a drug that tames brain-damaging inflammation in rabbits with cerebral palsy. Continue reading

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Nano-devices that cross blood-brain barrier open door to treatment of cerebral palsy

Public release date: 23-Apr-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Ekaterina Pesheva epeshev1@jhmi.edu 410-502-9433 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have developed nano-devices that successfully cross the brain-blood barrier and deliver a drug that tames brain-damaging inflammation in rabbits with cerebral palsy. Continue reading

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FDA outlines rules for nanotechnology in food

WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators are proposing that food companies that want to use tiny engineered particles in their packaging will have to provide extra testing data to show the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration issued tentative guidelines Friday for food and cosmetic companies interested in using nanoparticles, which are measured in billionths of a meter. Continue reading

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FDA proposes rules for nanotechnology in food

WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators are proposing that food companies that want to use tiny engineered particles in their packaging may have to provide extra testing data to show the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration issued tentative guidelines Friday for food and cosmetic companies interested in using nanoparticles, which are measured in billionths of a meter. Continue reading

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Light technique to target disease

18 April 2012 Last updated at 19:51 ET Scientists at the University of St Andrews have begun a project to develop new light technology that could improve the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Continue reading

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Good vibrations in fight against cancer

Public release date: 17-Apr-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Kevin Mayhood kevin.mayhood@case.edu 216-368-4442 Case Western Reserve University Medicine-toting nanochains slip into tumors and explode a chemotherapy drug into hard-to-reach cores of cancer, engineers and scientists at Case Western Reserve University report. In tests on rats and mice, the technology took out far more cancer cells, inhibited tumor growth better and extended life longer than traditional chemotherapy delivery. All the while, the targeted delivery system used far less of the drug doxorubicin than the amount used in traditional chemotherapy, saving healthy tissue from toxic exposure Continue reading

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New Physics and Future Medicine

Physicists have been struggling for decades to unify quantum mechanics, which corrals the particle flock, with Einsteins general theory of relativity, which sculpts space and time. Theyve come at it with various approaches, including string theory, but it remains stubbornly intractable. Continue reading

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Nanostars Deliver Cancer Drugs Direct To Nucleus

Scientists at Northwestern University in the US have developed a simple, specialized, star-shaped gold nanoparticle that can deliver drugs directly to the nucleus of a cancer cell. They write about their work in a paper published recently in the journal … Continue reading

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Learning about Nano

Johnson City, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Do you know how much nanotechnologies impact your daily life?Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?ei=UTF-8&p=nano+engineering&eo=UTF-8

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Bangor Museum Hosts Annual Science Event for Kids

Future scientists met at the Maine Discovery Museum Sunday for day two of an annual exhibit. The museum hosted its Nano Days. The event aims to introduce kids to nano technology and engineering through fun games and activities. The museum's … Continue reading

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Apple Granted Nano-SIM Patent, Making Big Blow In Recent SIM War

Apple and Nokia are interlocked in a patent battle regarding a technology that hasn't even been produced yet. Apple has proposed a new sim-card, smaller than the micro-SIM its iPhones currently use. The nano-SIM would enable future smartphones a little … Continue reading

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Students host Nano Days activities

Saturday marked the third year Nano Days was held at Cal Poly Pomona, which invites members of the community to see science in applicable ways.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?ei=UTF-8&p=nano+engineering&eo=UTF-8

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'Nano Days' Teaches Kids Big Impact Of Small Science

Bozeman elementary kids got hands-on with some of the smallest-sized technologies in the world at MSU's "Nano Days."Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?ei=UTF-8&p=nano+medicine&eo=UTF-8

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Europeans Want Information on Nano-Enabled Medical Devices

(NHI Nanoblog) As the European Commission starts thinking about creating new rules for medical devices that use super-small materials to gain big advantages, an associated research group is asking for input. The Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health … Continue reading

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Art And Science Collide In Nano Art: Reloaded Project

Lee Rannals for RedOrbit.com [ Watch the Video ] Nanotechnology is a science that is being used by most of the Western culture on a daily basis, but the majority of people using do not even know it. People are … Continue reading

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'Backpacking' bacteria

( American Chemical Society ) To the ranks of horses, donkeys and other animals that have served humanity as pack animals or beasts of burden, scientists are now enlisting bacteria to ferry nano-medicine cargos throughout the human body. They reported … Continue reading

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'Backpacking' bacteria help ferry nano-medicines inside humans

To the ranks of horses, donkeys and other animals that have served humanity as pack animals or beasts of burden, scientists are now enlisting bacteria to ferry nano-medicine cargos throughout the human body. Scientists have recently reported on progress in … Continue reading

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