As a means of helping researchers develop nanoparticle-based formulations of water-insoluble drugs, investigators have conducted a systematic study to quantify some of the key parameters involved in forming stable nanoparticles containing maximum levels of water-insoluble drug molecules.
Oct 2nd, 2006
Read moreUsing temperature-sensitive, lipid- and polymer-based nanoparticles with a polymer coating, researchers have created an anticancer drug delivery vehicle that may provide a significant boost to the therapeutic efficacy of anticancer agents, particularly when used in conjunction with hyperthermia.
Oct 2nd, 2006
Read moreIn a powerful demonstration of how to build a multifunctional, smart nanoscale drug delivery system, researchers have created a drug-loaded nanocontainer that targets specific cells and releases its payload when receiving a specific physiological signal.
Oct 2nd, 2006
Read moreThe October issue of nanoRISK looks at the emergence of nanotoxicology; nanotechnology applications in architecture; the flip side of using carbon nanomaterials for environmental pollutant removal; and numerous briefs on papers, initiatives, upcoming events and new literature.
Oct 2nd, 2006
Read moreA gadolinium layer of no more than one nanometer in thickness is capable of combining the magnetic world with electronics.
Sep 29th, 2006
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If you want to see precisely what the 10 billion neurons in a person's brain are doing, a good way to start is to track calcium as it flows into neurons when they fire.
Sep 28th, 2006
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A new concept for compound nanotube formation based on the Kirkendall effect.
Sep 28th, 2006
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An egg-shaped fullerene, or "buckyball egg" has been made and characterized by chemists.
Sep 28th, 2006
Read moreFor the critical sorting and placing of the tubes, researchers are studying single-walled CNTs wrapped with single-stranded DNA .
Sep 28th, 2006
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A team of scientists has achieved an important advance in the race to understand what guides and facilitates the functioning of the cell membrane.
Sep 28th, 2006
Read moreResearchers have examined the mechanisms underlying the synthesis of three-dimensional nanocrystals in solution and have created a systematic method for the directed synthesis of such nanocrystals.
Sep 27th, 2006
Read moreResearchers have developed a 55,000-pen, two-dimensional array that allows them to simultaneously create 55,000 identical patterns drawn with tiny dots of molecular ink on substrates of gold or glass. Each structure is only a single molecule tall.
Sep 26th, 2006
Read moreSingle-walled carbon nanotubes can be used to detect lower levels of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) than is possible using the current commercial assay.
Sep 25th, 2006
Read moreA team of investigators has developed a method for creating conducting polymer nanowires in place within microfluidic circuits.
Sep 25th, 2006
Read moreInvestigators developing an inhalable nanoparticle for treating lung cancer have shown that a surface molecule found on malignant lung cells can serve as an effective target for improving drug delivery.
Sep 25th, 2006
Read moreMIT researchers are putting a tiny gas-turbine engine inside a silicon chip about the size of a quarter.
Sep 25th, 2006
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