Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
UC San Diego researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms'
Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system and—like tiny anti-cancer missiles—home in on tumors. Their discovery, detailed in this week’s issue of the journal Advanced Materials, is reminiscent of the 1966 science fiction movie, the Fantastic Voyage, in which a submarine is shrunken to microscopic dimensions, then injected into the bloodstream to remove a blood clot from a diplomat’s brain. ... Continue Reading
'Smart Bomb' Nanoparticle Strategy Impacts Metastasis
A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue, according to a collaborative team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego. ... Continue Reading
Drug-Infused Nanoparticles Stop Cancer From Spreading
By using tumor-targeting nanoparticles filled with chemotherapy drugs, scientists kept kidney and pancreas cancers from spreading through the bodies of mice. ... Continue Reading
Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading
California researchers say they have developed molecular "smart bombs" that stop pancreatic and kidney cancer from spreading in mice while causing fewer side effects and damage to healthy surrounding tissues than traditional chemotherapy. ... Continue Reading
Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug
A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. ... Continue Reading
New Oral Angiogenesis Inhibitor Offers Potential Nontoxic Therapy For A Wide Range Of Cancers
The first oral, broad-spectrum angiogenesis inhibitor, specially formulated through nanotechnology, shows promising anticancer results in mice, report researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston. ... Continue Reading
Nanotech to Regrow Cartilage and Soothe Aching Knees
Researchers use carbon nanotubes and electricity to coax the growth of stronger, bone-cushioning tissue ... Continue Reading
'Nanohorns' could prod immune system into action
The immune response triggered by carbon nanotube-like structures could be harnessed to help treat infectious diseases and cancers, say researchers. ... Continue Reading
Rupturing The Nanotech Rapture
How to usher humanity into an era of transhumanist bliss: first, end scarcity. Second, eradicate death. Third, eliminate the bungled mechanisms that introduce imperfections into the human body. The vehicle for accomplishing all three? Molecular nanotechnology—in essence, the reduction of all material things to the status of software. ... Continue Reading
Carbon Nanotubes May Pose Same Cancer Risk As Asbestos
Scientists have come out and stated that carbon nanotubes may prove to be just as harmful as asbestos in terms of putting people at risk of developing cancer. ... Continue Reading
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