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Research could lead to new type of treatment for pancreatic cancer based on gold nanoparticles

A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often a death sentence because chemotherapy and radiation have little impact on the disease.

19 Oct 2016

Postnova Analytics announces 1-day seminar on advanced separation techniques

Postnova Analytics has announced a 1-day seminar examining the latest advanced separation techniques for the characterisation of nanoparticles, polymers and proteins.

19 Oct 2016

Pre-treatment of bandages may promote adhesion of antibacterial nanoparticles

Pre-treating the fabric surface of the bandages used to treat burns with enzymes and polyethylene glycol or cellulase may promote the adhesion of antibacterial nanoparticles and improve their bacteria-repelling ability.

18 Oct 2016

Novel microwave-induced photodynamic therapy could target deeply situated tumors

Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have shown that using microwaves to activate photosensitive nanoparticles produces tissue-heating effects that ultimately lead to cell death within solid tumors.

12 Oct 2016

Beckman Coulter award enables two scientists to attend Advanced Analytical Ultracentrifugation Workshop and Symposium

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences continues its collaboration with one of the nation’s leading Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Centrifugation 6 Oct 2016

New type of nanoparticles can deliver chemotherapy efficiently to cancer cells

Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new method that delivers chemotherapy directly and efficiently to individual cells.

4 Oct 2016

Scientists develop new detection system to identify cocaine at low concentrations

Researchers from Valencia and the Basque Country have developed a new method to detect cocaine and mycoplasma at very low concentrations.

3 Oct 2016

Researchers reveal how ultrasmall nanoparticles can kill cancer cells

Nanoparticles known as Cornell dots, or C dots, have shown great promise as a therapeutic tool in the detection and treatment of cancer.

29 Sep 2016

Nanoparticle injections may help prevent cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis patients

Osteoarthritis is a debilitating condition that affects at least 27 million people in the United States, and at least 12 percent of osteoarthritis cases stem from earlier injuries.

27 Sep 2016

KAUST researchers develop biocompatible nanostructures for use in gene delivery

A tiny therapeutic delivery system that can control the body’s ability to manufacture proteins has been developed by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) researchers.

24 Sep 2016

Multifunctional nanocapsules could enhance drug delivery to specific disease sites

A nanoparticle-based drug delivery system that can sense and respond to different conditions in the body, as well as to an externally applied magnetic field, could enhance doctors’ ability to target drugs to specific sites of disease.

24 Sep 2016

Bruker launches new AFM-based commercial PeakForce SECM probes for nanoparticle measurements

Bruker’s Nano Surfaces Division today announced the release of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) capability for its Dimension Icon atomic force microscope (AFM) platform.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 24 Sep 2016

Sticky nanoparticles could play vital role in fighting cancers

Sticky nanoparticles that deliver drugs precisely to their targets — and then stay there — could play a crucial role in fighting ovarian and uterine cancers.

20 Sep 2016

Novel therapy offers hope for effective treatment of intractable metastatic cancers

Cancer treatments that mobilize the body's immune system to fight the disease have generated a lot of excitement in the past few years.

19 Sep 2016

Revolutionary new scanning technique creates 3D images of bones with unparalleled resolution

Chemists from Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with RCSI have devised a revolutionary new scanning technique that produces extremely high-res 3D images of bones -- without exposing patients to X-ray radiation.

13 Sep 2016

Nanoparticles shaped like rods and worms could effectively deliver drugs, research suggests

When it comes to delivering drugs, nanoparticles shaped like rods and worms are the best bet for making the daunting journey to the centre of a cell, new Australian research suggests.

13 Sep 2016

BUAP researchers develop biomaterial that can be printed in 3D for regenerating bone tissue

Researchers at the Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP) developed a biomaterial with the ability to serve as a support for regenerating bone tissue, which is biodegradable and can be printed in 3D with controlled porosity.

13 Sep 2016

Edible ginger-derived nano-lipids could effectively deliver drugs for treating colon cancer

Edible ginger-derived nano-lipids created from a specific population of ginger nanoparticles show promise for effectively targeting and delivering chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat colon cancer, according to a study by researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Wenzhou Medical University and Southwest University in China.

6 Sep 2016

Solution made of silver nanoparticles shows promise in healing diabetic foot ulcers

One of the major complications of diabetes is the appearance of wounds in the lower extremities that do not heal properly.

31 Aug 2016

Study explains how FFF technique can help characterize different tattoo inks

Postnova Analytics have published an application study detailing how the technique of Field-Flow Fractionation-ICP-MS can be used to study the size and chemical composition of tattoo ink nanoparticles.

From Postnova Analytics 31 Aug 2016

Nanoparticles News and Research

Research could lead to new type of treatment for pancreatic cancer based on gold nanoparticles

Postnova Analytics announces 1-day seminar on advanced separation techniques

Pre-treatment of bandages may promote adhesion of antibacterial nanoparticles

Novel microwave-induced photodynamic therapy could target deeply situated tumors

Beckman Coulter award enables two scientists to attend Advanced Analytical Ultracentrifugation Workshop and Symposium

New type of nanoparticles can deliver chemotherapy efficiently to cancer cells

Scientists develop new detection system to identify cocaine at low concentrations

Researchers reveal how ultrasmall nanoparticles can kill cancer cells

Nanoparticle injections may help prevent cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis patients

KAUST researchers develop biocompatible nanostructures for use in gene delivery

Multifunctional nanocapsules could enhance drug delivery to specific disease sites

Bruker launches new AFM-based commercial PeakForce SECM probes for nanoparticle measurements

Sticky nanoparticles could play vital role in fighting cancers

Novel therapy offers hope for effective treatment of intractable metastatic cancers

Revolutionary new scanning technique creates 3D images of bones with unparalleled resolution

Nanoparticles shaped like rods and worms could effectively deliver drugs, research suggests

BUAP researchers develop biomaterial that can be printed in 3D for regenerating bone tissue

Edible ginger-derived nano-lipids could effectively deliver drugs for treating colon cancer

Solution made of silver nanoparticles shows promise in healing diabetic foot ulcers

Study explains how FFF technique can help characterize different tattoo inks

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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