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Gold nanoparticles are made up of metallic gold atoms to create a crystal structure of 1-100 nm.

Study demonstrates new method to synthesize gold nanoparticles in cancer cells

Dipanjan Pan, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering at UMBC, and collaborators published a seminal study in Nature Communications that demonstrates for the first time a method of biosynthesizing plasmonic gold nanoparticles within cancer cells, without the need for conventional bench-top lab methods.

12 Sep 2020

New prototype device non-invasively detects COVID-19 in exhaled breath of infected patients

Few people who have undergone nasopharyngeal swabs for coronavirus testing would describe it as a pleasant experience.

20 Aug 2020

Researchers develop gold nanoparticles to reduce neuronal cell death

Gold nanoparticles have been developed in the laboratory in order to reduce the cell death of neurons exposed to overexcitement.

25 Jun 2020

Developing a new rapid test for COVID-19

News-Medical speaks to Professor Matt Gibson about his groundbreaking research where his team has developed a new rapid test for COVID-19 detection.

15 Jun 2020

UMSOM scientists develop experimental rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19

Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) developed an experimental diagnostic test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of the virus in 10 minutes.

29 May 2020

Researchers use new technique to develop experimental rapid COVID-19 test

Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) developed an experimental diagnostic test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of the virus in 10 minutes.

29 May 2020

Nanoscope received NIH grant to advance ultrafast laser-based gene delivery to the retina

The Nanoscope team has developed Multi-Characteristic Opsins to sensitize cells toward low level of white light so that vision is improved at ambient room light.

28 May 2020

Researchers develop new method for remotely stimulating activity in deep brain regions

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a promising method for remotely stimulating activity in deep brain regions, advancing understanding of how molecules act in the brain and paving the way for better cancer treatments and therapies for other diseases.

27 Apr 2020

McKelvey engineers receive federal funding for rapid COVID-19 test

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have received federal funding for a rapid COVID-19 test using a newly developed technology.

20 Apr 2020

Researchers develop a faster, more accurate COVID-19 test

Millions of people have been tested for the novel coronavirus, most using a kit that relies on the polymerase chain reaction.

15 Apr 2020

Building a 3D scaffolding to monitor tumor growth in real time and controlled environments

Building three-dimensional scaffolding to guide the growth of tumors in controlled environments, to monitor the evolution of each of their cells in real time and to record the release of tumor metabolites and other indicators of cell activity under different conditions.

9 Mar 2020

Advanced hollow nanomaterials can be used to create biosensors for early cancer detection

For the first time, a team of scientists at the University of Central Florida has created functional nanomaterials with hollow interiors that can be used to create highly sensitive biosensors for early cancer detection.

26 Feb 2020

UT Dallas scientists awarded CPRIT grants for lung, kidney cancer research

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded new grants totaling $1.8 million to two University of Texas at Dallas scientists for their research related to lung and kidney cancers.

23 Feb 2020

Novel tool monitors influenza A virus mutations in real time

A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists learn how to stop viruses from replicating.

6 Feb 2020

New achievement with 3D-printing could have applications in pharmaceutical industry

University of Seville researchers, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham, have managed to create the first image of nanoparticles of stabilized gold with biodegradable and biocompatible systems that have been obtained with 3D-printng techniques.

17 Jan 2020

Super fast novel device catches and identifies viruses

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on December 23, 2019, describes a novel device developed by a team of researchers at Penn State and New York University. Not only can this instrument capture different types of virus, it can tell what kind they are.

23 Dec 2019

New technique could lead to better diagnosis and effective tracking of Huntington’s disease

Researchers at the universities of Southampton and Cambridge have developed a new technique to analyze biochemical changes unique to Huntington's disease.

17 Dec 2019

Leading researchers attend 3rd Annual Postnova Analytics FFF User Meeting

The 3rd Annual Postnova Analytics Field Flow Fractionation User Meeting was recently held on October 4, 2019 in Boston, MA (USA).

From Postnova Analytics 11 Nov 2019

Nanomeshes could be effective drug delivery system for antibiotics

The fight against global antibiotic resistance has taken a major step forward with scientists discovering a concept for fabricating nanomeshes as an effective drug delivery system for antibiotics.

16 Oct 2019

Discovery of neoantigens could widen the possibilities for universal cancer vaccine

For more than a decade, scientist Stephen Albert Johnston and his team at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have pooled their energies into an often scoffed-at, high-risk, high-reward goal in medicine: to develop a universal vaccine to prevent cancer.

2 Oct 2019