News tagged with delivery vehicle
Special Nanotubes May Be Used as a Vehicle for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Gold used as safe driver of cancer drug
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold nanoparticles can be used as delivery vehicles for platinum anticancer drugs, improving targeting and uptake into cells, according to research published in this month's edition of the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles harvest invisible cancer biomarkers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer biologists have long presumed that tumor cells shed telltale markers into the blood and that finding these blood-borne biomarkers could provide an early indicator that cancer is developing somewhere ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Study shows cell-penetrating peptides for drug delivery act like a Swiss Army Knife
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell-penetrating peptides, such as the HIV TAT peptide, are able to enter cells using a number of mechanisms, from direct entry to endocytosis, a process by which cells internalize molecules ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Nano-Vehicle acts as cluster bomb for tumors
Chemotherapy, while an effective cancer treatment, also brings debilitating side effects such as nausea, liver toxicity, and a battered immune system. Now, a new way to deliver this life-saving therapy to cancer patients ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2010 |
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When It Comes to Drug Delivery, Size Matters
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the great promises of nanotechnologies lies in its ability to create drug-containing nanoparticles decorated with targeting molecules that recognize and bind to cancer cells, providing drug delivery ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Nano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 31, 2009 |
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New U of M video game teaches consequences of distracted driving
Being in a life-threatening vehicle crash due to distracted driving teaches a painful lesson, but makers of the new video game Distraction Dodger hope there is a much safer way to teach the same lesson.
Feb 01, 2012 |
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New polymer research could boost probiotics industry
A protective delivery vehicle that shuttles friendly bacteria safely through the stomach to the intestines could provide a major boost for the probiotics industry. The new technology could also be used for the delivery of ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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