News tagged with nanocapsule

Double strike to fight cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diagnosis and treatment form the basis of modern medicine. Traditionally, they are two separate steps; however, it doesn’t have to be that way. The term “theranostic” refers ...

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created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanocapsule delivers radiotherapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Hot' nanocapsules can deliver targeted radiotherapy to individual organs, new research has shown.

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created May 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Breakthrough could lead to healthier clear beverages, new cancer treatments

Using a natural milk protein called casein, Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) researchers have created nanocapsules so tiny that they solve the longstanding problem of how to add nutrients to clear ...

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created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Nanoparticle therapeutics might help people suffering from hearing disorders

For millions of people hearing disorders make a negative impact on their lives. Scientists are looking into new ways of treating hearing disorders, by using different sorts of nanoparticles as original inner ear delivery ...

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created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists engineer nanoscale vaults to encapsulate 'nanodisks' for drug delivery

(PhysOrg.com) -- There's no question, drugs work in treating disease. But can they work better, and safer?

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created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Contrast agent for tumor diagnostics: Phosphorescent metal-organic coordination polymers for optical imaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- X-rays are not the only way: visible and especially infrared light can also be used to image human tissue. The effectiveness of optical imaging processes can be significantly improved with ...

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created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Magnetic field directs nanoparticles to tumors

(PhysOrg.com) -- To improve the tumor-specific delivery of drug to tumors, a team of investigators from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has created a system of nanoparticles-within-a-nanoparticle that can be ...

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created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sugar-Coated Nanotubes Deliver High-Dose Radiotherapy

Starting with simple carbon nanotubes, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Spain has developed a sugar-coated nanocapsule that can deliver large doses of radioactivity to tumors. The researchers envision developing ...

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created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Revolutionary medical dressing uses nano-technology to fight infection

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bath and the burns team at the Southwest UK Paediatric Burns Centre at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol are working together with teams across Europe and Australia ...

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created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers create new 'smart' nanocapsule delivery system for use in protein therapy

the delivery of healthy proteins directly into human cells to replace malfunctioning proteins — is considered one of the most direct and safe approaches for treating diseases. But its effectiveness has been limited by low ...

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created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Harnessing carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery systems, oxygen sensors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two nanoscale devices recently reported by University of Pittsburgh researchers in two separate journals harness the potential of carbon nanomaterials to enhance technologies for drug or imaging agent delivery ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tiny capsules can deliver drugs to targeted cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to targeted cells in the bloodstream.

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created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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