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Implantable Device Offers Continuous Cancer Monitoring

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but offer only a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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SANS tracks cell death protein invading biomimetic mitochondrial membrane

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of biochemists, biophysicists, and neutron scientists are using a combination of fluorescence and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) techniques to assist biochemists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel technique selects molecules according to their chemical properties and dimensions

Separating molecules is an important part of many manufacturing and testing processes, including pharmaceutical production and some biomedical tests. One way of carrying out such separation is by using nanofilters ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Implant monitors tumors

Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but only offer a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers construct a device that mimics one of nature's key transport machines

(PhysOrg.com) -- To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny ...

Biology /

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Nano World: Fast flow through nanotube membranes (Update)

Surprisingly, gas and water flow far more rapidly through membranes that use carbon nanotubes as pores than through conventional membranes with pores 10 times or so wider, experts tell UPI's Nano World.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 19, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (51) | comments 0


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