A major development has recently taken place in the nanotechnology and health sectors.
IBM, the technology major, has completed work on the invention of nanobots, capable of homing onto and destroy…
A major development has recently taken place in the nanotechnology and health sectors.
IBM, the technology major, has completed work on the invention of nanobots, capable of homing onto and destroy…
Researchers at a Canadian University are using nanotechnology via a magnetic remote controlled sphere to deliver cancer fighting drugs to affected regions of the body. The carriers are made out of mag…
Slyvian Martel, director of nanorobotics lab, Polytechnic Montreal, is trying to find a way of curing cancer using nanotech. It is the first time that a researcher has used nanotech to target a specif…
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Nanosphere, Inc. this week announced that a research team at Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology has found that a nanoparticle-based assay is capable …
In an excellent article in the journal Nature, Virginia Gewin takes an in-depth look at the job market for nanomedicine.
"Governments around the world are banking on high economic returns as the…
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In a new report in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers at MIT explore the potential for nanotubes to "detect the quantity and status of ch…
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Everyone wants to cure cancer. Researchers at Stanford University are using carbon nanotubes to punch holes in tumor cells. Talk about targeted drug deliv…
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Have you ever needed an MRI? Traditionally, gadolinium or GAD is used as a contrast agent during an MRI. This is quite different from the iodine-based contr…
The future of capsule endoscopy may be in miniature robotic arms that can take biopsies and perform therapeutic functions. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed this capsule that ha…