'Smart scalpel' detects cancer cells in seconds
...enefit, particularly if we continue to develop the nanotechnology at its base. We're able to flow cells in real time, which no current device I'm aware of can do. We're still looking at the basic science to nail down the major determining factor but the results are encouraging. We can show differences between tum......ese pharmacies on a chip are part of a new wave of nanotechnology that is transforming modern medicine. The chips are slated for preclinical trials. (John T. Santini, Jr., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; MEDI 174, Monday, March 27, 1:01 p.m., Moscone Center, Rooms 130/131. See page 1...Researchers take steps to growing replacement blood vessels
... future, thanks to micro- and nanotechnology research just begun at Ohio State University. Researchers here are investigating ways to re-grow tiny blood vessels to keep damaged heart tissue alive after a heart attack, by ...Big plans on a small scale: NSF funds centers for nanoscale research
...rovide coherence and a longer term outlook to U.S. nanotechnology research and education." Nanoscale science, engine...develop new areas of research and help establish a nanotechnology workforce. The centers are expected to significantly advance the information, medical, manufacturin...Nanotech control device developed
... that can be used to precisely position objects in nanotechnology and even telesurgery. Nanotechnology is the buil...es, such as the one Kim is developing, are used in nanotechnology to move an object being studied or worked on into the precise position needed for study. In telesu...Electricity can pump medicine in implanted medical devices
... -- forms of chemotherapy. Though nanotechnology shows a great deal of promise for delivering drugs inside the body, researchers have had difficulty pumping fluid through the tiny passages that would...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
...cess shows long-term promise. "It's a fascinating nanotechnology approach to a very difficult separation problem," Mirkin said. "If it could be scaled up, it could have enormous potential. It is too early to talk about potential commercial impact."...UCLA professors James Heath, Gary Small named to Scientific Americans list of 50 visionaries
...es and Yong Chen -- for inventing "self-assembling nanotechnology devices that might eventually surpass those etched into chips," Scientific American wrote. The "Scientific American 50" appears Nov. 18 in the magazine's December issue. The list of the "visionaries" is on the magazine's Web site at www.sciam.com . ...Halas wins innovator award in fight against breast cancer
... Award for ongoing research into novel ways to use nanotechnology to diagnose and treat breast cancer. The award includes a four-year, $3 million grant, which Halas will use to develop new noninvasive methods of detecting and eradicating tumors. Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engin...Blood dilution during bypass surgery associated with kidney damage
Receiptents of nanotechnology funding from the National Nanotechnology Initiative. DURHAM, N.C. -- When physicians routinely "thin" the blood of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery in order to place them on the heart-lung machine, they may be...DuPont-led scientists unveil key nanotechnology discovery with use of DNA
...notubes. This research in the emerging field of nanotechnology appears in the current issue of the journal Science, which is published by the AAAS the world's largest general scientific organization. The research paper is titled "Structure-Based Carbon Nanotube Sorting by Sequence-Dependent DNA Assembly." Ca......, who will present some of his team's results at a nanotechnology conference in Boston next month. "We see it as reaching into the cell and manipulating intracellular structures." Applying electric pulses to cells is not new. In a technique called electroporation, electric fields that last hundreds of microseconds...Nanotech imaging, molecular fingerprints and signatures hold promise for cancer
...t agent: Abstract No. BA-4 A new advance in nanotechnology will allowphysicians to precisely track the early spread of breast cancer cells to surrounding lymph ducts and nodes, helping to better define or even eliminate surgery. The development is based on nanotech engineering of G6, a contrast agent ...Micro nano breakthrough conference planned for Portland, Oregon
...be a strong competitor for one of the new national nanotechnology research centers authorized by the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, which was co-sponsored by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden. ...ASU researchers demonstrate new nanotech effect - moving water molecules by light
...mined positions for analysis," Garcia said. "Other nanotechnology researchers can follow our lead and look at ways of magnifying the triggering of surface changes through electric fields or through solution conditions such as temperature or acidity."...Physics World Digest August 2004: Eye surgery sharpens up
...-mail sfranceo@fisica.uminho.pt ) The future of nanotechnology Following last week's report from the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering into nanotechnology, Physics World publishes the views of two physicists on the subject. John Ryan from Oxford University who was a member of the panel that wr...Rice bioengineer named to Technology Review's TR100
... Rice President David Leebron. "Her application of nanotechnology toward the non-invasive detection and diagnosis of diseases such as breast cancer holds great promise for improving prevention and treatment." Drezek, the Stanley C. Moore Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and assistant professor of electrical an...World's largest scientific society holds regional meeting Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 in Fort Worth
...TATION Research on allergens, green chemistry and nanotechnology will be presented among nearly 500 papers at the 6...nd related topics. There will also be a session on nanotechnology in bioscience and electronic materials. The following awards will be presented at the meeting: ...Monitoring life, one breath at a time
...ces that take advantage of the unique qualities of nanotechnology - small size, low power and high sensitivity." -- Alexander Star, Manager, Applications Development, Nanomix, Inc. "We are using two-layer nanodevice assembly, which allows us to control each component to change the operation of the devices. While th......or "Science's Big Unknown," a three-part series on nanotechnology that explored its health and environmental effects... essay by Siegfried putting the suspected risks of nanotechnology in perspective against the scary "gray goo" scenarios painted in fictional accounts such as Michael ...