Scientists in the U.S. have created synthesized nanoparticles that can identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
Scientists in the U.S. have created synthesized nanoparticles that can identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
The research team, led by Professor Carl Batt, said the nanoparticles are made of gold sandwiched between two pieces of iron oxide. Antibodies that target a molecule found only in colorectal cancer cells is then attached. Once bound, the nanoparticles are engulfed by the cancer cells.
Silver Nanoparticle Batteries For Devices To Treat Mental Illness And Stroke
Batteries made of silver nanoparticles could revolutionize treatment for some of the most persistent diseases through devices implanted in the brain to treat stroke and mental illness.
Batteries made of silver nanoparticles could revolutionize treatment for some of the most persistent diseases through devices implanted in the brain to treat stroke and mental illness.
"This is a so-called 'smart' therapy," Batt said. "To be a smart therapy, it should be targeted, and it should have some ability to be activated only when it's there and then kills just the cancer cells."
The goal, said lead author and biomedical graduate student Dickson Kirui, is to improve the technology and make it suitable for testing in a human clinical trial. The researchers are now working on a similar experiment targeting prostate cancer cells.
Cardiovascular Disease may be Treated in Future by Nanoparticles
Targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine have been built by researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School.
Targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine have been built by researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School.
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Liquid Invisibility Cloak from Nanoparticles
Scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai have discovered that silver-plated nanoparticles suspended in water might be the right recipe for an invisibility cloak.
Scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai have discovered that silver-plated nanoparticles suspended in water might be the right recipe for an invisibility cloak.
Genetic Damaged Linked to Nanoparticles in Common Cosmetics, Paints
Researchers have found that nanoparticles found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins can cause genetic damage, which increase the risk for cancer.
Researchers have found that nanoparticles found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins can cause genetic damage, which increase the risk for cancer.
