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Targeting tumors using silver nanoparticles
Posted in Science on 19th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have designed a silver spherical nanoparticle encased in a shell coated with a peptide that enables it to target tumor cells.
Nanoscale composites improve MRI by ten times
Posted in Science on 19th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
Submicroscopic particles that contain even smaller particles of iron oxide could make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a far more powerful tool to detect and fight disease.
Nanotech method boosts conventional cancer treatments in pre-clinical trial
Posted in Medicine on 9th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
The conventional wisdom has it that theres no silver bullet for treating cancer.