Tuesday , 21 May 2013

Category Archives: Nano News

Nanotech, off-the-shelf lets doctors camera see cancer cells

Researchers at Rice University hope technology can be used in routine cancer screenings. Researchers have added nanoechnology to an off-the-shelf digital camera to help doctors distinguish healthy cells from cancerous cells in the human body. Rice University scientists said Thursday that doctors can use the souped-up camera to see cancerous cells on the camera’s LCD monitor. Targeted nanoparticles deliver fluorescent ... Read More »

Using nanotechnology to improve a cancer treatment

Drug delivery system hits tumors but spares kidneys. Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers have devised a method that may allow clinicians to use higher doses of a powerful chemotherapy drug that has been limited because it is toxic not only to tumors but to patients’ kidneys. The research, conducted in laboratory animals, marries chemistry and nanotechnology to deliver ... Read More »

Punjabi University to start MSc in nanotechnology

Punjabi University’s Department of Physics is going to start a two-year MSc course in nanotechnology from the next academic session. This course will be in addition to the running courses of MSc Physics, MSc Applied Physics and MSc Astronomy and Space Physics. According to H S Bhatti, professor and head of the Physics department, 16 students from BSc/BTech streams will ... Read More »

Punjabi University to start MSc in nanotechnology

Punjabi University’s Department of Physics is going to start a two-year MSc course in nanotechnology from the next academic session. This course will be in addition to the running courses of MSc Physics, MSc Applied Physics and MSc Astronomy and Space Physics. According to H S Bhatti, professor and head of the Physics department, 16 students from BSc/BTech streams will ... Read More »

Plastic Antibodies Save the Lives of Mice, Are Humans Next?

Polymer nanoparticles act as plastic antibodies by capturing toxins in specially crafted holes. Researchers in Japan and California (Stanford, UC Irvine) have developed plastic antibodies capable of seizing and neutralizing dangerous materials in the body. The polymer nanoparticles were injected into live mice after they had been subjected to melittin, the toxin in bee venom. The nanoparticles captured the melittin ... Read More »

Chief Mentor: India as Technology Base

The success of technology-rich products and approaches, like nanotechnology or clean technology, in the “value conscious” Indian marketplace depends on a strong commercial plan from development to market adoption. As investors in cutting-edge technology, this has been one of our key lessons at Nexus Partners. This was reaffirmed last week in an article on how the Centres for Excellence in ... Read More »