1. Treatment that kills Tumours with Heat could Provide Prostate Cancer Cure
(Communities/Abdominal Pelvic)

... at the same time using microscopic particles. Prostate glands will be blasted with millions of charged magnetic nanoparticles which illuminate tumours and then heat them until they are dead. The University ...

2. Pioneering Medical Nanotechnology Offers New Cancer Breakthrough Hope
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

... to identify a pioneering treatment which could also be applied to other aggressive cancers. The University of Leicester researchers say that microscopic (5-100 nm) magnetic nanoparticles could be applied ...

3. Magnetic Cancer Detection Wins Award
(Company News/Who's Buying What)

... Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London has won the Innova Award for best technology for a medical device. The technique uses magnetic nanoparticles and a sensitive hand held magnetometer, ...

4. Widely used iron nanoparticles exhibit toxic effects on neuronal cells
(Communities/Neurology Brain CNS)

... magnetic nanoparticles generated three neurites in response to nerve growth factor. However, exposure to a low concentration of iron oxide nanoparticles resulted in the production of fewer than three neurites ...

5. Brown chemists create cancer-detecting nanoparticles
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

Scientists have found that magnetic nanoparticles can be especially helpful in locating cancerous cell clusters during MRI scans. Like teeny guide missiles, the nanoparticles seek out tumor cells and attach ...

6. Scientists and physicians explore the coming of nanobiotechnology
(Imported/Imported)

... of physicians, clinicians, entrepreneurs and academics." Invited speakers and topics at the one-day conference include: Steve Barry PhD, President, Alnis BioSciences -- 'Magnetic nanoparticles for the ...

7. Robust technology to functionalize nanoparticles for biomedical applications
(Imported/Imported)

Research center IMEC, in Belgium, has developed a generic and versatile method to synthesize stable, biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles that can be used for a wide variety of biomedical applications.Research ...

8. Pioneering Medical Nanotechnology Offers New Cancer Breakthrough Hope
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

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