Oncology: High hopes for tiny particles
Nanotechnology opens up new opportunities for targeted delivery of cancer drugs – in particular, in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
14.12.2009Nanotechnology opens up new opportunities for targeted delivery of cancer drugs – in particular, in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
14.12.2009Contact lenses reacting to ultraviolet radiation are made of a new polymer permeated with a complex network of nanochannel filled with photochromic dye.
18.11.2009Reading the human genome is now cheaper than "Zhiguli". The new method of "DNA nanosheets" allowed to reduce the consumption of reagents and their quality requirements. The procedure takes about a day.
09.11.2009Nanoparticles can damage DNA even without direct contact. These data raise new questions about the safety of nanomaterials used in clinical practice.
09.11.2009The use of nanotubes in medicine has already led to some results in vivo. In the near future, new results of the use of nanotubes for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases are expected.
06.11.2009Calcium phosphate is an important nutrient for bacteria. Microbes literally pounce on it and quickly die, poisoned by silver hidden in nanoparticles.
27.10.2009The final book of the Nano-Hype study, which was funded by the American National Science Foundation, explicitly states the danger of the formation of a "nanobubble". Of course, many wonderful scientists and entrepreneurs are fruitfully engaged in nanotechnology. But it seems to them that all this hype not only helps, but also hinders.
22.10.2009Quirin Schirmayer, a columnist for Nature magazine, presented his vision of Russian investments in ambitious nanotechnology projects.
22.10.2009There are 5 main areas of application of nanotechnology in medicine and pharmaceuticals: drug delivery, new methods and treatments based on nanoparticles, in vivo and in vitro diagnostics, medical implants.
05.10.2009Professor V.A. Oleynikov – on the prospects of using biosensors using quantum dots in clinical diagnostics.
02.10.2009Nanomedicine and, more broadly, nanobiotechnology are the leading directions in the nanotechnology complex. Nanomedics and nanobiologists are expected to get rid of all diseases almost soon and invent a recipe for eternal youth.
29.09.2009Manufacturers assign the brand "nanoproduct" even to those products that have nothing to do with nanotechnology or, conversely, hide that the composition of the product or its packaging includes nanoparticles with unconfirmed safety for humans and the environment.
29.09.2009The scientific community is fully aware of the risks of using nanoparticles in medicine. Nanomedical drugs, like all other medicines and medical materials, are strictly tested.
07.09.2009In the interests of popularizing the achievements of nanotechnology and debunking misinformation about them, an amateur photo contest "Don't believe your eyes" is being announced.
03.09.2009The Supervisory Board of RUSNANO approved the concept of the Corporation's activities in the field of education, aimed at forming the personnel basis of the Russian nanoindustry.
03.09.2009In solving social problems, experts gave preference to nanocontainer technologies for vector drug delivery, technologies for creating biocompatible materials based on micro- and nanostructures, and technologies for creating magnetic nanocarriers for medical purposes.
21.07.2009Future scenarios are determined primarily by the choice of priorities for technological development. The development of modern information and environmental technologies is the "inevitable future" of all scenarios of global development. At the same time, the rapid development of biotechnologies or nanotechnologies generates special scenario branches: the alternative scenario "Biotechnological Revolution" and the breakthrough scenario "Quantum Reality".
15.07.2009If you think that nanotechnology is a distant future or even the lot of science fiction, then you are mistaken. Nature "invented" nanotechnology (as well as many other things) long before man, who only in the last few decades has been following the same path, trying to repeat some of her inventions. The successes so far are quite modest, but scientists have already managed to achieve some achievements in the field of nanotechnology.
11.06.2009How did Germany become one of the world leaders in the field of nanotechnology? What can Russia learn from the German experience? This is told by the correspondent of "RG", who visited the leading scientific centers of this country.
03.06.2009The lessons of foreign nanoboom are valuable practical experience for the development of nanotechnology in Russia. Ignoring the accumulated facts can lead to very deplorable consequences, which we would like to avoid through far-sighted planning of all scientific, technological, economic and social aspects of the development of nanotechnology in our country.
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