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Graphene coating to boost the effect of chemotherapy
Silver is often used as a coating on medical equipment used for chemotherapy. The problem is that this silver coating can break down...
Jul 10, 20152 min read
Atomic force microscope advance leads to new breast cancer research
Researchers who developed a high-speed form of atomic force microscopy have shown how to image the physical properties of live breast...
Jun 30, 20154 min read
Nanowire implants offer remote-controlled drug delivery
A team of researchers has created a new implantable drug-delivery system using nanowires that can be wirelessly controlled. The nanowires...
Jun 24, 20154 min read
Seeking rare cells
Christopher Love uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells, yielding insight into human disease. In a blood sample taken from a...
Jun 24, 20154 min read
To Give Cancer a Deadly Fever, NIST Explores Better Nanoparticle Design
Heat may be the key to killing certain types of cancer, and new research from a team including National Institute of Standards and...
Jun 17, 20152 min read
Alternative routes to immortality
Every time a cell divides, the ends of chromosomes – the threads of DNA residing in the nucleus – shorten a bit. Once the chromosome...
Jun 17, 20153 min read
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