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Gaming the Future: The Book!

DNA nanotechnology provides detailed monitoring of single cells

DNA nanotechnology provides cell-surface sensors for real-time monitoring of single cells, including potential use in personalized medicine to test which drugs would be suitable for which individuals.

Nanotechnology therapy for head and neck cancer shows promise

A nanotechnology therapy using targeted dendrimers shows promise against head and neck cancer in experiments in which human tumors are implanted into immunocompromised mice.

First synthetic organ transplant made possible by nanotechnology

The world’s first synthetic organ transplant was a replica windpipe made from a nanocomposite scaffold seeded with the patient’s own adult stem cells.

Nanotechnology protects mice infected with lethal dose of flu virus

Treatment of mice previously infected with a lethal dose of flu virus with a nanotechnology-based drug lowered viral load a thousand fold.

Medical nanorobots win poll on engineering's Next Big Thing

A poll of NewScientist readers selected medical nanorobots as the technology that will have the biggest impact on human life in the next 30 years.

Protein, RNA, DNA: Nanotechnology finds a multitude of paths to attack cancer cells

Protein, RNA, DNA provide very different molecular architectures for nanotechnology to adopt to deliver drugs to cancer cells while sparing healthy cells.

'Good Cholesterol' nanoparticles silence cancer-promoting genes and destroy cancer cells

‘Good Cholesterol’ nanoparticles are non-toxic and use the need of cancer cells for HDL cholesterol to deliver RNA molecules to silence the expression of cancer-promoting genes.

Nanotechnology boosts anticancer drug cocktail many times over

Porous silica nanoparticles covered with a lipid bilayer deliver large doses of drugs and kill cancer cells a million fold better than do simple liposomes.

Nanotechnology promises low-cost method to squash superbugs

Novel biodegradable nanoparticles destroy membranes of drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ without harming blood cell membranes.

Physicist and television host sees future for nanotechnology and AI

In a review of physicist and television host Michio Kaku’s latest book, Foresight advisor Glenn Reynolds finds reason for optimism, but also cause for concern in the career choices of today’s brightest minds.

Gaming the Future: The Book!

Category: Nanodot

DNA nanotechnology provides detailed monitoring of single cells

Nanotechnology therapy for head and neck cancer shows promise

First synthetic organ transplant made possible by nanotechnology

Nanotechnology protects mice infected with lethal dose of flu virus

Medical nanorobots win poll on engineering's Next Big Thing

Protein, RNA, DNA: Nanotechnology finds a multitude of paths to attack cancer cells

'Good Cholesterol' nanoparticles silence cancer-promoting genes and destroy cancer cells

Nanotechnology boosts anticancer drug cocktail many times over

Nanotechnology promises low-cost method to squash superbugs

Physicist and television host sees future for nanotechnology and AI

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