A short video highlighting the NCI initiative for the use of Nanotechnology in Cancer treatment – CT
I have recently found a company in Victoria Australia who ship small introductory Nanotechnology learning packages for students, businesses and households. The introductory kit comes in a fun carbon nanotube shaped container. The pack includes an easy to use manual detailing many topics in Nanotechnology, ranging from Biomimicry to the ethical questions and challenges [...]
A very neat video showing Buckyballs and describing their possible uses in cancer therapy – CT [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDmg4VhsBcg]
I have been reading “Plenty of Room for Biology at the Bottom” recently. The book focuses on giving an introduction into Biotechnology and Bionanotechnology, which is very accessible for anybody with a grounding in chemistry or biology. The book covers topics from the natural process of Nano-scale biological assembly to Bionanotechnologies possible future Medical applications. [...]
Today, reading up on some of the major Bionantoechnology and Medical Nanotechnology websites, I stumbled across an article describing the use of gold nanospheres in cancer treatment. This technique works by targeting 40-50nm nanospheres to melanomas via the melanocortin type 1 receptors. Once these nanospheres were bound to the melanomal cells they could be destroyed [...]
Hello world….. This blog will talk about the world of Bionanotechnology/Medical Nanotechnology and will raise questions about the ethics of both of these disciplines. Bionanotechnology is a very broad term, which describes the fusion of the two disciplines of biology and nanotechnology. It encompasses such things as the use of biomolecules in nanotechnology, and the [...]
