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Scientists at MIT say they've developed nanoparticles that can 'home' to a cancer tumor. Via Luís Bastos 
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Drug Delivery in Cancer - T (Research and Markets: Drug Delivery in Cancer - Technologies, Markets and Companies - 2013 Repor...
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Glioblastoma cells (a) release abundant microvesicles (b), which can be labeled (c) with magnetic nanoparticles (black dots). (MGH Center for Systems Biol Via Luís Bastos
Monica Moro's insight:
What about flow cytometry to enrich them before?
Luís Bastos's curator insight,
February 7, 2013 5:02 AM
Microvesicles, introduced onto a dedicated microfluidic chip, are labeled with target-specific magnetic nanoparticles and detected by a miniaturized nuclear magnetic resonance system.
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Alfredo Corell's curator insight,
January 17, 2013 5:51 PM
Está disponible el registro on-line para los programas GECLID-SEI 2013 |
For individuals who develop a type of cancer that often isn’t perceptible until it has reached a later stage, earlier diagnosis is key to a better prognosis and perhaps even a cure. Cancers like mesothelioma, which are often nearly impossible to diagnose until stage 3 or 4, respond poorly to treatment because of the advanced stage of the disease at the time of detection, so death is often imminent for these patients.