Nanotech News

April 2008

Additional Papers of Note in April

A novel cholic acid-based contrast enhancement agent for targeted MRI
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
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Targeting of membrane type1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) using superparamagnetic nanoparticles in human liver cancer cells
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
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Sub-cellular precision on-chip small-animal immobilization, multi-photon imaging and femtosecond-laser manipulation
Lab on a Chip
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The use of fluorescence microscopy to define polymer localisation to the late endocytic compartments in cells that are targets for drug delivery
Journal of Controlled Release
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Zeta potential: a surface electrical characteristic to probe the interaction of nanoparticles with normal and cancer human breast epithelial cells
Biomedical Microdevices
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Tumor-targeting nanocomplex delivery of novel tumor suppressor RB94 chemosensitizes bladder carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo
Clinical Cancer Research
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In vitro analysis of cisplatin functionalized magnetic nanoparticles in combined cancer chemotherapy and electromagnetic hyperthermia
IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience
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Light-activated nanoimpeller-controlled drug release in cancer cells
Small
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Folate-functionalized polymeric micelle as hepatic carcinoma-targeted, MRI-ultrasensitive delivery system of antitumor drugs
Biomedical Microdevices
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Antitumor efficacy of cisplatin-loaded glycol chitosan nanoparticles in tumor-bearing mice
Journal of Controlled Release
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Albumin-conjugated PEG liposome enhances tumor distribution of liposomal doxorubicin in rats
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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Development of nonsurfactant cyclodextrin nanoparticles loaded with anticancer drug paclitaxel
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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The effect of PEG coating on in vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo disposition of topotecan loaded liposomes in rats
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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Preparation and cytotoxic activity of poly(ethylene glycol)-modified poly(amidoamine) dendrimers bearing adriamycin
Biomaterials
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Thermoresponsive and biodegradable linear-dendritic nanoparticles for targeted and sustained release of a pro-apoptotic drug
Biomaterials
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Characterization of multilayered nanoparticles encapsulated in yeast cell wall particles for DNA delivery
Bioconjugate Chemistry
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Factors determining the efficacy of nuclear delivery of antisense oligonucleotides by gold nanoparticles
Bioconjugate Chemistry
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Fluorescent magnetic nanohybrids as multimodal imaging agents for human epithelial cancer detection
Biomaterials
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Quantum dot FRET biosensors that respond to pH, to proteolytic or nucleolytic cleavage, to DNA synthesis, or to a multiplexing combination
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Screening-limited response of nanobiosensors
Nano Letters
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Enhanced intracellular delivery of quantum dot and adenovirus nanoparticles triggered by acidic pH via surface charge reversal
Bioconjugate Chemistry
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Completely dispersible PEGylated gold nanoparticles under physiological conditions: modification of gold nanoparticles with precisely controlled PEG-b-polyamine
Langmuir
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Facile fabrication of multi-colored high fluorescent/superparamagnetic nanoparticles
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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Microfluidic self-assembly of tumor spheroids for anticancer drug discovery
Biomedical Microdevices
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Functionalization of polysulfide nanoparticles and their performance as circulating carriers
Biomaterials
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A perfusable 3D cell-matrix tissue culture chamber for in situ evaluation of nanoparticle vehicle penetration and transport
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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Thermodynamically controlled separation of polyvalent 2-nm gold nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Synthesis of contiguous silica-gold core-shell structures: critical
parameters and processes
Langmuir
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The impact of molecular weight and PEG chain length on the systemic pharmacokinetics of PEGylated poly L-lysine dendrimers
Molecular Pharmaceutics
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Improved production and separation processes for gadolinium metallofullerenes
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Mesoporous silica nanoparticles inhibit cellular respiration
Nano Letters
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A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice
Nature Nanotechnology
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