nanoparticles

Saturday, November 7, 2009
Science

Nanoparticles Can Rip Your DNA Apart Without Ever Touching It

11:40AM Rosa Golijan | If I could visualise nanoparticles, I’d think of them as crime bosses because apparently they can mess with DNA without ever having direct interaction. Like a true godfather, a nanoparticle commands obeying molecules to do the dirty work. More »
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Science

Your Great Great Great Grandkids Might Heal Like Wolverine

3:30PM Rosa Golijan | It sounds straight out of a comic book: Scientists have figured out a way to inject gene-carrying nanoparticles into stem cells in order to make wounds heal faster. I’d get my superheroine costume ready if the method wasn’t potentially cancer-causing. More »
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