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Nanotechnology
Nanoparticles can track cells deep within living organisms
April 10th, 2007
To the delight of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, living cells gobbled up fluorine-laced nanoparticles without needing any coaxing. Then, because of the unusual meal, the cells were easily located with MRI scanning after being injected into mice. Developed in the laboratories of Samuel A. Wickline, M.D., and Gregory Lanza, M.D., Ph.D., the nanoparticles could soon allow researchers and physicians to directly track cells used in medical treatments using unique signatures from the ingested nanoparticle beacons. In an article that will appear in the June issue of the FASEB Journal, lead author Kathryn C. Partlow, a...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2007-04-10)
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