Nanoparticles

Findings from Rabin Medical Center in Nanoparticles Reported

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, January 15th, 2012

2012 JAN 15 -- "In recent years, advances in molecular biology and cancer research have led to the identification of sensitive and specific biomarkers that associate with various types of cancer. However, in vivo cancer detection methods with computed tomography, based on tracing and detection of these molecular cancer markers, are unavailable today," investigators in Petah Tiqwa, Israel report.

"This paper demonstrates in vivo the feasibility of cancer diagnosis based on molecular markers rather than on anatomical structures, using clinical computed tomography. Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor conjugated gold nanoparticles (30 nm) were intravenously...

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