Sentences with phrase «potential use of the nanoparticles»

To demonstrate one potential use of the nanoparticles, the research team used them as advanced catalysts for ammonia oxidation, which is a key step in the production of nitric acid (a liquid acid that is used in the production of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers, making plastics, and in the manufacturing of dyes).

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To demonstrate the potential for treating lung disease, the researchers used the nanoparticles to block two genes that have been implicated in lung cancer — VEGF receptor 1 and Dll4, which promote the growth of blood vessels that feed tumors.

While on one hand, there is significant potential in the application of nanoparticles in enhancing heat transfer for tumor ablation and targeted drug delivery, there is also much promise in improving imaging and diagnostic protocols using them.

At the state level, Wisconsin legislator Terese Berceau (D - Madison) has asked her state's departments of Natural Resources, Health and Family Services, and Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to work with her to create a registry of businesses that make nanoparticles as a first step toward tracking their use and potential health effects.

By applying an innovative theoretical analysis to observations from a first - of - its - kind experimental setup, LANP graduate student Bob Zheng and postdoctoral research associate Alejandro Manjavacas created a methodology that solar engineers can use to determine the electricity - producing potential for any arrangement of metallic nanoparticles.

The point was further emphasized in a press release put out by Nature Nanotechnology this week: «These findings suggest that direct and indirect effects of nanoparticles on cells are equally crucial when considering the potential risks of their use in nanomedicine.»

«The potential therapeutic value of this finding is important because we could deliver MIR506 directly to pancreatic cancer cells using technologies like nanoparticles and exosomes,» Zhang said.

«RNAi therapies are a unique approach to cancer treatment as they have the potential to «turn off» the genes» coding for proteins involved in cancer cell division,» said Ramesh K. Ramanathan, M.D., medical director of the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials Program at Scottsdale Healthcare and deputy director of the Clinical Translational Research Division of the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) in Phoenix, Ariz. «Using a lipid nanoparticle, the RNAi drug can be delivered to a cancer cell to block the expression of specific proteins involved in tumor growth.»

The researchers now plan to tweak the nanoparticles for direct use in human patients, working to evaluate the safety of the method prior to potential clinical trials.