Sentences with phrase «use iron nanoparticles»

The firm's most ambitious effort to peer inside us will use iron nanoparticles that attach to specific molecules in the bloodstream linked to cancer or heart disease.

They have been working on using iron nanoparticles doped with Pd, Ni or Cu to perform catalytic reactions such as Suzuki - Miyaura cross couplings, Sonagashira coupling, and reduction of nitro - containing aromatics.

Not exact matches

This clinical study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, tested the possibility of imaging inflammation in the pancreas of human volunteers using ferumoxytol, a coated iron nanoparticle approved by the FDA as an iron replacement therapy, and MRI.

Instead of simply applying an antibiotic to the teeth, they took advantage of the pH - sensitive and enzyme - like properties of iron - containing nanoparticles to catalyze the activity of hydrogen peroxide, a commonly used natural antiseptic.

In that study, Gao showed that an iron oxide nanoparticle behaved similarly to a peroxidase, an enzyme found naturally that catalyzes oxidative reactions, often using hydrogen peroxide.

The researchers were able to rapidly generate uniform heat throughout frozen tissues by mixing tiny silica - coated iron oxide nanoparticles, each one with a diameter 150 times smaller than a red blood cell, into the cryopreservation solution used for vitrification.

Previous cancer studies had shown that by injecting tumors with magnetic nanoparticles made of iron oxide — «essentially rust, with well - tuned magnetic properties,» Anikeeva says — then exposing them to rapidly alternating magnetic fields, excited nanoparticles can be used to heat and destroy cancer tumors while leaving surrounding, healthy tissue intact.

It is simple, easy to use and the nanoparticles employed (silica, iron oxides) can be metabolized by the organism.

For it is reason, the current iron oxide nanoparticles are not used anymore and we started to look for other options.»

Certain strains of bacteria absorb iron to make magnetic nanoparticles that let them navigate using the Earth's magnetic field.

Less often used are contrast agents made from iron oxide nanoparticles, which are considered somewhat safer because the body already contains iron.

To find tumors via MRI, the Stanford team used a new contrast agent consisting of nanoparticles of iron.

The NTU scientists create micro-sized gas bubbles coated with cancer drug particles and iron oxide nanoparticles, and then use magnets to direct these bubbles to gather around a specific tumour.

The team used iron oxide for the core of the nanoparticles, which not only enables the team to use them for magnetic resonance imaging, but opens up possibilities in remote guidance and localized magnetic heating to hasten the breaking up of the clots.

Using the new data from the research teams on the West Coast, Eisenbach and Kent were able to precisely model the measured atomic structure, including defects, from a unique iron - platinum (FePt) nanoparticle and simulate its magnetic properties on the 27 - petaflop Titan supercomputer at the OLCF.

By taking multiple images of the iron - platinum nanoparticle with an advanced electron microscope at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and using powerful reconstruction algorithms developed at UCLA, the researchers determined the precise three - dimensional arrangement of atoms in the nanoparticle.

The researchers then used the three - dimensional coordinates of the atoms as inputs into quantum mechanics calculations to determine the magnetic properties of the iron - platinum nanoparticle.

The Bulte Lab has developed methods to label cells magnetically using tiny superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in order to make them visible by magnetic resonance imaging; this technology has now been introduced in the clinic for several cell therapy applications.

A 2017 study co-authored by John Bischof, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota, and published in Science Translational Medicine, used specially coated iron oxide nanoparticles.