Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors
Bubbles: You've bathed in them, popped them, endured bad song lyrics about them. Now, University of Michigan researchers hope to add a more sophisticated application to the list---gas bubbles used like corks to block oxygen flow to tumors, or to deliver drugs. The process of blocking blood flow to a tumor is called embolization, and using gas bubbles is a new technique in embolotherapy....Researchers Use Bubbles in Cancer Treatment and Drug Delivery
University of Michigan researchers hope to use gas bubbles like corks to block oxygen flow to tumors, or to deliver drugs.// The process of blocking blood flow to a tumor is called embolization, and using gas bubbles is a new technique in embolotherapy. What makes it so promising is that the technique allows doctors to control exactly where the bubbles are formed, so blockage of blood...Now, Silica Nanobubbles for Targeted Drug Delivery
Indian researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, have succeeded in entrapping antibiotics within silica nanobubbles and delivering them into cells, a// major step towards drug efficacy. The researchers have used the 'Core-shell system' that comprises a core of one material and a shell of another (inert) material. The possibility of delivering therap...Bubbles may Pave Way for Producing Nanoscale Electronic Components
Blowing bubbles could provide a surprising solution to the problem of separating and aligning tangled nanowires and nanotubes, and pave a new way of producing nanoscale electronic components, such as transistors, a new study by American researchers has revealed. As part of their research, Guihua Yu and Charles Lieber of Harvard University, and Anyuan Cao of the University of Hawaii...