Tiny magnets offer breakthrough in gene therapy for cancer

...e today (17 April) in the journal, Gene Therapy, shows that inserting these nanomagnets into cells carrying genes to fight tumours, results in many more cells succ...dson at the University of Nottingham. The technique involves inserting nanomagnets into monocytes - a type of white blood cell used to carry gene therapy - an...

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Using nanomagnets to enhance medical imaging

Nanoscale magnets in the form of iron-containing molecules might be used to improve the contrast between healthy and diseased tissue in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—as long as the concentration of nanomagnets is carefully managed—according to a new report* by researchers at the National Institu...

Bacteria which sense the Earth's magnetic field

...ich, for a long time, have only been known in eukaryotes -- i.e., organisms whose cells have nuclei. The fact that the chain structure of bacterial nanomagnets is exactly regulated by genetics could also have implications for our understanding of the way higher organisms orient themselves to the magnetic fiel...

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A researcher of UPV/EHU has designed nanomagnets for industry

The PhD, defended by chemist Sonia Moralejo Garca at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), achieved a well-defined line for the manufacture of nanomagnets and other magnetic devices of wide industrial application. It is well known that current technology tends to design tools that are...

The next generation: nanomagnets could replace semiconductors

Just as compact discs all but wiped out vinyl records, semiconductors could be on their way out, too. A University of Houston professor has developed a similar disruptive technology, using magnetic cellular networks, that could yield such benefits as increased computing power that rivals what...

Capture of nanomagnetic 'fingerprints' a boost for next-generation information storage media

... But due to the miniscule physical dimensions of nanomagnets some are as small as 50 atoms wide observing the...evice. "You can't take full advantage of these nanomagnets unless you can 'see' and understand their magnetic...sics at UC Davis. "This is difficult when the tiny nanomagnets are embedded and when there are billions of them i...