new trial coming

soccermom13
soccermom13 Member Posts: 224
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Just read an article about NIH-funded Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence of Stanford University about gold nanoparticles delivered into the colon via a endoscope. This apparently helps detect cancer earlier by illuminating cancer cells. Hoping for a clinical trial early next year. Anyone heard of this?

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  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #2
    I've read of nanotechnology/nanoparticles
    (which I think is very promising)but not thru use of an endoscope(makes sense tho). Certain attachments (also nano in size) to nano-transporter can differentiate cancerous from healthy cells and then deliver a nano dose of chemo that hopefully will not affect healthy cells as much as current chemo does while also destroying the cancer.....steve
  • LivinginNH
    LivinginNH Member Posts: 1,456 Member
    #3
    coloCan said:

    I've read of nanotechnology/nanoparticles
    (which I think is very promising)but not thru use of an endoscope(makes sense tho). Certain attachments (also nano in size) to nano-transporter can differentiate cancerous from healthy cells and then deliver a nano dose of chemo that hopefully will not affect healthy cells as much as current chemo does while also destroying the cancer.....steve

    MIT News


    Hi all,

    MIT has also been working with gold nanoparticles as a drug delivery system. I believe the last sentence of the paragraph excerpt below is referring to the experimental Kanzius Machine at MD Anderson. So, if you're interested, here is the link to the MIT News Office site.

    http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/sticky-nanoparticles-0611.html

    "Gold nanoparticles — tiny spheres of gold just a few billionths of a meter in diameter — have become useful tools in modern medicine. They’ve been incorporated into miniature drug-delivery systems to control blood clotting, and they’re also the main components of a device, now in clinical trials, that is designed to burn away malignant tumors."

    Take care,

    - Cynthia
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #4
    LivinginNH said:

    MIT News


    Hi all,

    MIT has also been working with gold nanoparticles as a drug delivery system. I believe the last sentence of the paragraph excerpt below is referring to the experimental Kanzius Machine at MD Anderson. So, if you're interested, here is the link to the MIT News Office site.

    http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/sticky-nanoparticles-0611.html

    "Gold nanoparticles — tiny spheres of gold just a few billionths of a meter in diameter — have become useful tools in modern medicine. They’ve been incorporated into miniature drug-delivery systems to control blood clotting, and they’re also the main components of a device, now in clinical trials, that is designed to burn away malignant tumors."

    Take care,

    - Cynthia

    Brief but informative article at
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100317161950.htm

    DNA Nanotechnology:"Magic Bullets" breakthrough Offers Promising Applications in Medicine

    is but one of numerous articles on this approach .......steve

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