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Engineered measles virus prolongs lifespan of brain cancer-stricken mice

Scientists are testing an engineered measles virus as a cancer weapon. Absorb that thought first: Something so threatening on its own can be used to a better purpose. And now consider the specifics:...

Buckyballs can do it all, delivering imaging agents and therapy

A perennial favorite nanoparticle, the buckyball, is making a tiny return to the news this week. The C60 molecule, full name buckminsterfullerene (named after the geodesic domes of Richard

Instant nano-delivery vehicle for brain cancer, just add water

Freeze-dried nanoparticles produced by Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers might be a better, safer alternative to virus-mediated gene therapy, according to researchers writing in the August issue of

'Nanobioconjugate' hits brain tumor target

There was a period of time in the early 2000s when the news every day, it seemed, revealed new insights about the underlying causes of diseases. A gene for a predisposition for this was identified, a