The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Cancer claimed the death of over 7.6 million people each year all over the world Many attempts have being practiced in clinical applications, yet some new technologies are believed to make up for the shortcomings of existing methods. Some latest advances have aroused interests in terahertz imaging and the biological effect as promising diagnostic methods for cancer. This review, however, taps into...
Among the immunoglobulins, IgM class-antibodies are now considered to be potent immunological reagents for anticancer remedies. However, only a few reports are available about the effective labeling of IgM with enzymes, fluorescence, or other bioreactive reagents. Here, we report an effective application of luminescent semiconductive nanoparticles, quantum dots (QDs), as a labeling material of the...
Summary form only given. The success of the extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in non-invasive treating patients with stone deceases (mostly kidney stones) stimulated research on applications of focused shock waves in other branches of medicine such as for noninvasive treatment of cancer tissues and a targeted drug delivery. However, there is a fundamental difference in treatment of kidney stones...
Cancer continues to be a major risk to the health and well being among populations around the world. A new method using ion-ionizing radiation with nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs) provides a novel means to treat cancer at local sites. NsPEFs promote cell death in several cell types and here we investigated mechanisms for cell death induction. In murine B16f10 melanoma, murine E4 squamous...
The next generation of implantable biomedical devices based on micro- and nano-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) technology is presented for diagnostics and treatment of chronic and non-chronic illnesses. These passive and active implantable devices allow for early diagnostics as well as timely and precisely controlled therapeutic drug delivery. The implantable devices are also applicable...
Summary form only given. Over the last several years pulse power technology has developed into a novel and innovative time domain nanotechnology as a new modality to treat cancer. The technology treats cancer in the absence of drugs by generating non-ionizing radiation with nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs or nanopulses) that are high in power (gigawatts) and low in energy (millijoules)....
Summary form only given. Pulsed electric fields (PEFs) are frequently used to permeabilize the cell membrane so that chemotherapeutics, DNA, and other molecules unable to enter the cell can traverse the cell membrane. Our laboratory recently used intense, ultrawideband (UWB) electrical pulses with chemotherapeutics to kill leukemia cells in numbers greater than predicted by simple addition of the...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.