APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Response to Carbon Nano-onion Treatment Tumor therapy Infrared photosensitizing of cancer cells PET or MRI imaging reagents ADVANTAGES: A slow diffusion rate promises a longer lasting, localized, therapy Few significant side effects are anticipated More efficient than fullerenes in optothermal … [Read more...] about Nano-onion Therapy for Cancer Tumors IB-2218a
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Predictive Methodology and Tools for Nanotoxicology IB-2218b
Data Gathered using Berkeley Lab's Nanotoxicity Methodology (A) Numbers of genes whose expression levels changed after treatment with carbon nanomaterials at cytotoxic doses. (B-E) Venn diagrams comparing numbers of genes that showed expression changes. See the publication located at this link for more information on this image. APPLICATIONS: High throughput and … [Read more...] about Predictive Methodology and Tools for Nanotoxicology IB-2218b
Mass Spec Testing of Microparticle Lipids for Cancer Diagnosis and Sub-typing IB-3306
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Cancer diagnosis / prognosis Tumor analysis Identification of invasive sub-types Cancer remission monitoring Disease diagnostics ADVANTAGES: Analyzes microparticle lipids from blood, serum, or tissues Discriminates high growth from low growth cancers Low- to non-invasive diagnostic screening test Rapid – amenable to high … [Read more...] about Mass Spec Testing of Microparticle Lipids for Cancer Diagnosis and Sub-typing IB-3306
Human Blood Molecular Biodosimeter Panel for Distinguishing Radiation Exposure from Inflammation Stress IB-3304
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Radiation oncology Medical triage Rapid response in cases of population exposure to ionizing radiation ADVANTAGES: Can be used in a small, handheld device Faster results Higher precision ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab researchers Andrew Wyrobek and Antoine Snijders have identified a panel of gene and protein biomarkers that will help … [Read more...] about Human Blood Molecular Biodosimeter Panel for Distinguishing Radiation Exposure from Inflammation Stress IB-3304
MEA Chips for Integrated Microscopic Imaging and Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry IB-3303
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: In-vitro diagnostics Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), chromatography, microscopy, single cell omics, microfluidics Biopharmaceutical R & D Lab-on-a-chip analysis Environmental monitoring ADVANTAGES: Integrated on-chip imaging and liquid chromatography functions Robust and scalable silicon … [Read more...] about MEA Chips for Integrated Microscopic Imaging and Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry IB-3303