nanotechnology http://www.itworld.com/nanotechnology xx Researchers use nanotech to detect early-stage cancer http://www.itworld.com/business/81324/researchers-use-nanotech-detect-early-stage-cancer A team of researchers at Stanford University is developing a biosensor it hopes can help doctors detect various cancers in early stages. http://www.itworld.com/business/81324/researchers-use-nanotech-detect-early-stage-cancer#comments Science News nanotechnology Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:58:51 -0400 ITworld staff 81324 at http://www.itworld.com IBM using nanotechnology to read DNA, personalize medicine http://www.itworld.com/business/80092/ibm-using-nanotech-read-dna-personalize-medicine IBM announced that it is working to ease the process of sequencing genetic code which could lead to dramatic improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. http://www.itworld.com/business/80092/ibm-using-nanotech-read-dna-personalize-medicine#comments Business Science News health care IBM nanotechnology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:31:19 -0400 ITworld staff 80092 at http://www.itworld.com Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040, futurist says http://www.itworld.com/business/79478/nanotech-could-make-humans-immortal-2040-futurist-says Futurist Ray Kruzweil predicts that advances in nanotechology could start making humans immortal by the mid-2000s by instantly repairing damaged cells and organs and backing up human memories. http://www.itworld.com/business/79478/nanotech-could-make-humans-immortal-2040-futurist-says#comments Science News nanotechnology Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:53:17 -0400 ITworld staff 79478 at http://www.itworld.com MIT: Nanotech targets and kills cancerous tumors http://www.itworld.com/science/67609/mit-nanotech-targets-and-kills-cancerous-tumors Researchers use gold nanorods to heat and kill tumors without harming healthy tissue. http://www.itworld.com/science/67609/mit-nanotech-targets-and-kills-cancerous-tumors#comments Science News health care MIT nanotechnology Thu, 07 May 2009 16:39:32 -0400 ITworld staff 67609 at http://www.itworld.com Researchers use nanotech to fight drug addiction, cancer http://www.itworld.com/science/65942/researchers-use-nanotech-fight-drug-addiction-cancer University of Buffalo researchers say they've found a way to use nanotechnology to fight drug addiction. http://www.itworld.com/science/65942/researchers-use-nanotech-fight-drug-addiction-cancer#comments Science News health care nanotechnology Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:42:23 -0400 ITworld staff 65942 at http://www.itworld.com