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NASA Biosensors

Biosensors detecting radiation exposure on the fly by looking for individual cells that have been harmed.

Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative Selects 43 Groundbreaking Research Projects for More Than $436 Million in Funding

Scientists around the world to discover new ways to fight disease in poorest countries.

Nanoparticles transport cancer-killing drug into tumor cells to increase efficacy, lower drug toxicity in mice

U-M scientists use folic acid as bait to get methotrexate inside tumor cells.

Nano Trojan horse for chemotherapy

University of Michigan scientists have created the nanotechnology equivalent of a Trojan horse to smuggle a powerful chemotherapeutic drug inside tumor cells - increasing the drug's cancer-killing activity and reducing its toxic side effects.

Nanotechnology -- An Engineering Response to Human Problems

Some of the many current investigations into nanotechnology having the objective of helping to improve people's lives in areas such as healthcare, the environment, energy, homeland security and manufacturing.