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Chemistry World February 3, 2011 Hayley Birch	Nanoparticle studies guide coating design A new study provides guidance for designing nanoparticle coatings based on the particles' size and the environment they are to be used in. The research could help scientists create more effective nanoparticle drug carriers.
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Chemistry World June 14, 2009 Hayley Birch	New technique probes Alzheimer's aggregates US and UK researchers have used a new technique to identify what they think could be the primary toxic species in the development of Alzheimer's disease
Chemistry World March 4, 2011 Russell Johnson	Tracking the early stages of Alzheimer's disease UK researchers can track the early steps of formation of peptide clumps linked to Alzheimer's disease using the peptide's fluorescent ability. This could help design effective therapies for the disease at an early stage.
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Chemistry World September 21, 2006 Michael Gross	Alzheimer's Alphabet Alzheimer's researchers are now closer to understanding the natural function of one of the two enzymes that cut A out of APP, and have recreated the process by which fibril formation begins in vivo.
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Chemistry World May 7, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Polymers release insulin in response to glucose trigger Chinese researchers have developed polymer nanoparticles that can release insulin in response to changes in glucose concentration, creating a potential treatment for diabetes.
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Chemistry World October 18, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticle Reveals Sulfur's Midas Touch Researchers in the US have taken a snapshot of the inside of a gold nanoparticle, shedding crucial new light on one of chemistry's longest-standing questions: how does sulfur bind to gold?
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Chemistry World March 6, 2006 Jon Evans	Nanoprobes Light up Cellular Demolition Researchers have developed a method for detecting and imaging programmed cell death (apoptosis). The method, involving polymer nanoparticles, could be used to diagnose apoptosis-related diseases and inform drug development.
Chemistry World April 1, 2011 Hayley Birch	Nanoparticles help reveal hidden fingerprints A technique using gold nanoparticles in combination with antibodies has shown promising results for enhancing fingerprints that are over a week old.
Chemistry World October 2, 2012 Fiona McKenzie	Protein sorting within cells US scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles with specific ligands to latch on to and visualize specific proteins in living cells.
Chemistry World November 30, 2015 Emma Stoye	20 carat gold foam lighter than a feather The 20 carat gold 'foam' is a thousand times lighter than its solid counterpart, and the lightest gold nugget ever to be made.
Chemistry World July 17, 2012 Harriet Brewerton	Pinning down cancer US scientists have synthesized pin-shaped nanoparticles with magnetic and optical properties. The nanoparticles could be used for magnetic resonance imaging, early detection and photothermal therapy of cancer and other diseases.
Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nanoparticles brought to order US researchers have developed a process that could bring the unusual properties of nanoparticles to a larger scale, by using small molecules to evenly space nanoparticles in a polymer composite.
Chemistry World August 2, 2006 Bea Perks	Quantum Leap for Virus Trackers Glowing quantum dots are helping researchers study how viruses infect cells, and although the fluorescent nanoparticles have only been used on plant viruses so far, the technique could prove to be invaluable for drug development.
Chemistry World February 3, 2006 Simon Hadlington	High Throughput Screening for Kinase Inhibitors Researchers have developed a system for assessing the activity of a crucial class of enzymes involved in cellular signalling pathways.
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Chemistry World July 21, 2015 Tim Wogan	Nanoparticle cats drawn at the flick of a switch A new way of using light to reversibly assemble nanoparticles has been developed by scientists in Israel.
Chemistry World February 23, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Polymer coat helps nanoparticles penetrate mucus US researchers have shown how biodegradable, medically safe polymer coatings can help nanoparticles penetrate the mucus lining that protects human tissues to deliver drugs efficiently.
Chemistry World April 11, 2006 Jon Evans	Nanotechnology Tackles Chemotherapy Chemists and medical researchers have developed nanoparticles that target chemotherapy drugs directly at tumours. The researchers claim that the same technique could be used to develop nanoparticle-based treatments for a wide range of other diseases.
Chemistry World July 29, 2014 Vijay Shankar	Nanoparticle protects protein drug cargo A team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, US has developed novel nanoparticles that could deliver protein drugs to where they are needed unscathed.
Chemistry World September 10, 2013 Emily Skinner	Shape memory polymer hosts functional nanoparticles Scientists in China have developed a polymer scaffold for functional nanoparticles that can be folded and mangled but will reform into its original shape if it is placed in water.
Chemistry World November 20, 2013 Rebecca Brodie	Therapeutic screening for Alzheimer's disease Scientists in Canada and the US hope a system they have developed for monitoring amyloid- aggregation on a chip could be used to find new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
Chemistry World January 30, 2008 Jonathan Edwards	DNA Helps Nanoparticles Crystallize Two papers in Nature have each shown a simple way to build designer crystals from nanoparticles, using DNA as 'glue'. Both methods show promise as a cheap way of mass-producing complex materials like photonic crystals.
Chemistry World September 2, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Nanoparticles Paint a Finer Picture Swiss scientists have developed a process that can print detailed images using nanoparticles as 'ink', while maintaining their catalytic and optical properties.
Chemistry World October 7, 2011 Sarah Farley	Detecting diseases with DNA sensors DNA sensors detect pathogenic and genetic diseases by binding to target DNA strands that are related to the disease and giving a signal that shows how much of the DNA is present.
Chemistry World November 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Soybeans Strike Nanogold A simple mix of soybeans, water and gold salts may hold the secret to producing gold nanoparticles without harming the environment, according to one team of US researchers.
Chemistry World August 19, 2009 Hayley Birch	Gold nanoparticles detect cancer Chinese scientists have used gold nanoparticles as ultrasensitive fluorescent probes to detect cancer biomarkers in human blood.
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Chemistry World January 5, 2011 Hayley Birch	Nanoparticles build up New research suggests that nanomaterials that are released into the environment could accumulate in food chains.
Chemistry World July 20, 2012 Michael Parkin	New supramolecular Alzheimer's drugs Supramolecular chemistry could provide a new avenue in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, say scientists in China.
Chemistry World May 8, 2015 Michaela Muehlberg	Polymers curl up and take control Scientists in Germany have successfully collapsed single polymer chains into dense nanoparticles, to make single-chain nanoparticles, by adding palladium.
Chemistry World November 25, 2011 Jon Evans	Cancer diagnosis goes for gold Gold nanoparticles could help diagnose a wide range of different cancers by detecting telomerase activity within cells, say Chinese chemists.
Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans	Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists.
Chemistry World February 18, 2009 Nina Notman	Single Nanocatalyst Behaviour Revealed Before you can design the perfect nanoparticle catalyst, you first need to understand the fundamental science that governs their reactivity. U.S. Scientists have said they have done just that.
Chemistry World October 17, 2013 Jessica Brand	Enhancing photopigment formation to boost biofuel production Scientists in Australia have developed a nanoparticle light filter system that only lets through wavelengths favorable for microalgae growth. The system could make producing algal biofuels more efficient.
Chemistry World July 30, 2008 Sarah Houlton	A metal trap to stop Alzheimer's Trapping metals could prove a key to curing Alzheimer's disease, according to the promising results of early clinical trials on a compound called PBT2.