Guest Scathane Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Consider the following excerpt from the New Scientist Online: Nanoparticles to pinpoint viruses in body scans 10:28 22 August 03 An injection of magnetic nanoparticles into your bloodstream could reveal precisely where harmful viruses are lurking. The particles are coated with antibodies to a particular virus, so they will form clumps that should be visible on conventional body scans if that virus is present. The team working on the technology, from the Harvard Medical School's Center for Molecular Imaging Research in Charlestown, Massachusetts, have already managed to detect viruses in body fluids and tissue samples. They hope to be able to detect viruses in patients' bodies within a couple of years. Much of the technology has already been tested in humans, so the scientists are confident that it will be safe. Spotting a virus Scans revealing where virus populations are - HIV, for example, tends to concentrate in the lymph nodes - could help doctors improve treatments. And a scan could reveal whether viruses used in gene therapy to ferry new DNA into patients have actually reached the parts of the body they are intended for - and in sufficient numbers to do any good (Journal of the American Chemical Society, DOI: 10.1021/ ja036409g). Full article: Nanoparticles to pinpoint viruses in body scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted August 29, 2003 SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted August 29, 2003 Interesting. Hope they can apply this to stopping diseases. Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Interesting, really interesting. Although it can only pinpoint the virii its still a good advance in medical science. http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisMiggell Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Will they be able to get it to react differently to different viruses so that not only can they pinpoint the location, but also the type of virus just by the radiation or whatever given off? Elvismiggell. Strike me down and i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine... Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la Not gone, merely marching far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 (edited) I'm not sure... I reckon they will be able to do all of these things in due time. Edited April 2, 2006 by Scathane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisMiggell Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Certainly good implcations. In time you could have a scane built into your timepiecee that would alert you as soon as anything was detected and you could go straight to the doctors, which would help solve the problem of illnesses not being discovered until too late. Elvismiggell. Strike me down and i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine... Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la Not gone, merely marching far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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