Wilson da Silva

Combining non-invasive imaging technologies with improved detection and analysis, will be essential if nanomedicine is to reach its true potential.By Wilson da SilvaNANOMEDICINE HAS OPENED new horizons for clinicians, making possible novel medical…

Nanoscale doctors curing the body from within sounds like science fiction, but for Japanese research centre COINS, it’s a serious goal.By Wilson da SilvaTHE AMBITION is grand and the timeline spans decades: the development of nanomachines dispersed…

Japan’s Braizon Therapeutics Inc has found a cunning way to get pharmaceuticals past the blood-brain barrier by using nanotechnology to piggyback aboard glucose transporters.By Wilson da SilvaTHE BLOOD-BRAIN barrier is nature’s border police:…

An experimental cancer treatment combined with a high-tech operating theatre are blowing expectations away.By Wilson da SilvaA RESEARCHER sees a patient’s most painful and intimate moments when developing new treatments for cancer. Working…

Attracting nanoparticles full of cancer drugs to the stroma of a tumour is proving key to new therapeutics.By Wilson da SilvaGENETIC SCREENING has been a boon for cancer research, generating an avalanche of insights and accelerating the…

Nanomedicine is on the frontline of Japan’s effort to solve an increasing cancer problem.By Wilson da SilvaJAPAN FACES a perfect storm: falling birth rates, an ageing population and a stagnant economy – a harbinger of what the rest of the…

Australia and New Zealand continue to produce their share of high quality science, although Australia’s researchers worry that recent budget cuts bode poorly for the future.By Wilson da SilvaTHIS VAST REGION dotted with small, developing island…