What Did You Learn Today?
Posted February 11, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nano particles are so small you can't prick them with the point of a hatpin. Yet nano particles hold a multitude of possibilities.
Take medicine, for example. If you could inject a nano particle into your bloodstream, and attach it to a glucose molecule, you could check your blood sugar without pricking your finger.
What about chemotherapy? It's used with the assumption that it's not attacking healthy cells. What if you could deliver the drug directly to the tumor, and release it on the exact spot?
Nano particles fascinate Greg Foy. He's researching how to use nano particles as sensors, in order to determine how much of something exists, like how much calcium in someone's body.
Dr. Foy's intrigued with nano particles because he can get them to go places where large molecules cannot. Interestingly, Dr. Foy has been receiving assistance with his research from a former York College student, who parlayed her internship into a full-time job at Harley Davidson.
What Did You Learn Today?
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