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Impact of Docetaxel conjugated Nanodiamonds on Gene expression of Prostate Cancer (PC3) Cells

Cedeño Ortiz J.D., Joshi S., Singh S.R., Vig K., Alabama State University, US

Prostate cancer (PC) is the second leading cause of adult male death in the United States. This type of cancer is a disease where the prostate gland cells start to grow without control, changing in [...]

Toward Engineering Fluorescent nanodiamonds

Zapata T., Bennett N., Hemmer P., Fei Y., Struzhkin V., Jelezko F., Texas A&M University, US

We have grown nanodiamonds (NDs) with Silicon vacancy (SiV) and Nitrogen vacancy (NV) color centers starting from the organic precursor Adamantane in a diamond anvil cell (DAC) using both resistive and laser heating methods. High [...]

A Nanodiamond is Forever: Functionalizable fluorescent nanodiamonds that do not photobleach or blink for in vitro and in vivo imaging

Bumb A., Sarkar S., Brechbiel M., Neuman K., National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, US

Fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) are a new category of nanoparticles with optical properties that make them superior imaging probes that could replace commonly used fluorescence agents (i.e. dyes and quantum dots). In particular, their near infrared [...]

Fluorescent Nanodiamonds with Silicon-Vacancy Color Center: A Potential Cellular Biomarker

Singh S., University of Alabama at Birmingham, US

Nanodiamond particles are emerged as a promising candidate as an imaging probe and as a drug and gene delivery agent because of their promising photostable luminescent emission upon incorporation of color centers (mostly nitrogen vacancy), [...]