| Back to the BaSICKS | An(t)ybody Can Synthesize Nanoparticles! | Gene CAREpy | Tumor Has It | Audds and Ends |
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What is nanotechnology?
Term that refers to the manufacture of any material that is between 1 and 100 nm in size
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What is purple, red, or purple-red?
Color a solution will turn when it begins to synthesize AuNPs from plant matter
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What are 2nm and 6nm?
The two sizes of AuNPs were able to successfully make it to the nucleus
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What are imaging, drug delivery, and hyperthermia (among others)?
Different applications AuNPs have that relate to cancer
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What is GNP or AuNR?
Alternative acronyms for AuNP
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What is Gold Nano-Particle?
What AuNP stands for
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What are leaves and fruit?
The plant parts that were used to extract reducing and protecting agents from
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What is 9 nm?
The larges a nanoparticle can be and still pass through the pores in the nuclear envelope
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What are blood vessels?
AuNPs travel through these to get to targeted cancer cells.
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What is nanomedicine?
Term that NIH coined for any nanotechnology that is used to diagnose, monitor, and treat a disease
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What are receptors and ligands?
Can be attached to the surface of an AuNP and allows it to interact with only certain tumor cells
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What is HAuCl4?
The formula for the gold containing compound that was mixed with plant extracts to synthesize AuNPs
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What is Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotides?
The meaning of the acronym TFO
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What are solid tumor masses?
Tumors that AuNPs the most effective treatment for
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What is it causes oxidative stress on cells?
The reason why AuNPs are so toxic to people
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What is biocompatibility?
Term for the measure of how toxic a substance is on an organism
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What are pomegranates, sage, lemons, or roses?
Name ONE of the four plants that was used to synthesize AuNPs in the study we discussed.
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What is the size of the particle?
Characteristic that separates the gold nanoparticles out in a gel shift assay
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What is hydrogen ions?
Ion allows for the AuNPs to interact strongly with visible light for tumor imaging
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What is "in site" or "on site"?
What in situ means
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What is 100 times larger!
How much larger is an erythrocyte than a nanoparticle?
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What is smaller nanoparticles travel farther than large ones?
The relationship between the size of a nanoparticle and how far it can travel
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What is stability and protection against DNAse in the cell?
Benefits of attaching nucleic acid strands to AuNPs for transportation
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What is strong light absorbance?
Makes AuNPs good candidates for tumor imaging and hyperthermia facilitating
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What is 79?
The atomic number for Gold
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