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Using Carbon Nanospheres to Produce an Improved Imaging Agent

Luna Innovations Incorporated announces an award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the detection and diagnosis of brain tumors. Under this program, Luna will a...

8 Oct 2008

NCCN Announces Collaboration to Conduct Anti-Cancer Drug Studies

NCCN Announces Collaboration to Conduct Anti-Cancer Drug Studies

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), Abraxis BioScienc, and AstraZeneca today announced that they have entered into a collaboration to conduct multiple investigator-initiated studies of Abraxis BioScience's anti-cancer drug ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin bound), which is based on the company's proprietary tumor targeting technology known as the nab(TM) platform.

8 Oct 2008

WaferGen Signs Distribution Agreements for SmartSlide Micro-Incubation System in Europe and Asia

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement for the comp...

From WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. 7 Oct 2008

First and Only Anti-Cancer siRNA Drug Candidate Currently Undergoing Human Clinical Trials

Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7,427,605, entitled, "Inhibitors of ribonucleotide reductase subunit 2 an...

7 Oct 2008

Epeius Biotechnologies Publishes Paper Describing Advances in Medical Gene Delivery

Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announced the publication of another landmark paper describing recent technological advances in medical gene delivery. The latest scientific paper, entitled "Targeting metast...

7 Oct 2008

Mechanical Interactions Between Cells Play Important Role in Biology

Mechanical Interactions Between Cells Play Important Role in Biology

What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a mixture of oil and water? The same basic force causes both mixtures to separate into two distinct regions.

7 Oct 2008

Complete Genomics Announces Partnership to Conduct First Human Genome Population Study

Complete Genomics, Inc., a newly-launched, third-generation human genome sequencing company, and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) today announced their partnership to conduct population-wide human genome studies. ...

7 Oct 2008

Using Nanotechnology to Search for New Cancer-Fighting Drugs

Using Nanotechnology to Search for New Cancer-Fighting Drugs

Researchers at Wake Forest University are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current methods.

7 Oct 2008

Japanese Researchers Awarded 2008 SNM Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship

Four Japanese researchers were awarded the 2008 SNM Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship and are currently studying in the United States through 2010 as part of the two-year program. These scholars are Kenji Fukushima, Tokyo W...

7 Oct 2008

Impact of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology on Modern Life

With more and more frequency, nanotechnology is being offered to the American public as a transformative technology, with the potential to improve every aspect of our social, physical, and economic well-being. As a resul...

7 Oct 2008

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