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MIT Chemical Engineers Step Closer to Theranostics

MIT researchers have created an inexpensive method to screen for millions of different biomolecules (DNA, proteins, etc.) in a single sample--a technology that could make possible the development of low-cost clinical bed...

14 Mar 2007

IBN Releases Educational Nano-Bio Kits

The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) is arming teachers here with new tools to revitalize their teaching of science in the classrooms. IBN has launched a series of educational Kits to help secondary s...

14 Mar 2007

Azaya Therapeutics Awarded Patent for Novel Nanotechnology Platform

Azaya Therapeutics has been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Azaya's novel PSL nanotechnology platform. The PSL technology allows for the consistent loading, sizing and stabilizing of ac...

14 Mar 2007

Heated Nanoprobes Destroy Breast Cancer Cells

In experiments with laboratory mice that bear aggressive human breast cancers, UC Davis researchers have used hot nanoprobes to slow the growth of tumors -- without damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The researchers d...

14 Mar 2007

Unique Nanoscale Topography Created Through OsseoSpeed Surface Modification

When the fluoride modified OsseoSpeed implant was launched in 2004 it was based on solid pre-clinical and clinical documentation and in order to fully understand and utilize the full potential of OsseoSpeed, Astra Tech h...

14 Mar 2007

Explosion in Finnish Nanotechnology Industry

The Finnish nanotechnology industry is booming unlike ever before. The number of Finnish companies involved in the nanotechnology sector has grown 111% in just a two-year period. Of these, 22% have a commercial product b...

12 Mar 2007

Outstanding Women Well Represented in Nanotechnology in Australia

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Australia’s newest technology frontier is well-populated by outstanding women. Nanotechnology – the development of new products and processes based on ph...

8 Mar 2007

Development of Water-Soluble Nano-Polymers for Targeted Delivery of Anticancer Drugs

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has been awarded a grant through the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS). With the grant, researchers at Rexahn and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) C...

7 Mar 2007

Nanoparticle Gene Therapy Approach for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders

UK HealthCare researcher David Yurek was recently awarded $66,000 by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) under the foundation’s Rapid Response Innovation Awards program. The goal of th...

6 Mar 2007

Nanoparticle Combination Therapy Kills Intractable Tumors

Administering a small amount of a potent but potentially toxic anticancer agent along with nanoparticles loaded with a second anticancer agent produced a dramatic inhibition of tumor growth in normally intractable cancer...

6 Mar 2007