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Nanoparticle-Delivered miR-200 Reduces Cancer Burden and Inhibits Metastasis

A family of microRNAs (miR-200) blocks cancer progression and metastasis by stifling a tumor’s ability to weave new blood vessels to support itself, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report today in Nature Communications.

12 Sep 2013

Novavax Reports Positive Findings from RSV F Nanoparticle Vaccine Studies at 53rd ICAAC

Novavax, Inc. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company creating novel recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and vaccine adjuvants, today reported positive findings from recent clinical and preclinical studies of its respiratory syncytial virus F-protein (RSV F) nanoparticle vaccine candidate in poster sessions at the 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Denver, Colorado.

From Novavax Inc. 12 Sep 2013

Malvern's Head of Product Management to Speak at Conference on Nanotechnology and the Coatings Industry

Ciaran Murphy, Head of Product Management at Malvern Panalytical, will review the benefits and limitations of common nanoparticle sizing technologies in a presentation at Nanotechnology & the Coatings Industry 2013.

From Malvern Panalytical 11 Sep 2013

Veritas Bio Granted European Patent for RNA Delivery

Veritas Bio, LLC, a privately held biotechnology company is pleased to announce that the European Patent Office (EPO) has granted a patent to Veritas for European Patent Application No. 07 873 598.2 1401. The patent relates to the “In vivo Delivery of Nucleic Acids.”

11 Sep 2013

NIH Awards $1.08 Million Grant to Improve DNA Sequence Reading

Polymer scientist Murugappan Muthukumar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year, $1.08 million grant from NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to find new ways to control the process of reading the precise order of nucleotides in DNA chains as they pass through a nanopore.

From University of Massachusetts Amherst 11 Sep 2013

Powerful New Method to Control Speed and Direction of Motion of Microscopic Structures in Water

Chemists, physicists and computer scientists at the University of Warwick have come together to devise a new powerful and very versatile way of controlling the speed and direction of motion of microscopic structures in water using what they have dubbed chemically ‘motorised microscopic matchsticks’.

11 Sep 2013

Body on a Chip Chemical/Biological Countermeasure Project Lead by Wake Forest Baptist

Whether it's the Ebola virus or Sarin and Ricin, a key to responding to chemical or biological attacks is having effective antidotes at the ready. To accelerate the development of new therapies, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine is leading a unique $24 million federally funded project to develop a "body on a chip" that will be used to develop these countermeasures.

11 Sep 2013

Manchester’s Nano Beam Position Monitor Receives 2013 R&D 100 Award

An innovative way to measure and image X-ray beams with unrivalled precision, developed at The University of Manchester, has been honoured with a 2013 R&D 100 Award – often dubbed the ‘Oscars of Innovation’.

11 Sep 2013

NPL Contributes Nanoscale Images to Guardian's Nanotechnology Blog

Scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have contributed nanoscale images of bleached hair, gold nanoparticles and the impact of cluster guns to the Guardian's nanotechnology blog, Small World.

11 Sep 2013

LiqTech’s Nanotechnology-Based Silicon Carbide Membranes Receive NSF Certification

LiqTech International Inc.,, a clean technology company that manufactures and markets highly specialized filtration technologies, today announced that its silicon carbide (SiC) membranes are now National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Certified. LiqTech’s membranes were tested and certified by NSF International to NSF/ANSI Standard 61, which means they are now approved for usage in drinking water systems.

11 Sep 2013

D2S Extends Partnership with NuFlare to Accelerate Deployment of eBeam Technologies

D2S®, a supplier of computational design platforms, today announced that it has extended its partnership with NuFlare Technology, a world leader in electron beam (eBeam) mask writing systems, to accelerate the deployment of eBeam technologies that reduce write times and improve the accuracy of advanced photomasks for future design nodes leveraging general purpose graphic processing unit (GPGPU) acceleration.

11 Sep 2013

Translational Data on Cerulean’s CRLX101 Polymeric Nanoparticle Candidate Published in PNAS

Cerulean Pharma Inc., a leader in dynamically tumor-targeted nanopharmaceuticals, today announced the publication of translational data on the company's lead candidate, CRLX101, currently in Phase 2 trials. The study results, which are published in PNAS, indicate that animal pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data are translatable to humans.

From Cerulean Pharma 11 Sep 2013

Naturally Splendid and Calico Enter NDA for Testing Nano-Encapsulated Omega Products

Naturally Splendid Enterprises (the "Company") is pleased to announce they have entered into a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Calico Food Ingredients Ltd. ("Calico") to test the plant-based Omega products H2Omega™ and HempOmega™ created by Boreal Technologies Inc. (formerly Canadian Medical Hemp Inc.).

11 Sep 2013

Caliber I.D. Launches VivaScope 1500 Multilaser System for Analyzing Living Skin

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (Caliber I.D.), formerly Lucid, Inc. (LCDX), has introduced the VivaScope® 1500 Multilaser system, the newest device in the company’s VivaScope confocal microscope product line. VivaScope Multilaser cellular imaging devices give researchers the option of a painless, noninvasive optical skin biopsy to study changes at the cellular level.

11 Sep 2013

eBeam Initiative Completes Second Annual Survey on Photomask Technology

The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of new semiconductor manufacturing approaches based on electron beam (eBeam) technologies, today announced the completion of the second annual eBeam Initiative survey. 28 member companies from across the photomask supply chain participated in the survey.

11 Sep 2013

Nanotechnology News

Nanoparticle-Delivered miR-200 Reduces Cancer Burden and Inhibits Metastasis

Novavax Reports Positive Findings from RSV F Nanoparticle Vaccine Studies at 53rd ICAAC

Malvern's Head of Product Management to Speak at Conference on Nanotechnology and the Coatings Industry

Veritas Bio Granted European Patent for RNA Delivery

NIH Awards $1.08 Million Grant to Improve DNA Sequence Reading

Powerful New Method to Control Speed and Direction of Motion of Microscopic Structures in Water

Body on a Chip Chemical/Biological Countermeasure Project Lead by Wake Forest Baptist

Manchester’s Nano Beam Position Monitor Receives 2013 R&D 100 Award

NPL Contributes Nanoscale Images to Guardian's Nanotechnology Blog

LiqTech’s Nanotechnology-Based Silicon Carbide Membranes Receive NSF Certification

D2S Extends Partnership with NuFlare to Accelerate Deployment of eBeam Technologies

Translational Data on Cerulean’s CRLX101 Polymeric Nanoparticle Candidate Published in PNAS

Naturally Splendid and Calico Enter NDA for Testing Nano-Encapsulated Omega Products

Caliber I.D. Launches VivaScope 1500 Multilaser System for Analyzing Living Skin

eBeam Initiative Completes Second Annual Survey on Photomask Technology

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