Nanotoxicology News

RSS

Size, Type and Dispersion of Nanomaterials Could Impact Human Health and Environment

The size, type, and dispersion of nanomaterials could all play a role in how these materials impact human health and the environment, according to two groups of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In new stu...

27 Mar 2007

Manufactured Nanoparticles Show No Ill Effects on Soil

The first published study on the environmental impact of manufactured nanoparticles on ordinary soil showed no negative effects, which is contrary to concerns voiced by some that the microscopic particles could be harmfu...

26 Mar 2007

Life Cycle Assessment is an Essential Tool for Ensuring Successful Commercialization of Nanotechnology

Life cycle assessment (LCA) - a cradle-to-grave look at the health and environmental impact of a material, chemical, or product - is an essential tool for ensuring the safe, responsible, and sustainable commercialization...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 21 Mar 2007

New Drug Design - Acts as its Own Carrier!

The problem of efficiently delivering drugs, especially those that are hydrophobic or water-repellant, to tumors or other disease sites has long challenged scientists to develop innovative delivery systems that keep thes...

15 Mar 2007

Former EPA Official Says Now is Time to Consider Nanotechnology Regulatory Questions

With hundreds of nanotechnology-enabled products already on the market and many more in the commercial pipeline, a new report by a former senior Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official urges policymakers to give g...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 15 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

World's First Manufacturing Facility for Printed Semiconductor-Based Optoelectronic Sensors

Nanoident Technologies AG has announced it has opened the world's first manufacturing facility for the delivery of printed Semiconductor-based optoelectronics. The Nanoident Organic Fab (OFAB) GmbH, located in Linz, ...

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

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 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