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3D Bioprinter May Help Make Synthesized Nerve Tissue Using Nanotechnology-Inspired Material

The printer looks like a toaster oven with the front and sides removed. Its metal frame is built up around a stainless steel circle lit by an ultraviolet light. Stainless steel hydraulics and thin black tubes line the back edge, which lead to an inner, topside box made of red plastic.

13 May 2015

Panacea Selects Goodwin Biotechnology for Nanoparticle Cancer Vaccine Stability Testing and Fill / Finish Project

Goodwin Biotechnology, Inc., a biological Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that specializes in bioprocess development and GMP manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals utilizing Mammalian Cell Culture expression systems and Bioconjugation technologies, was selected by Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to complete a novel Fill / Finish project, as well as Quality Control release and stability testing for a therapeutic, nanoparticle cancer vaccine based on the Human Aspartyl (Asparaginyl) â-Hydroxylase (HAAH) tumor-specific protein to support Phase I clinical trials in patients with various solid tumor cancers.

12 May 2015

Cologne University Hospital Initiates MagForce NanoTherm Therapy in Commercial Setting for Brain Cancer Treatment

MagForce AG (Frankfurt, Entry Standard, XETRA: MF6, ISIN: DE000A0HGQF5), a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, today announced that the Center for Integrated Oncology at Cologne University Hospital, headed by Prof. Dr. med. Roland Goldbrunner, has initiated NanoTherm(TM) therapy in the commercial setting for the treatment of brain cancers in addition to the ongoing post-marketing study.

8 May 2015

BIND Therapeutics Provides Business Highlights and Financial Results for First Quarter 2015

BIND Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage nanomedicine company developing targeted and programmable therapeutics called AccurinsTM, today reported financial results and business highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

8 May 2015

Researchers Study Nanoscale Drug Vesicles to Determine Precise Dynamics of Crystallization

Water, when cooled below 32°F, eventually freezes — it's science known even to pre-schoolers. But some substances, when they undergo a process called "rapid-freezing" or "supercooling," remain in liquid form — even at below-freezing temperatures.

8 May 2015

New Commercially Viable Technique to Create Longer Custom-Designed Strands of DNA

Imagine taking strands of DNA – the material in our cells that determines how we look and function – and using it to build tiny structures that can deliver drugs to targets within the body or take electronic miniaturization to a whole new level.

7 May 2015

Loading Antigens into Silicon Microparticles Could Boost Effectiveness of Cancer Vaccines

The effectiveness of cancer vaccines could be dramatically boosted by first loading the cancer antigens into silicon microparticles, report scientists from Houston Methodist and two other institutions in an upcoming Cell Reports (early online).

6 May 2015

Immune and STC Collaborate to Develop Antibody Nanoparticle Conjugates for Targeted Chemo-Therapeutics Delivery

Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical stage bio-pharmaceutical company with a first-in-class monoclonal antibody, bertilimumab, for the treatment of auto-immune diseases, and STC Biologics, a biotechnology development company led by alumni of Genentech, Shire, Novartis and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, announced today that they are entering into a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of NanomAbs, a new generation of Antibody Nanoparticle Conjugates allowing the targeted delivery of chemo-therapeutics.

5 May 2015

Exosomes Deliver Potent Antioxidant to the Brain to Treat Parkinson's Disease

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used exosomes -- tiny bubbles of protein and fat produced naturally by cells -- to bypass the body's defenses and deliver a potent antioxidant directly to the brain to treat Parkinson's disease.

5 May 2015

Beam Tracking with Mirror Tip- and Tilting Piezostage PKS1

In biology applications a laser beam is used for cell stimulation. First the laser beam is redirected onto 2 mirrors then directed to the cells. An important requirement, to hold the laser beam onto the cell is very d...

From Piezosystem Jena, Inc. 4 May 2015

Nanomedicine News

3D Bioprinter May Help Make Synthesized Nerve Tissue Using Nanotechnology-Inspired Material

Panacea Selects Goodwin Biotechnology for Nanoparticle Cancer Vaccine Stability Testing and Fill / Finish Project

Cologne University Hospital Initiates MagForce NanoTherm Therapy in Commercial Setting for Brain Cancer Treatment

BIND Therapeutics Provides Business Highlights and Financial Results for First Quarter 2015

Researchers Study Nanoscale Drug Vesicles to Determine Precise Dynamics of Crystallization

New Commercially Viable Technique to Create Longer Custom-Designed Strands of DNA

Loading Antigens into Silicon Microparticles Could Boost Effectiveness of Cancer Vaccines

Immune and STC Collaborate to Develop Antibody Nanoparticle Conjugates for Targeted Chemo-Therapeutics Delivery

Exosomes Deliver Potent Antioxidant to the Brain to Treat Parkinson's Disease

Beam Tracking with Mirror Tip- and Tilting Piezostage PKS1

Laser-Induced Graphene for Printable and Biomedical Applications

Enhanced Antibacterial Polylactic Acid-Curcumin Nanofibers for Wound Dressings

Co-Solvent-Driven Laser Assembly of Gold Nanorods

Cigarette Waste as a Source for Sustainable Supercapacitors

Novel Technique Dramatically Increases Graphene's Elasticity

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

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