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Handheld Raman Scanner Could Aid in Complete Removal of Brain Tumors

Cancerous brain tumors are notorious for growing back despite surgical attempts to remove them — and for leading to a dire prognosis for patients. But scientists are developing a new way to try to root out malignant cells during surgery so fewer or none get left behind to form new tumors. The method, reported in the journal ACS Nano, could someday vastly improve the outlook for patients.

From American Chemical Society 4 Sep 2014

Nanogel Formulation of Thunder God Vine Compound Holds Promise for Cancer Treatment

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-associated death worldwide. These regrettably poor prognoses are due to the difficulty in treating this cancer using conventional chemotherapeutic drugs such as doxorubicin, epirubicin, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, etoposide or combinations therein.

28 Aug 2014

EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium to Feature BIND Therapeutics’ Presentation on Clinical Activity of BIND-014

BIND Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage nanomedicine platform company developing targeted and programmable therapeutics called AccurinsTM, announced today that a poster presentation including Phase 2 clinical data on its lead drug candidate, BIND-014, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will be presented at the upcoming 26th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics.

27 Aug 2014

Engineered Vault Nanoparticles Could Lead to More Effective Treatments for Cancer and HIV

Amultidisciplinary team of scientists from UCLA and Stanford University has used a naturally occurring nanoparticle called a vault to create a novel drug delivery system that could lead to advances in the treatment of cancer and HIV.

22 Aug 2014

Science Translational Medicine Publishes Positive Data on Tekmira's Lipid Nanoparticle Technology for Targeting Marburg Virus

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced the publication of data in a peer-reviewed scientific journal which highlights positive results in an animal model of Marburg virus infection enabled by Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology.

21 Aug 2014

Critical Advance in Creating Medical Nanorobots

Researchers from the Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences and MIPT have made an important step towards creating medical nanorobots.

20 Aug 2014

Researchers Capture and Release Single-Cells

Scientists at the Houston Methodist Research Institute have figured out how to pick up and transfer single cells using a pipette -- a common laboratory tool that's been tweaked slightly. They describe this engineering feat and preliminary test results in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

20 Aug 2014

NIH Awards $1.15 Million Grant to Train Next Generation of Cancer Nanomedicine Scientists

Northeastern University has received a five-year, $1.15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to train the next generation of cancer nanomedicine scientists and clinicians through a unique experiential learning program.

20 Aug 2014

Nanoparticles in New Chikungunya Virus Candidate Vaccine Mimic Immune-Stimulating Effects of Actual Virus Particles

The first human trial of a new vaccine developed using non-infectious virus-like particles (VLP) appears likely to offer protection against chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne infection, according to a study published in The Lancet. Since its re-emergence in 2004, chikungunya virus has become a growing public-health threat that has affected millions of people in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and in recent months it has been spreading throughout the Americas.

18 Aug 2014

Vascular Enabled Integrated Nanosecond Pulse Procedure Helps Open Blood-Brain-Barrier

A team of researchers from the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences have developed a new way of using electricity to open the blood-brain-barrier (BBB).

13 Aug 2014

Nanomedicine News

Handheld Raman Scanner Could Aid in Complete Removal of Brain Tumors

Nanogel Formulation of Thunder God Vine Compound Holds Promise for Cancer Treatment

EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium to Feature BIND Therapeutics’ Presentation on Clinical Activity of BIND-014

Engineered Vault Nanoparticles Could Lead to More Effective Treatments for Cancer and HIV

Science Translational Medicine Publishes Positive Data on Tekmira's Lipid Nanoparticle Technology for Targeting Marburg Virus

Critical Advance in Creating Medical Nanorobots

Researchers Capture and Release Single-Cells

NIH Awards $1.15 Million Grant to Train Next Generation of Cancer Nanomedicine Scientists

Nanoparticles in New Chikungunya Virus Candidate Vaccine Mimic Immune-Stimulating Effects of Actual Virus Particles

Vascular Enabled Integrated Nanosecond Pulse Procedure Helps Open Blood-Brain-Barrier

Electron-Phonon Interactions Boost 2D Semiconductor Conductivity

New Nanomaterial Offers Sustainable Drinking Water Solution

Scalable ZnO/Zn(OH)2 Nanosheets for Stable Lithium Anodes

Carbon Nanofibers Boost Strength and Durability of Fiber Composites

Researchers Use Novel PEG Treatment to Prevent Hydrogel Collapse

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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