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Cell Penetration Without Causing Damage Using Specially Coated Gold Nanoparticles

Cells are very good at protecting their precious contents — and as a result, it’s very difficult to penetrate their membrane walls to deliver drugs, nutrients or biosensors without damaging or destroying the ...

26 Aug 2013

British Journal of Cancer Publishes Study on Novel Nanoliposomal Irinotecan

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the British Journal of Cancer has published the paper "A Multinational Phase 2 Study of Nanoliposomal Irinotecan Sucrosofate (PEP02, MM-398) for Patients with Gemcitabine-Refractory Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer" in its latest issue (Volume 109, Issue 4).

23 Aug 2013

Nano Labs Reports Positive Results from Testing of Nanotech Immune Stimulant

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to report today the results of testing of its proprietary Nanotechnology Immune Stimulant (NIS) which prevents the propagations of infections made by Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, a bacteria that cause disease in cultured shrimp.

23 Aug 2013

UCSD Nanoengineering Professor Named Among MIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Young Innovators

MIT Technology Review has named Liangfang Zhang, a professor of nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego, among the top 35 young innovators of 2013. For over a decade, the global media company has recognized a list of exceptionally talented technologists whose work has great potential to transform the world.

22 Aug 2013

NanoViricides Progressing on Schedule to Build New Clinical Scale cGMP Production Plant

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company") reported today that the renovation of the facility in Shelton, CT, to build its new clinical scale cGMP production plant is progressing on schedule.

From NanoViricides, Inc 20 Aug 2013

Drugs Encapsulated in Nanoparticles May Help Treat Wet AMD

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers have teamed up with clinicians to create a new drug-delivery strategy for a type of central vision loss caused by blood vessel growth at the back of the eye, where such growth should not occur.

20 Aug 2013

CNSE and CMOST Host Group of Young Women as Part of Summer NanoCamp

In furtherance of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s high-tech education and workforce training initiatives supporting nanotechnology-enabled growth across New York, SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and the CNSE Children’s Museum of Science and Technology (CNSE CMOST) hosted a group of young women on Friday, August 16 at the NanoCollege for the conclusion of the week-long CNSE CMOST Summer NanoCamp.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 17 Aug 2013

Mitochondria-Targeted Nanoparticles to Fight Breast Cancer

Researchers at the University of Georgia are developing a new treatment technique that uses nanoparticles to reprogram immune cells so they are able to recognize and attack cancer. The findings were published recently in the early online edition of ACS Nano.

16 Aug 2013

Findings Improve Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles and Delivery of Anticancer Drugs

A team of chemists in SU's College of Arts and Scientists has used a temperature-sensitive polymer to regulate DNA interactions in both a DNA-mediated assembly system and a DNA-encoded drug-delivery system.

12 Aug 2013

Perception of Nanotechnology Differs Between Places

When you hear the term "nanotechnology," what image comes to mind? A medically enhanced athlete capable of superhuman feats? A Michael Crichton-esque horror show of swarming, self-replicating nanobots, as depicted in his 2002 novel "Prey"?

8 Aug 2013