Nanomedicine News

RSS

Global Advanced Wound Management Market Witnesses Increasing Adoption of Nanotechnology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Advanced Wound Management Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.

13 May 2013

TKM-Ebola Program to Incorporate More Potent Lipid Nanoparticle Formulation

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been modified to support development plans that integrate advancements in Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation and manufacturing technologies, and provide for additional funding for the TKM-Ebola program.

9 May 2013

Plasmonic Nanocomposites Hold Promise for Laser-Based Tissue Repair

A new "solder" for laser welding of tissue during surgical operations has the potential to produce stronger seals and expand use of this alternative to conventional sutures and stapling in intestinal surgery, scientists are reporting. Their study, which involves use of a gold-based solder, or sealing material, appears in the journal ACS Nano.

From American Chemical Society 9 May 2013

Solid-State Nanopores Used to Differentiate Single-Stranded DNA Molecules

The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.

9 May 2013

MagForce Granted European Patent for Nanoparticle-Drug Conjugates

MagForce AG, a leading medical technology company in the field of nanomedicine in oncology, announced today that the Company has been granted a further European patent for its NanoTherm® therapy, for which the opposition period has now expired.

From MagForce Nanotechnologies AG 8 May 2013

Leading Academic Brings Nanomedicine Laboratory to University of Manchester

The University of Manchester has today announced the appointment of a world-leading academic, who is playing a pivotal role in nanomedicine - a growing field with potential to benefit patients suffering from neurodegenerative disease and cancer.

8 May 2013

Nanotechnology Enables Safe Delivery of Reformulated TNF-alpha to Cancer Cells

The protein tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a powerful weapon in the arsenal to control cancer. Unfortunately, as is the case with many potent cancer therapies, the use of TNF-alpha as an anti-cancer therapy has been severely limited. “It was so toxic that it caused death,” and researchers gave up on it, explains Scott McNeil, director of the Nanotechnology Characterization Lab at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.

8 May 2013

UW Builds Nanotip Probes for Portable DNA Extracting Device

Take a swab of saliva from your mouth and within minutes your DNA could be ready for analysis and genome sequencing with the help of a new device.

7 May 2013

Data on Liquidia’s Nanoparticle Technology for Ophthalmic Suspension Formulations to be Presented at ARVO 2013

Liquidia Technologies today announced the presentation of data from two preclinical studies at the 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting.

From Liquidia Technologies, Inc. 7 May 2013

Single Water Molecule Isolated Inside a Buckyball

Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball, or C60, and to drive motion of the so-called "big" nonpolar ball through the encapsulated "small" polar H2O molecule, a controlling transport mechanism in a nanochannel under an external electric field.

7 May 2013