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Positive Phase 1 Clinical Results for Nanoformulated Midaform Insulin PharmFilm Product

MonoSol Rx, a provider of PharmFilm drug delivery technology, and Midatech, which produces nanomedicines using its passivated gold-nanoparticle technology, have released positive Phase 1 clinical study results on bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of their Midaform Insulin PharmFilm product.

5 May 2012

New Nanoparticles Can Deliver Large Doses of Antibiotics to Bacteria

A team of scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has designed new nanoparticles that are capable of bypassing the immune system and entering into infection sites to deliver a targeted antibiotic attack.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5 May 2012

Light Touch Keeps a Grip on Delicate Nanoparticles

Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers at NIST have extended the trapped particles' useful life more than tenfold.

3 May 2012

Nanoparticle Formulation Revives Abandoned Cancer Drug

Current nanomedicine research has focused on the delivery of established and novel therapeutics. But a UNC team is taking a different approach. They developed nanoparticle carriers to successfully deliver therapeutic dos...

3 May 2012

Nanobiotix and Thomas Jefferson University Start Research Collaboration

Nanobiotix, a company developing novel cancer nanotherapeutics, and Thomas Jefferson University, one of Philadelphia's premier medical and health sciences universities, today announced that they have entered into a resea...

From Nanobiotix 3 May 2012

Electronic Nose Out in Front

Electronic nose made from DNA attached to carbon nanotubes combines the best attributes of chemical sensors and biological noses for specialized applications.

3 May 2012

'Green' Nanoparticles May Enhance Medication Delivery and Improve MRI Performance

In an article published May 1, 2012 online in PLoS ONE, Gordana Vitaliano, MD, director of the Brain Imaging NaNoTechnology Group at the McLean Hospital Imaging Center, reported that clathrin protein, a ubiquitous protei...

2 May 2012

New Magnetoelectric Sensors for Deep Brain Stimulation

Up to now, the brain's magnetic field is measurable only under technical laboratory conditions. This technique is therefore not feasible in terms of the broader medical use, although it would be significant for diagn...

30 Apr 2012

Bio-inspired polymer synthesis enhances structure control

A new bio-inspired approach to synthesising polymers will offer unprecedented control over the final polymer structure and yield advances in nanomedicine, researchers say. In a study published last week in the presti...

30 Apr 2012