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Midatech Secures Swissmedic Approval to Begin First-in-Human Clinical Study of Gold Nanoparticles

Midatech Group has declared that Swissmedic approval has been granted to it to begin the first-in-human clinical study with insulin-coated gold nanoparticles in partnership with PharMida, its subsidiary based in Switzerland.

17 Nov 2011

Novel Nanoparticle Gelatin-Based Drug Delivery System to Treat Blood Cots

A target-specific nanoparticle gelatin-based drug delivery system for clot-busting treatment has been showcased at the Scientific Sessions 2011 of the American Heart Association.

16 Nov 2011

Visualization of Nanoparticles Destroying Cancer Cells

One heat therapy to destroy cancer tumors using nanoparticles is called AuroShell. The AuroShell nanoparticles circulate through a patients bloodstream, exiting where the blood vessels are leaking at the site of cancer tumors.

13 Nov 2011

COIN Announce Nano+Bio Executive Roundtable Event

The Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN) announced the upcoming Nano&Bio Executive Roundtable event to be hosted at The RTP Foundation on November 17, 2011, beginning at 5 pm. This Roundtable will exp...

10 Nov 2011

Iroko to Present Findings for Nano-Formulations of Pain Drugs at ACR Meeting

The Phase 2 program findings of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) formulated by Iroko Pharmaceuticals utilizing its partner’s iCeutica’s proprietary SoluMatrix nanotechnology platform, will be presented at the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting on 7 November 2011 in Chicago.

8 Nov 2011

Researchers Design Nanoreactors to Aid in Drug Manufacture

University of Copenhagen researchers have achieved a major milestone in that they have been able to handle reactions at extremely small volumes, i.e., 10-19 L. This is nearly billion times smaller than anyone has ever handled previously.

7 Nov 2011

Researchers Discover Nanocomposite Probe to Study Neurological Disorders

Case Western Reserve University researchers have discovered that a hard nanocomposite probe, when implanted in a rat model’s cerebral cortex becomes as flexible as the surrounding gray matter in a few minutes ensuring that scarring does not occur as in traditional probes.

5 Nov 2011

EuroNanoMed to Fund Eight Nanomedicine Research Projects

EuroNanoMed, an European funding program under the European Commission’s ERA-Net scheme for the advancement of transnational nanomedicine research, has declared that eight projects were selected through its third and final joint transnational call for partnership research projects will get the €8 million fund offered by the funding agencies of EuroNanoMed.

4 Nov 2011

NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals and Children's Hospital, Los Angeles Inks Research Partnership

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, as part of its current research program on nanoparticle-based therapy for Ewing's sarcoma has signed a research partnership with NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, a developer of innovative cancer drugs, to develop and validate the novel drug-delivery platform of the company.

4 Nov 2011

Sub-Nanometre Cages Capture and Identify Molecules

Reliable and accurate single-molecule medical diagnosis is a step closer to reality with the development a new technique by Cambridge University researchers which uses sub-nanometre "cages" to capture and ident...

3 Nov 2011