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Cambridge University Professor Wins 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) extends its warmest congratulations to David Baulcombe FRS, Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge and long-time BBSRC grant holder, in winning the 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.

14 Sep 2008

Symposium on Nanomedicine to Introduce New Nanotech Facility Office at WCMC

To bring Conell's medical researchers closer to cutting-edge nanotechnology techniques and to help forge intercampus research collaborations, the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) has opened a b...

13 Sep 2008

Nanotubes, Magnets and Electrically Charged Particles Leading to Quicker DNA Sequencing

Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is exploring how a system of nanotubes, magnets and electrically charged particles could lead to a quicker, cheaper way to conduct DNA sequencing. The project headed by Predrag S...

13 Sep 2008

MonoSol Rx Granted Patent for Pharmaceutical Thin Film Manufacturing Process

MonoSol Rx, a drug delivery company specializing in quick dissolving thin film pharmaceutical products, today announced that it has been granted U.S. patent No. 7,425,292 from the United States Patent and Trademark Offic...

12 Sep 2008

Nanometer-Sized 'Cargo Ships' Targetting and Destroying Tumors

Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body's immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer drugs and markers into tumors that might otherwise go untreated or undetected.

12 Sep 2008

Destroying Tumor Cells Using Nanoparticles and Light

Researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered a method for destroying tumor cells by using nanoparticles and light. Wensha Yang’s technique is actually dealing with quantum dots. Quantum dots are se...

11 Sep 2008

Bio-Coatings Now Available for Co-Development and Licensing

Accelr8 Technology Corporation announced today that two teams of university research collaborators report new methods for scalable production with the company's patented OptiChem® bio-coatings. Led by Dr. David G...

11 Sep 2008

Global Shortages of Radio Isotopes for Cancer Diagnosis Could be a Thing of the Past

Thanks to a newly-developed technology at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, global shortages of radio isotopes for cancer diagnosis could be a thing of the past. This is the message from Prof. Bert Wolterbeek of Delft University of Technology's Reactor Institute Delft (RID) in an article in university journal Delta.

11 Sep 2008

Calando Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial of Nanoparticle-Based IT-101

Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that it has initiated a Phase II clinical trial in the United States evaluating the safety and efficacy of its...

11 Sep 2008

Instrument to Provide Real-Time Images of Biological Processes

Researchers at the University of New Mexico were recently awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support a research program within the Department of Physics. The program, titled "A Facility to Perform Bio-molecular Imaging; Real Time Phase Mapping of Biological Dynamics," is designed to provide real-time images of biological processes at nano and pico scale resolutions, a feat never achieved before.

11 Sep 2008