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Development of Water-Soluble Nano-Polymers for Targeted Delivery of Anticancer Drugs

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has been awarded a grant through the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS). With the grant, researchers at Rexahn and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) C...

7 Mar 2007

Nanoparticle Gene Therapy Approach for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders

UK HealthCare researcher David Yurek was recently awarded $66,000 by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) under the foundation’s Rapid Response Innovation Awards program. The goal of th...

6 Mar 2007

Nanoparticle Combination Therapy Kills Intractable Tumors

Administering a small amount of a potent but potentially toxic anticancer agent along with nanoparticles loaded with a second anticancer agent produced a dramatic inhibition of tumor growth in normally intractable cancer...

6 Mar 2007

Magnetic Nanocrystals Carry Tumor-Killing Drugs

Imagine using a focused magnetic field to concentrate anticancer drugs in and around tumors, and then turning off the magnetic field so that the drugs then leave the body. That possiblity may become a reality as a result...

6 Mar 2007

Targeted Nanoparticles Image Early Tumors

A well-established fact in cancer therapy is that early tumor detection improves the odds that a patient will survive the disease. Now, using nanoparticles targeted to the tiny blood vessels that surround even the smalle...

6 Mar 2007

Watery Nanoparticles Deliver Anticancer Therapy

Ultrafine nanoparticles made of a lacy web of polymer and tiny pockets of water may prove to be an ideal vehicle for delivering light-activated drugs to tumors. Preliminary experiments, published in the journal Angewandt...

6 Mar 2007

Controlling Movement of Water Through Nanotube Membranes Could Lead To Use In Water Purification and Genetic Research

By fusing wet and dry nanotechnologies, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found a way to control the flow of water through carbon nanotube membranes with an unprecedented level of precision. The resear...

2 Mar 2007

Could Nanotechnology Deliver Major Benefits to Health Care in Developing Countries

“Nanotechnology has the potential to generate enormous health benefits for the more than five billion people living in the developing world,” according to Dr. Peter A. Singer, senior scientist at the McLaughl...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 28 Feb 2007

IMEC Reports Technology to Functionalize Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

IMEC has developed a generic and versatile method to synthesize stable, biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles. By tuning the endgroups, the functionalized nanoparticles can be used for a wide variety of biomedical applica...

From IMEC 27 Feb 2007

Development of Biocompatible Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Medical Applications

The future of cancer detection and treatment may be in gold nanoparticles - tiny pieces of gold so small they cannot be seen by the naked eye. The potential of gold nanoparticles has been hindered by the difficulty of ma...

27 Feb 2007