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Marina Biotech Purchases Intellectual Property of Novosom

Marina Biotech, Inc. announced today that the Company has acquired the intellectual property of Novosom AG of Halle, Germany for its SMARTICLES® liposomal-based delivery system in an all-stock transaction.

29 Jul 2010

Nanorods Can Improve Performance of Hybrid Solar Cells, Study

Propelled by aggressive R&D activities, third generation photovoltaics (PVs) are poised to take a huge leap forward. The exploratory mass production of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)-powered consumer durables is likely to alter the future course of research in this segment.

From Frost and Sullivan 29 Jul 2010

NanoBusiness Talent Program Helps U.S. Students to be Globally Competitive

Summer jobs are a rite of passage for teens. But this summer, Christian Johnson, 18, isn’t scooping ice cream or catching a tan as a lifeguard. Instead, the soon-to-be college freshman will investigate the use o...

29 Jul 2010

New Book Discusses Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticles

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4af251/multiscale_modelin) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Multiscale Modeling of Particle Interactions: Applica...

29 Jul 2010

Several Nano-Based Techniques Help to Meet Needs for Clean Water

Nanotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve particles on the approximate size scale of a few to hundreds of nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some...

29 Jul 2010

Thermo Fisher Introduces Two New DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the availability of two new DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages for the characterization and microcharacterization of carbon nanomaterials.

29 Jul 2010

Transferrin-Bonded Nanoparticles Can Recognize Broad Range of Cancers

A normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able – when paired with nanoparticles – to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without having to also load those particles with chemotherapy drugs.

29 Jul 2010

Nanotechnology Likely To Have Greater Impact on Construction Industry

Bricks, blocks, and steel I-beams - step aside. A new genre of construction materials, made from stuff barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to debut in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures.

28 Jul 2010

SurModics Partners with EGEN for Controlled Release of siRNA Nanocomplexes

SurModics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX), a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry and EGEN, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing nuclei...

28 Jul 2010

Scientists Pack Cisplatin into Nanoparticles for Use as Chemotherapy Drug

One of the first chemotherapy drugs given to patients diagnosed with cancer — especially lung, ovarian or breast cancer — is cisplatin, a platinum-containing compound that gums up tumor cells’ DNA. Cisplatin does a good job of killing those tumor cells, but it can also seriously damage the kidneys, which receive high doses of cisplatin because they filter the blood.

28 Jul 2010