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St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group Formed
in Nanotechbuzz, on March 28, 2009
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Four St. louis area schools have announced the founding of the St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group.
"By bringing together skills and expertise from several area insti...
Cancer Research UK Announces Nanotech Breakthrough
in Nanotechbuzz, on March 13, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2367173
Following up on the post below , more nanotech cancer-fighting news: researchers at Cancer Research UK this week announced the development of a treatment "whereby tiny nano particles carried anti-tumor genes into cancer cells and 'zap...
MIT Student Wins Prize for Nanomedicine Research
in Nanotechbuzz, on March 7, 2009
MIT PHd student Geoffrey von Maltzahn won this year's $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for "developing a technique that utilizes nanosize gold particles to target malignant tumors and kill cancer cells but spares healthy tissue," according to Scientific American's Larr...
Nanotubes with Stem Cells Accelerate Bone Growth
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 31, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 5176287 Researchers have discovered that using titanium oxide nanotube implants with stem cells can help accelerate bone growth and healing.
During their research, the group of UC San Diego bioengineers and material science experts used a nano-bio techno...
Nanosensor for Skin Based Glucose Monitoring
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 30, 2009
Researchers from Draper Laboratories have developed an injectable nanosensor that can be injected into the skin to monitor an individual's blood-sugar level.
The material consists of 120-nanometer polymer beads coated with a biocompatible material. Within each bead is a fluorescent dye...
Nanomedicine Reviving a Cancer Drug
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 7, 2008
Many effective drugs never enter the market because of Toxicity and safety issues. An old cancer drug called TNP-470 was being researched in 1990, but clinical studies were stopped when neurologic toxicity was found in patients treated with this agent. Researchers at Children's Hospi...
5th International Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies - NN08
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 8, 2008
...of interest include: Organic Electronics & Photonics and Nanoelectronics; Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine; Thin Films, Meta-materials and Spintronics; Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanomec...
Cancer Detecting Nanoparticles
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 30, 2008
Scientists have designed peptide-coated iron oxide nanoparticles that can seek out tumor cells and make detection using magnetic resonance imaging possible.
The team created peptide-coated iron oxide nanoparticles - particles billionths of a meter in size. The researchers injected the particl...
Biodegradable Nanoparticles For Delivery of Cancer Drugs
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 25, 2007
A Dutch researcher has developed biodegradable nanoparticles which may be used to encapsulate and deliver fat-soluble anticancer drugs.
The nanoparticles consist of polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains which are attached to recently developed components: lactic acid derivatives of polymethacr...
Using Herpes Virus for Cancer Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 17, 2007
Scientists are conducting pre-clinical experiments to explore the use of the Herpes virus, engineered to selectively replicate in cancer cells, to trigger an immune response against (breast) cancer cells.
"The tumor emits signals to down-regulate the T-cells. Our herpes virus can b...
Nanoemulsion Against Onychomycosis
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 25, 2007
A new topical lotion developed by NanoBio Corporation , a spin-off company from the University of Michigan, has been shown to penetrate deep enough to treat onychomycosis , or toenail fungus, without beign systemically absorbed.
NB-002 is a topical oil-in-water nanoemulsion combined with an ...
Keck Foundation Grants $1.6 Million to Study Biological Interactions with Nanomaterials
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 11, 2007
The W.M. Keck Foundation has granted the University of Oregon $1.6 million to study the biological effects of exposure to precisely engineered nanoparticles that are being designed for diagnostic and therapeutic uses.
The interdisciplinary project is designed to help researchers understand ...
Polymer Nanoparticle Uptake in an In Vitro 3-D Brain Tumor Co-Culture Model
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 27, 2007
Photo:Fluorescence picture showing uptake of nanoparticles labelled with red fluorescence taken up principally by tumor cells labelled with green microparticles. Few nanoparticles can be seen on the brain slice (blue) underneath. Credit: Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
A nanopart...
Diesel Exhaust + Cholesterol = Clogged Arteries
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 30, 2007
...9;s risk for heart attack and stroke.
According to principal investigator Dr. André Nel, chief of nanomedicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a researcher at UCLA's C...
Blood-Powered Nanomachines
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 23, 2007
In a technological advance that brings man and machine closer to each other, Zhong Lin Wang and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a nanogenerator that uses supersonic vibrations in blood to generate electricity. The power density of the generators approaches 4 W/...
Nanoinjector Penetrates Human Cell
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 6, 2007
... almost arbitrary molecules into the intracellular milieu. In the longer term, it could be used for nanomedicine....
Nanoparticle to Deliver Glaucoma Drug
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 19, 2007
In a study published in the June 28 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry , scinetists have developed a nanoparticle which can be used as a drug delivery device for treating glaucoma , an eye disease that affects millions of people worldwide, and if left untreated, can lead to blindness....
Using Bacteria to Shuttle Nanoparticles
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 15, 2007
In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology , researchers have shown that bacteria may be used to deliver "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors, drugs or DNA for the early diagnosis and treatment of various diseases.
"The released cargo is designed to...
Nanotechnology and Gene Therapy Against Stage IV Lung Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 24, 2007
A preliminary clinical trial has demonstrated that an intravenuously administered nanoparticle containing the FUS1 gene shows clinical activity in stage 4 Lung Cancer Patients . FUS1 can induce apoptosis - programmed cell death - in cancer cells but is absent in those cells.
The nanopart...
Gum Arabic: Stabilizes Non-toxic Form of Gold Nanoparticles
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 1, 2007
...ular imaging and therapeutic applications, including cancer detection and therapy.
The promise of nanomedicine comes from the high surface area and size relationships of nanoparticles to cells, maki...
Dual Gene Therapy Against Lung Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 17, 2007
In addition to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, there may now be an additional treatment modality for cancers: dual gene therapy.
In a preclinical study, two tumor-suppressing genes, packaged in a nanoparticle delivery system, were intravenuously administered and has been shown to reduce ...
Biomedical Device Uses Nanotechnology to Monitor Bone Healing
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 24, 2006
Engineers from the University of Alberta have developed a wireless microsensor to monitor the bone healing process after surgery. The device, which is permanently implanted on a joint, uses nanotechnology to measure " osseointegration ", or the degree to which bone attaches itself to a ...
Peptide Solution Halts Bleeding
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2006
...omeostasis is vital.
The study describing this research is published in the October Issue of Nanomedicine . For an overview, read the full feature report from MIT.
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Nanomedicine lab registry ranks the nanolabs
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 14, 2006
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Ever wonder who the world's leaders are when it comes to nanomedicine research? Well now you can find the answer at the new nanomedicine lab registry from Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Resea...
The nanoethics of human enhancement
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 24, 2006
...vations that increase human strength and capabilities, to far-term predictions of Longevity , nanomedicine, artificial intelligence and other issues.
Nanotechnology, they suggest, might give us...
Nanotechnology in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Conference
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 25, 2006
...mpanies and technology providers using nanotechnology for drug discovery, development, delivery and nanomedicine. This conference will focus on the commercial applications of nanotechnology and its ap...
Questioning nanotechnology ethics
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 24, 2006
...t emerges and, in turn, it may alter the values and aspirations of that society.
Whose values will nanomedicine express? Are its novel ideas a product of widely shared values, or only of a powerful e...
Tech News #5 from Asia
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 20, 2005
...onal field will pull Minerva back toward it, the agency said. From Japan Today
Applications of Nanomedicine - One of the most promising applications of nanotechnology is in the field of medicine...
Nanomedicine at the Euro Nano Forum 2005
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 7, 2005
...#39;s meant to protect patients' safety, but for researchers working in the emerging field of nanomedicine, the regulatory process is seen as a vast and time-consuming obstacle to getting any prod...