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Managing the Risks Associated with Synthetic Nanoparticles

The very first guide in Québec to deal with managing the risks associated with synthetic nanoparticles has just been published. The guide sets out a prevention strategy appropriate to the workers and researchers who use, manufacture or synthesize nanoparticles.

12 Feb 2009

The Use of Nanotechnology in Virology and its Potential for Antiviral Therapeutics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Antiviral Therapeutics - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering. This report reviews the current state...

From Research and Markets 10 Feb 2009

microRNA Plays Key Role in Melanoma Metastasis

Scientists have long wondered how melanoma cells travel from primary tumors on the surface of the skin to the brain, liver and lungs, where they become more aggressive, resistant to therapy, and deadly. Now, scientists f...

9 Feb 2009

Dietary Supplements Made with Nanotechnology Raising Growing Concerns

An increase in the number of dietary supplements made with nanoparticles - so called "nanoceuticals" - is raising growing concerns about their potential for toxicity in the wake of little government oversight, ...

9 Feb 2009

Using Tiny Silver Nanoparticles to Reveal Internal Structure of Nearly Opaque Biological Materials

University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological materials like bone, tumor cells and the iridescent green scales of the so-called "photonic beetle."

4 Feb 2009

ABRAXANE Now Available in Germany and the UK with Additional EU Countries to Follow

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated, global biotechnology company, today announced the launch in Germany of ABRAXANE, 5 mg/ml powder for suspension for infusion (paclitaxel). "ABRAXANE is ...

4 Feb 2009

Nanoemulsion May Succeed Where Antibiotics Fail, Lab Tests Suggest

University of Michigan scientists report highly encouraging evidence that a super-fine oil-and-water emulsion, already shown to kill many other microbes, may be able to quell the ravaging, often drug-resistant infections that cause nearly all cystic fibrosis deaths.

4 Feb 2009

Blood Test Protecting Consumers from New Products Containing Potentially Harmful Nanotubes

Researchers in West Virginia and Japan are reporting an advance toward a blood test that could help protect consumers from new products containing potentially harmful kinds of nanotubes. These ultra small wisps of carbon...

4 Feb 2009

UK's Premier Resource on Nanotechnology Hazard and Risk Appoints New Director of Operations

SAFENANO, the UK's premier resource on nanotechnology hazard and risk, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Steve Hankin as its new Director of Operations.

4 Feb 2009

Practices Guide to Synthetic Nanoparticle Risk Management

The very first guide in Québec to deal with managing the risks associated with synthetic nanoparticles has just been published. It is a best practices guide published jointly by the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) and NanoQuébec. The guide sets out a prevention strategy appropriate to the workers and researchers who use, manufacture or synthesize nanoparticles.

4 Feb 2009

Nanotoxicology News

Managing the Risks Associated with Synthetic Nanoparticles

The Use of Nanotechnology in Virology and its Potential for Antiviral Therapeutics

microRNA Plays Key Role in Melanoma Metastasis

Dietary Supplements Made with Nanotechnology Raising Growing Concerns

Using Tiny Silver Nanoparticles to Reveal Internal Structure of Nearly Opaque Biological Materials

ABRAXANE Now Available in Germany and the UK with Additional EU Countries to Follow

Nanoemulsion May Succeed Where Antibiotics Fail, Lab Tests Suggest

Blood Test Protecting Consumers from New Products Containing Potentially Harmful Nanotubes

UK's Premier Resource on Nanotechnology Hazard and Risk Appoints New Director of Operations

Practices Guide to Synthetic Nanoparticle Risk Management

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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