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Handbook of Clinical Nanomedicine Explains NanoViricides’ Anti-Virus Platform Technology

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company") announced today that information on its novel, proprietary anti-virus platform technology has been published in the book "Handbook of Clinical Nanomedicine, Vol. 1. Nanoparticles, Imaging, Therapy, and Clinical Applications", a CRC Press publication. The chapter entitled "Nanoviricides: Targeted Anti-Viral Nanomaterials" provides an in-depth presentation of the NanoViricides platform technology, evidence for how nanoviricides® are believed to act plus dramatic results of nanoviricides specifically targeting certain viral diseases, such as Influenza.

23 Feb 2016

Scientists Use Infrared Laser Heat in Nanopore Sensing to Study DNA

A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University have formulated a novel method to examine DNA molecules. Their research paper titled, “Infrared laser heating applied to nanopore sensing for DNA duplex analysis,” discusses the method for improved forensic DNA workflows to gain much faster and precise identification. The paper has been published in the Analytical Chemistry journal, and was available online from 19th February.

22 Feb 2016

Researchers Engineer Shape-Changing Nanoparticles to Deliver Cancer Drugs Specifically into Tumors

The aim of chemotherapy should be to kill cancer cells without the side effect of hair falling out. A team of researchers from the University of Toronto have developed a novel molecular delivery system, which has the capability to ensure that chemotherapy drugs reach their target without major collateral damage.

22 Feb 2016

EPFL Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Portable Microfluidic Diagnostic Device

A portable and low-cost diagnostic device has been developed at EPFL. This microfluidic platform, which has been tested with Ebola, requires no bulky equipment. It is thus ideally suited for use in remote regions.

22 Feb 2016

Researchers Use Semiconducting Nanoparticles to Destroy Tumor Cells Inside Eye

Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have developed a new nanoparticle that uses a tumor cell's protective mechanism against itself -- short-circuiting tumor cell metabolism and killing tumor cells.

19 Feb 2016

Ceria Nanoparticles May Reduce Brain Inflammation Following Hemorrhagic Stroke

Nanoparticles from ceria - a rare earth metal - might lessen inflammation in the brain following a bleeding stroke (hemorrhagic stroke), according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2016.

18 Feb 2016

New Nanotechnology Approach Shows Promise in Treating Autoimmune Diseases

Parvus Therapeutics today announced the publication in Nature of a seminal paper describing the discovery and applications of a novel therapeutic approach employing nanomedicines, referred to as "Navacims"TM, to reprogram white blood cells to become regulatory cells capable of blunting autoimmune responses and restoring the equilibrium of the immune system.

18 Feb 2016

Nanomedicine News

Handbook of Clinical Nanomedicine Explains NanoViricides’ Anti-Virus Platform Technology

Scientists Use Infrared Laser Heat in Nanopore Sensing to Study DNA

Researchers Engineer Shape-Changing Nanoparticles to Deliver Cancer Drugs Specifically into Tumors

EPFL Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Portable Microfluidic Diagnostic Device

Researchers Use Semiconducting Nanoparticles to Destroy Tumor Cells Inside Eye

Ceria Nanoparticles May Reduce Brain Inflammation Following Hemorrhagic Stroke

New Nanotechnology Approach Shows Promise in Treating Autoimmune Diseases

Teijin Honored with Life Nanotechnology Award for Developing Breakthrough Nanofiber Technology

Haemoglobin Influences Aggregation of Individual Gold Nanoparticles to Form Clumps

New Technique Detects Disease Biomarkers in Nucleic Acid Form Using Nanotechnology

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Brain-Inspired Nano-Tech Promises New Era for Electronics

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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