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New Method to Switch Polarization of Nanomagnets Could Enable High-Density Storage on Integrated Circuits

UC Berkeley researchers have discovered a new way to switch the polarization of nanomagnets, paving the way for high-density storage to move from hard disks onto integrated circuits.

5 Aug 2015

Packaging Cancer Drug into Nanoparticles Double’s Tumor Destroying Efficacy

Researchers have packaged a widely used cancer drug into nanoparticles, more than doubling its effectiveness at destroying tumors.

5 Aug 2015

Integrated Microfluidic Chip Design with Embedded 3D Hydrogel Scaffold Can Help Capture Circulating Tumor Cells

A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Florida State University, and University of Massachusetts has developed a new design of microchip that can retrieve microfluidically attached cancer cells for serial in vitro or in vivo analysis by via integrating a 3D hydrogel scaffold into a fluidic device. The researchers describe their approach in the forthcoming issue of the journal TECHNOLOGY.

5 Aug 2015

Nanoluminous Crystals Hold Promise for Development of New Bioimaging Technologies

Researchers at UMass Medical School (UMMS) have successfully developed light-emitting nanocrystals that could help advance non-invasive bioimaging technologies. These nanocrystals would enable utilization of persistent luminescence nanoparticles for bioimaging applications in the clinic, and in research laboratories. This would allow functional and structural biological processes in patients and in living animals to be evaluated.

4 Aug 2015

Study Shows Vaccine with Virus-Like Nanoparticles Can Effectively Treat RSV

A vaccine containing virus-like nanoparticles, or microscopic, genetically engineered particles, is an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to researchers at Georgia State University.

4 Aug 2015

Researchers Design DNA-Loaded Nanoparticles for Breaching Mucus Barrier in Lungs

Nanotechnology could one day provide an inhaled vehicle to deliver targeted therapeutic genes for those suffering from life-threatening lung disorders. Researchers may have discovered first gene delivery system that efficiently penetrates the hard-to-breach human airway mucus barrier of lung tissue.

4 Aug 2015

Diamond Nanocrystals Act as Temperature Sensors for Hyperlocalised Cancer Therapy

Precise targeting biological molecules, such as cancer cells, for treatment is a challenge, due to their sheer size. Now ,Taiwanese scientists have proposed an advanced solution, based on a novel combination of previously used techniques, which can potentially be applied to thermal cancer therapy.

3 Aug 2015

Sevion Enters Agreement with Malvern to Establish New Biopharmaceutical Applications Laboratory

Sevion Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company which discovers, develops and acquires next-generation biologics for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases, has entered into an agreement with Malvern Instruments establishing a new biopharmaceutical applications laboratory in the heart of San Diego’s biotechnology cluster.

31 Jul 2015

Novavax Reports Top-Line Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Recombinant Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate

Novavax, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants, today announced positive top-line data from a Phase 2 clinical trial of its recombinant quadrivalent seasonal influenza virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidate (Seasonal Influenza VLP).

From Novavax Inc. 31 Jul 2015

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Second NanoSmart Product Using Proprietary Drug Delivery Platform

NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private pharmaceutical company developing nanoparticle drug delivery platforms, has received Orphan Drug Designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a second drug product that uses NanoSmart's proprietary drug delivery platform.

31 Jul 2015

Nanomedicine News

New Method to Switch Polarization of Nanomagnets Could Enable High-Density Storage on Integrated Circuits

Packaging Cancer Drug into Nanoparticles Double’s Tumor Destroying Efficacy

Integrated Microfluidic Chip Design with Embedded 3D Hydrogel Scaffold Can Help Capture Circulating Tumor Cells

Nanoluminous Crystals Hold Promise for Development of New Bioimaging Technologies

Study Shows Vaccine with Virus-Like Nanoparticles Can Effectively Treat RSV

Researchers Design DNA-Loaded Nanoparticles for Breaching Mucus Barrier in Lungs

Diamond Nanocrystals Act as Temperature Sensors for Hyperlocalised Cancer Therapy

Sevion Enters Agreement with Malvern to Establish New Biopharmaceutical Applications Laboratory

Novavax Reports Top-Line Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Recombinant Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Second NanoSmart Product Using Proprietary Drug Delivery Platform

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Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

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

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

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