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Nanotechnology Drug in Droplets for Painless Treatment of Secondary Blindness

The Mexican company "Medical and Surgical Center for Retina" created a way to transport drugs, in order to avoid risks and painful treatments in people with secondary blindness due to chronic degenerative blindness such as diabetic retinopathy and degeneration of the eye. The innovative formula results eliminates the need to administrate the drug by intraocular injection.

26 Jun 2015

Encapsulated, Nanobody-Targeted Drugs Cold Help Treat Sleeping Sickness

Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies and threatens millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is considered fatal if untreated, but as it affects mostly poor people in low-income countries, treatment options are limited.

26 Jun 2015

Research on New Means to Kill Harmful Bacteria Published in Nano Letters

The global rise in antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, damaging our ability to fight deadly infections such as tuberculosis.

25 Jun 2015

Multifunctional Nanohybrid Materials Can Play an Important Role in Noninvasive Cancer Diagnosis

Various diagnostic imaging techniques are currently used for clinical imaging/disease diagnosis.

25 Jun 2015

Nanometric Sensor Identifies Biomarkers of Cancer, Nervous System Diseases

The early diagnosis of certain types of cancer, as well as nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica, may soon be facilitated by the use of a nanometric sensor capable of identifying biomarkers of these pathological conditions.

24 Jun 2015

FDA Authorizes Clinical Trials for AstraZeneca’s Accurin AZD2811 Developed Using Bind Nanomedicine Platform

BIND Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage nanomedicine company developing targeted and programmable therapeutics called Accurins™, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of AstraZeneca’s Accurin AZD2811 in clinical trials under an investigational new drug (IND) application.

24 Jun 2015

New Wirelessly Controlled Nanowire Implantable Drug-Delivery System

A team of researchers has created a new implantable drug-delivery system using nanowires that can be wirelessly controlled.

24 Jun 2015

Nano-Packaged Drug Can Halt and Reverse Progression of Atherosclerosis in Rodents

In what may be a major leap forward in the quest for new treatments of the most common form of cardiovascular disease, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have found a way to halt and reverse the progression of atherosclerosis in rodents by loading microscopic nanoparticles with a chemical that restores the animals' ability to properly handle cholesterol.

24 Jun 2015

Scientists Generate 5nm Gold Nanoparticles Radioactively Labeled with Gold Isotope

Nanoparticles are the smallest particles capable of reaching virtually all parts of the body. Researchers use various approaches to test ways in which nanoparticles could be used in medicine - for instance, to deliver substances to a specific site in the body such as a tumor.

23 Jun 2015

Cour's COUR-NP-GLI Bioengineered Nanoparticles Tested in Animal Model of Celiac Disease

Cour Pharmaceutical Development Company today announced new data from a preclinical live animal study demonstrating a breakthrough approach for celiac disease treatment. The data shows a reversal of the effects of dietary gluten exposure, and is being presented during the 16th Annual International Coeliac (Celiac) Disease Symposium being held June 21-24, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.

23 Jun 2015

Nanomedicine News

Nanotechnology Drug in Droplets for Painless Treatment of Secondary Blindness

Encapsulated, Nanobody-Targeted Drugs Cold Help Treat Sleeping Sickness

Research on New Means to Kill Harmful Bacteria Published in Nano Letters

Multifunctional Nanohybrid Materials Can Play an Important Role in Noninvasive Cancer Diagnosis

Nanometric Sensor Identifies Biomarkers of Cancer, Nervous System Diseases

FDA Authorizes Clinical Trials for AstraZeneca’s Accurin AZD2811 Developed Using Bind Nanomedicine Platform

New Wirelessly Controlled Nanowire Implantable Drug-Delivery System

Nano-Packaged Drug Can Halt and Reverse Progression of Atherosclerosis in Rodents

Scientists Generate 5nm Gold Nanoparticles Radioactively Labeled with Gold Isotope

Cour's COUR-NP-GLI Bioengineered Nanoparticles Tested in Animal Model of Celiac Disease

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Brain-Inspired Nano-Tech Promises New Era for Electronics

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

Sustainable ZnO Nanoparticles for Methylene Blue Cleanup

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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