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Nanobiotechnology Experts Find New Mechanism that Targets Complexes Critical to Function of Viruses, Cancer

A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests a new approach to develop highly-potent drugs which could overcome current shortcomings of low drug efficacy and multi-drug resistance in the treatment of cancer as well as viral and bacterial infections.

9 Jul 2015

Magnetic Nanoparticles Increase Body Temperature to Combat Cancer

Hyperthermia (increase in body temperature) has been used for centuries to combat tumours and reduce their effects. The aim of the research by the physicist Eneko Garaio is hyperthermia but using a different system (magnetic nanoparticles) to increase body temperature.

8 Jul 2015

Nanobiosym Chairman and CEO Awarded Top Prize in Galactic Grant Competition

Nanobiosym? a global nanotechnology firm, today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Dr. Anita Goel, M.D., Ph.D, has been awarded the top prize in the Galactic Grant Competition to fund the Nanobiosym Research Institute to push the frontier of nanobiophysics and the Gene-RADAR?technology on the International Space Station (ISS), U.S. National Laboratory.

From Nanobiosym 8 Jul 2015

Gold Nanoparticle Coating on Cotton Fibers Can Help Kill Bacteria

Juan Hinestroza and his students live in a cotton-soft nano world, where they create clothing that kills bacteria, conducts electricity, wards off malaria, captures harmful gas and weaves transistors into shirts and dresses.

8 Jul 2015

Matinas BioPharma to Highlight Lipid-Crystal Nano-Particle Cochleate Formulations at Anti-Infectives Conference

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will be presenting at the 12th Anti-Infectives Partnering and Deal Making Conference being held July 9-10, 2015, in Boston, MA.

8 Jul 2015

RNA Nanodelivery System to Test Therapeutic Potential of Targeting MED1 Protein for Breast Cancer Treatment

Xiaoting Zhang, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Cancer Biology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has received a $1.8 million, five-year, R01 award (R01CA197865) from the National Cancer Institute to continue breast cancer research focusing on the function of the protein MED1 on HER2-positive breast cancer.

8 Jul 2015

Smart Sensor Chip with Nano-Cavities for Early Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

New research has shown how a smart sensor chip, able to pick up on subtle differences in glycoprotein molecules, can improve the accuracy and efficiency of prostate cancer diagnosis.

8 Jul 2015

Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Can Transfect PBMCs Following Intravenous Administration

Ensysce Biosciences Inc. efforts in the development of the single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) delivery platform for therapeutic applications has led to the important finding that SWCNT can transfect peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) following intravenous administration.

8 Jul 2015

Nanocarriers and Microbubbles Hold Promise for Drug Delivery to Treat Thrombotic Disease

Future Science Group (FSG) today announced the publication of a new article in Future Science OA, covering the use of nanocarriers and microbubbles in drug delivery for thrombotic disease.

7 Jul 2015

Flexible Silver Nanowire-Elastic Mesh for Creating Therapeutic Heat

If you suffer from chronic muscle pain a doctor will likely recommend for you to apply heat to the injury. But how do you effectively wrap that heat around a joint? Korean Scientists at the Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Seoul, along with an international team, have come up with an ingenious way of creating therapeutic heat in a light, flexible design.

6 Jul 2015