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New Book on Nanomedical Device and Systems Design

Aubrey de Grey (Chairman and Chief Science Officer of the Methuselah Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of the high-impact journal Rejuvenation Research) offers some affirmative comments below, subsequent to a review of the upcoming book: Nanomedical Device and Systems Design: Challenges, Possibilities, Visions (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis) http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780849374982 edited by Frank J. Boehm, which is slated for release on November 25, 2013.

22 Nov 2013

MPS Probe Can Help Determine Proper Dosage of Nanoparticle-Based Drugs

The development of a probe to measure the body’s immune function could lead to more accurate, individualized doses for cancer patients prescribed nanoparticle-based drugs, according to research conducted at the University of North Carolina.

22 Nov 2013

Gold Nanoparticles Combined with siRNA Molecules Effective against Brain Cancer in Mice

Back in 2009 we cited promising work from Chad Mirkin (winner of the 2002 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology in the Experimental category) that covering 13-nanometer gold nanoparticles with siRNA molecules enable the usually unstable and fragile molecules to enter tumor cells in culture and silence the tumor cell gene against which the siRNA molecules were targeted.

16 Nov 2013

Porous Silica Nanoparticle 'Envelopes' Loaded With Compounds to Treat Infertility

A way of using nanoparticles to investigate the mechanisms underlying 'mystery' cases of infertility has been developed by scientists at Oxford University.

16 Nov 2013

First Wave of Nanoparticles Clear a Path for the Second to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new technique for fighting deadly and hard-to-treat pancreatic cancer that uses two different types of nanoparticles, the first type clearing a path into tumor cells for the second, which delivers chemotherapy drugs.

From University of California, Los Angeles 16 Nov 2013

Endomagnetics wins Nanomedicine Award

Endomagnetics, the company co-founded in the United Kingdom by a University of Houston researcher to develop products to improve the standard of breast cancer care, has been named one of two winners of an inaugural Nanomedicine Award in the European Union.

15 Nov 2013

Noninvasive Device with Multilayer Nanotechnology Helps Monitor Blood Glucose in Diabetics

A novel hand-held, noninvasive monitoring device that uses multilayer nanotechnology to detect acetone has been shown to correlate with blood-glucose levels in the breath of diabetics. This research is being presented at the 2013 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, the world’s largest pharmaceutical sciences meeting, in San Antonio, Nov. 10–14.

14 Nov 2013

Positive Clinical Trial Data of Novavax' H7N9 VLP Vaccine Published in New England Journal of Medicine

Novavax, Inc. today announced that positive clinical data for the company's virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidate against A(H7N9) influenza were published online in the Correspondence section of The New England Journal of Medicine.

From Novavax Inc. 14 Nov 2013

Two-Wave Nanotherapy Method Could Greatly Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

A new method of microscopic drug delivery that could greatly improve the treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer has been proven to work in mice at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

From University of California, Los Angeles 14 Nov 2013

Kala Presents Data on Drug-Loaded Mucus Penetrating Nanoparticles at 2013 AAPS Mini-Symposium

Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading developer of innovative products that enhance penetration of therapeutic agents into ocular tissue, announced today the presentation of data on its Mucus Penetrating Particles (MPPs) at the 2013 American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences mini-symposium on Novel Delivery Methods for Topical Ophthalmics, held November 12, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas.

13 Nov 2013

Nanomedicine News

New Book on Nanomedical Device and Systems Design

MPS Probe Can Help Determine Proper Dosage of Nanoparticle-Based Drugs

Gold Nanoparticles Combined with siRNA Molecules Effective against Brain Cancer in Mice

Porous Silica Nanoparticle 'Envelopes' Loaded With Compounds to Treat Infertility

First Wave of Nanoparticles Clear a Path for the Second to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs

Endomagnetics wins Nanomedicine Award

Noninvasive Device with Multilayer Nanotechnology Helps Monitor Blood Glucose in Diabetics

Positive Clinical Trial Data of Novavax' H7N9 VLP Vaccine Published in New England Journal of Medicine

Two-Wave Nanotherapy Method Could Greatly Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Kala Presents Data on Drug-Loaded Mucus Penetrating Nanoparticles at 2013 AAPS Mini-Symposium

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Sustainable Carbon Nanomaterial Gii Set to Transform Energy Storage in Internet of Things Devices

Sustainable Future for Carbon Nanotubes

Brain-Inspired Nano-Tech Promises New Era for Electronics

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

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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