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Researchers Report Nanoparticles Filled with Chemotherapeutic Drugs Can Destroy Breast Cancer

Nanoparticles filled with chemotherapeutic drugs can kill drug-resistant breast cancer cells, according to a study published in the scientific journal Biomaterials.

8 Nov 2013

Engineering Tetrapod Quantum Dots to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy of Biomedical Assays and Devices for Quantum Materials Corp.

Quantum Materials Corp. announced today that it has provided Tetrapod Quantum Dots (TQD) to an advanced medical device manufacturer to optimize performance of an “engineered spectrum” quantum dot-enabled ligh...

From QM Cell Dots 7 Nov 2013

UltraSM® Membranes for Chip-Sized Diagnostics from SiMPore

A groundbreaking collaboration between researchers at SiMPore Inc., the University of Rochester and the Rochester Institute of Technology has led to the development of a highly efficient automated chip-sized pump.

From SiMPore Inc. 7 Nov 2013

Midatech to Advance Biocompatible Gold-Nanoparticle Technology for Nano-Medical Applications through New Funding

Midatech Ltd., a global leader in the design, synthesis and manufacture of nanomedicines based on its unique biocompatible gold-nanoparticles (GNP), is pleased to announce that is has successfully raised £10 million through the issue of new equity. The investment round was led by Ippon Capital SA, a Geneva-based private equity firm, which committed £7.6 million with the remainder coming from existing investors.

6 Nov 2013

Biological Chemotherapy Nanoparticle Developer Donates $4 M to UC Global Health Institute

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation has donated $4 million to the University of California Global Health Institute to support new cross-campus and interdisciplinary education and research programs that aim to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable people and communities throughout California and across the globe.

From University of California, Los Angeles 5 Nov 2013

NanoViricides Renews Evaluation Contract with Dr. Harris’ Lab for DengueCide

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company"), announced today that theDengueCide evaluation contract has been renewed with Dr. Eva Harris’ Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology.

From NanoViricides, Inc 5 Nov 2013

Implantable Carbon Nanotube Sensors Detect Nitric Oxide

Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important signaling molecules in living cells, carrying messages within the brain and coordinating immune system functions. In many cancerous cells, levels are perturbed, but very little is known about how NO behaves in both healthy and cancerous cells.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Nov 2013

Bristol to Host 7th International Symposium on Nanobiotechnology on 6-7 November

The Bristol Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information is hosting the 7th International Symposium on Nanobiotechnology.

4 Nov 2013

NCI Awards CWRU Researchers $1.7 M Grant to Build Nanoparticles to Destroy Metastases

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have received two grants totaling nearly $1.7 million to build nanoparticles that seek and destroy metastases too small to be detected with current technologies.

4 Nov 2013

UB’s Nanomedicine Research for Tuberculosis Receives NIH Grant

UB’s HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Program has received several grants totaling $1.86 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund new initiatives and partnerships in hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug development, nanomedicine research for tuberculosis (TB) and pharmacogenomics of neurocognitive disorders for people with HIV/AIDS, as well as to extend ongoing research projects.

4 Nov 2013

Nanomedicine News

Researchers Report Nanoparticles Filled with Chemotherapeutic Drugs Can Destroy Breast Cancer

Engineering Tetrapod Quantum Dots to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy of Biomedical Assays and Devices for Quantum Materials Corp.

UltraSM® Membranes for Chip-Sized Diagnostics from SiMPore

Midatech to Advance Biocompatible Gold-Nanoparticle Technology for Nano-Medical Applications through New Funding

Biological Chemotherapy Nanoparticle Developer Donates $4 M to UC Global Health Institute

NanoViricides Renews Evaluation Contract with Dr. Harris’ Lab for DengueCide

Implantable Carbon Nanotube Sensors Detect Nitric Oxide

Bristol to Host 7th International Symposium on Nanobiotechnology on 6-7 November

NCI Awards CWRU Researchers $1.7 M Grant to Build Nanoparticles to Destroy Metastases

UB’s Nanomedicine Research for Tuberculosis Receives NIH Grant

Enhanced Antibacterial Polylactic Acid-Curcumin Nanofibers for Wound Dressings

Gold Nanoparticles to Restore Vision in Retinal Disorders

Levidian and Zentek Seek to Establish Graphene-Integrated Filter Manufacturing Facility in the Middle East to Advance Cleaner, Safer Air

Scalable Method for Porous Graphene Membranes for CO2 Capture

Biochar-Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites for Enhanced Water Treatment

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

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