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CNSE and CMOST Host Group of Young Women as Part of Summer NanoCamp

In furtherance of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s high-tech education and workforce training initiatives supporting nanotechnology-enabled growth across New York, SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and the CNSE Children’s Museum of Science and Technology (CNSE CMOST) hosted a group of young women on Friday, August 16 at the NanoCollege for the conclusion of the week-long CNSE CMOST Summer NanoCamp.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 17 Aug 2013

Mitochondria-Targeted Nanoparticles to Fight Breast Cancer

Researchers at the University of Georgia are developing a new treatment technique that uses nanoparticles to reprogram immune cells so they are able to recognize and attack cancer. The findings were published recently in the early online edition of ACS Nano.

16 Aug 2013

Findings Improve Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles and Delivery of Anticancer Drugs

A team of chemists in SU's College of Arts and Scientists has used a temperature-sensitive polymer to regulate DNA interactions in both a DNA-mediated assembly system and a DNA-encoded drug-delivery system.

12 Aug 2013

Perception of Nanotechnology Differs Between Places

When you hear the term "nanotechnology," what image comes to mind? A medically enhanced athlete capable of superhuman feats? A Michael Crichton-esque horror show of swarming, self-replicating nanobots, as depicted in his 2002 novel "Prey"?

8 Aug 2013

Gold Nanoprobes Help Identify Different Types of Cells

Researchers at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Cambridge, have developed a technique to help treat fatal diseases more effectively. Dr Sumeet Mahajan and his group at the Institute for Life Sciences at Southampton are using gold nanoprobes to identify different types of cells, so that they can use the right ones in stem cell therapies.

8 Aug 2013

Nanorobots Seek Specific Blood Cells and Attach Fluorescent Tags

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, working with their collaborators at the Hospital for Special Surgery, have created a fleet of molecular “robots” that can home in on specific human cells and mark them for drug therapy or destruction.

8 Aug 2013

MultiCell and Genisphere Partner to Develop Nanoparticle Therapeutics for Treatment of Liver Cancer

MultiCell Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MCET) and Genisphere LLC will collaborate on the development of targeted MCT-485 nanoparticle therapeutics for the treatment of liver cancer. MCT-485 is a noncoding double stranded micro RNA (miRNA) which has demonstrated oncolytic and immune stimulating activity in in vitro models of hepatocellular carcinoma.

8 Aug 2013

Certain Bacteria Deploy Aggression on the Nanoscale

A nano-machine cell killer: EPFL researchers decipher the attack strategy of certain bacteria, including the infamous Staphylococcus aureus.

6 Aug 2013

NanoViricides Enters Non-Disclosure Agreement with the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company") said it has signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (“LRRI”). The Company intends to enter into a Master Services Agreement with LRRI for the IND-enabling efficacy studies of both its broad-spectrum injectable and oral FluCide® drug candidates. These studies will employ multiple unrelated subtypes and strains of Influenza A, including the novel H7N9 strain, the subtype which is currently circulating in China.

From NanoViricides, Inc 5 Aug 2013

Nanotech Opportunities in Biomedicine to be Presented at Institute National d'Optique Conference

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to announce that Dr. Victor Castano, Chief Innovations Officer of Nano Labs, will be presenting "Nanotechnology and Photonics: Challenges and Opportunities in Biomedicine" today at the Institute National d'Optique conference in Montreal, Canada.

30 Jul 2013