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Nanotechnology Enables Safe Delivery of Reformulated TNF-alpha to Cancer Cells

The protein tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a powerful weapon in the arsenal to control cancer. Unfortunately, as is the case with many potent cancer therapies, the use of TNF-alpha as an anti-cancer therapy has been severely limited. “It was so toxic that it caused death,” and researchers gave up on it, explains Scott McNeil, director of the Nanotechnology Characterization Lab at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.

8 May 2013

UW Builds Nanotip Probes for Portable DNA Extracting Device

Take a swab of saliva from your mouth and within minutes your DNA could be ready for analysis and genome sequencing with the help of a new device.

7 May 2013

Data on Liquidia’s Nanoparticle Technology for Ophthalmic Suspension Formulations to be Presented at ARVO 2013

Liquidia Technologies today announced the presentation of data from two preclinical studies at the 2013 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting.

From Liquidia Technologies, Inc. 7 May 2013

Single Water Molecule Isolated Inside a Buckyball

Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball, or C60, and to drive motion of the so-called "big" nonpolar ball through the encapsulated "small" polar H2O molecule, a controlling transport mechanism in a nanochannel under an external electric field.

7 May 2013

New, Injectable Nano-Network Releases Insulin When Blood-Sugar Levels Rise

In a promising development for diabetes treatment, researchers have developed a network of nanoscale particles that can be injected into the body and release insulin when blood-sugar levels rise, maintaining normal blood sugar levels for more than a week in animal-based laboratory tests.

From North Carolina State University 4 May 2013

New Report on Antiviral Therapeutics Features Use of Nanotechnology in Virology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Antiviral Therapeutics - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 3 May 2013

Nanoparticles to Detect Cancer Fascinate UD Sophomore

Hailey Cramer began creating gold nanoparticles — particles a thousand times smaller than the thickness of a human hair — as a high school junior and intern with the Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

2 May 2013

DNA Nanotrain Delivers Drugs to Precisely Targeted Cancers without Toxic Nano-Clutter

University of Florida researchers have developed a “DNA nanotrain” that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain’s ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs to precisely targeted cancers and other medical maladies without leaving behind toxic nano-clutter has been the elusive Holy Grail for scientists studying the teeny-tiny world of DNA nanotechnology.

2 May 2013

Caltech Researchers Analyze Therapeutic Nanoparticles with NanoSight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being applied in the Chemical Engineering Department of the California Institute of Technology to study nanoparticle-based therapeutics being developed for the treatment of illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimer's.

30 Apr 2013

Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy Helps Image Graphite Nanoplatelets

Researchers have found a way to see synthetic nanostructures and molecules using a new type of super-resolution optical microscopy that does not require fluorescent dyes, representing a practical tool for biomedical and nanotechnology research.

30 Apr 2013