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Discovery of Circulating Nano-Sized Extracellular Vesicles Helps Advance Brain Cancer Diagnosis

The recent discovery of circulating "nano-sized extracellular vesicles" (EVs) carrying proteins and nucleic acids derived from brain tumors may lead to exciting new avenues for brain cancer diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment, according to a special article in the April issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

9 Apr 2013

Calcified Nanoparticles Beginning of Kidney Stones Formation in the Fruit Fly

Kidney stones usually make their presence known suddenly, often sending a person to the hospital in excruciating pain. Each year in the U.S. more than a million people seek medical attention for kidney stones, technically called nephrolithiasis. The total annual cost of treatment exceeds $2.1 billion, according to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse.

8 Apr 2013

Molecular Medicine Researchers Detect Substance That Can Prevent Edema Formation

Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and the Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin-Buch, Germany, have now detected a substance that can prevent the accumulation of fluid in body tissue and thus edema formation.

6 Apr 2013

UB Researchers Participate in Launch of Zimbabwe International Nanotechnology Center

What does it take to launch two major international HIV/AIDS research initiatives involving UB and the University of Zimbabwe?

6 Apr 2013

Cerulean Pharma to Discuss Pre-Clinical and Clinical Results of Nanopharmaceutical CRLX101 at AACR Meeting

Cerulean Pharma Inc., a leader in dynamically tumor-targeted nanopharmaceuticals, today announced that researchers will present both pre-clinical and clinical data on Cerulean's Phase 2 candidate, CRLX101, in sessions at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.

From Cerulean Pharma 5 Apr 2013

Side-Effect-Free Radiation Cancer Therapy Using Nanochemistry

Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The scientific crusade against cancer recently achieved a victory under the leadership of University of Missouri Curators' Professor M. Frederick Hawthorne.

5 Apr 2013

UMass Faculty Awarded CVIP Technology Development Fund Grant for Nanoparticle Technology

Four UMass Medical School faculty members have received 2013 Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) Technology Development Fund grants awarded by the UMass President’s Office.

4 Apr 2013

Nanocomposite Squid Beak Inspires Safer Medical Devices

Researchers led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University have turned to an unlikely model to make medical devices safer and more comfortable—a squid's beak.

4 Apr 2013

Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology May Play a Major Role in the Brain Activity Mapping Project

The scientific tools are not yet available to build a comprehensive map of the activity in the most complicated 3 pounds of material in the world — the human brain, scientists say in a newly published article.

From American Chemical Society 4 Apr 2013

AFM Reveals Change in Nanoscale Biomechanical Properties of Cartilage in Earliest Stages of Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder, affecting about one-third of older adults, and currently there is no cure. A study published by Cell Press April 2nd in the Biophysical Journal reveals how the nanoscale biomechanical properties of cartilage at joints change at the earliest stages of osteoarthritis, making the tissue more prone to damage during fast physical activities.

4 Apr 2013

Nanomedicine News

Discovery of Circulating Nano-Sized Extracellular Vesicles Helps Advance Brain Cancer Diagnosis

Calcified Nanoparticles Beginning of Kidney Stones Formation in the Fruit Fly

Molecular Medicine Researchers Detect Substance That Can Prevent Edema Formation

UB Researchers Participate in Launch of Zimbabwe International Nanotechnology Center

Cerulean Pharma to Discuss Pre-Clinical and Clinical Results of Nanopharmaceutical CRLX101 at AACR Meeting

Side-Effect-Free Radiation Cancer Therapy Using Nanochemistry

UMass Faculty Awarded CVIP Technology Development Fund Grant for Nanoparticle Technology

Nanocomposite Squid Beak Inspires Safer Medical Devices

Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology May Play a Major Role in the Brain Activity Mapping Project

AFM Reveals Change in Nanoscale Biomechanical Properties of Cartilage in Earliest Stages of Osteoarthritis

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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