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Innovative Polymer Nanoparticles for Colorectal Cancer Treatment

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have modified electrically-conductive polymers, commonly used in solar energy applications, to develop revolutionary polymer nanoparticles (PNs) for a medical application. When the nanoparticles are exposed to infrared light, they generate heat that can be used to kill colorectal cancer cells.

21 Nov 2012

Novel Nanoparticle Drastically Improves Effectiveness of Chemotherapy for Childhood Cancer

In a world-first, researchers from UNSW’s Australian Centre for Nanomedicine have developed a nanoparticle that improves the effectiveness of chemotherapy for neuroblastoma by a factor of five.

20 Nov 2012

Nano-Wiffle-Balls Deliver Cancer Drugs to Specific Areas

For work toward a safer approach to treating cancer, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Inanc Ortac from the University of California, San Diego has won first prize in the graduate student category at the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition.

20 Nov 2012

Electrospun Polymer Nanofiber Heals Wounds

Working in the lab for the last few years, three generations of University of Akron polymer scientists say their mutual and passionate curiosity about science has led to their discovery of a first-of-its-kind, easily adaptable biocompatible polymer structure able to fight infection, filter water and perform a host of other functions.

20 Nov 2012

Biodegradable Nanoparticle Stealthily Delivers Antigen against Multiple Sclerosis

In a breakthrough for nanotechnology and multiple sclerosis, a biodegradable nanoparticle turns out to be the perfect vehicle to stealthily deliver an antigen that tricks the immune system into stopping its attack on myelin and halt a model of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.

19 Nov 2012

NEB Launches Low-Nanogram Input Kits to Prepare DNA and RNA Libraries

New England Biolabs, Inc. launched their new NEBNext® "Ultra" kits at the recent American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting.

19 Nov 2012

Nanostructured Gels for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

Gels that can be injected into the body, carrying drugs or cells that regenerate damaged tissue, hold promise for treating many types of disease, including cancer. However, these injectable gels don’t always maintain their solid structure once inside the body.

19 Nov 2012

UCSD Student Wins Prestigious Award for Inventing Nano-Wiffle-Balls for Cancer Therapy

Recognizing the innovative ideas of today's college and university students, the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of Invent Now, today announced that a novel delivery therapy for treating cancer and a...

15 Nov 2012

NanoViricides, Bioanalytical Systems Partner for Drug Development Studies

NanoViricides, Inc. (OTCBB: NNVC) (the "Company") announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASI) to conduct drug development studies required for submission of Investigational New Drug (IND) applications to the FDA for its nanoviricides® drug candidates against various viral diseases.

From NanoViricides, Inc 15 Nov 2012

New Gold Nanorod-Based Biosensor Shows Promise to Facilitate Kidney Disease Detection

Detecting whether a patient will have acute kidney injury could become as simple as dipping a paper test strip printed with gold nanorods into a urine sample, a team of Washington University in St. Louis researchers has found.

15 Nov 2012