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Pro Bono Bio Gets Approval to Market Nanotech-Based FLEXISEQ in Malaysia

Pro Bono Bio has reported that its new nanotechnology-based product for treatment of osteoarthritis called FLEXISEQ has been approved to be sold in Malaysia. This comes on the heels of the successful debut of FLEXISEQ in the European market earlier this year.

19 Jun 2012

Nanoparticles Offer Potential for Treating Blood Cancer

Nanoparticles could be potentially utilized for treating an incurable cancer called multiple myeloma (MM) that develops in the plasma cells of bone marrow. This breakthrough discovery was made by a research team from the University of Notre Dame.

18 Jun 2012

Undergraduate Researcher Explores New Nanoparticle Screening Methods for Cancer Treatment

At a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s medical oncology laboratory, Sean Burns, E’13, is working intensively to develop and improve nanoparticle screening techniques for assessing the efficacy of potential drugs on different types of cancer.

14 Jun 2012

Northwestern University Receives $10 Million Grant to Establish Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine

The Querrey Simpson Charitable Foundation has gifted $10 million to Northwestern University to open a center for carrying out research in the field of regenerative nanomedicine. The facility will be named The Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine after its benefactors, Louis A. Simpson, member Trustee at Northwestern, and his wife, Kimberly K. Querrey.

14 Jun 2012

Lab on a Chip Card for Rapid Diagnosis of Illnesses

The microfluid company, microLIQUID, a spin-off of the IK4-IKERLAN technology centre, is specialised in the entire process, from prototyping to mass production, from microtechnological lab on a chip cards to the rapid diagnosis of illnesses.

12 Jun 2012

Research Offers Potential to Develop Nanoscale Treatment for Diseases

Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed a method to visualize the assembly of proteins that would pave the way for bioengineers to design molecular scale devices for nanotechnology applications.

12 Jun 2012

Nanotechnology-Based Cancer Treatment Can Reduce Side Effects

Conventional cancer treatments are accompanied by a host of side effects such as nausea and vomiting.

8 Jun 2012

Researchers Exploit Nanoparticles for Early Detection of Cancer

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has granted more than €300,000 to a new research initiative, the ‘Magnetic Flow Cytometry (MRCyte)’ project, at the Mainz University Medical Center.

7 Jun 2012

Novarum Smartphone Reader from BBI to be Launched at AACC 2012

BBI plans to raise the bar at this year's AACC event through the launch of its new hand held reader and Group end to end IVD assay development solution. One of the first mobile readers available for the IVD market...

6 Jun 2012

Disc-Shaped Nanoparticles Suitable for Fighting Cancer

Scientists from The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI) and other institutions have come up with two papers discussing the shapes of nanoparticles that would improve the delivery of DNA payloads and nanoparticle drugs.

6 Jun 2012