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Gold Nanorods to be Used to Treat Cancer

In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Eugene R. Zubarev and his team at Rice University in Houston (Texas, USA) have now introduced a new pretreatment process for gold nanorods that could accelerate their use in medical applications.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 12 Dec 2011

Angela Zhang Wins Siemens Competition’s Individual Category Award for Nanotech-Based Cancer Treatment

At the George Washington University, Cupertino, California-based Monta Vista High School’s student, Angela Zhang has been awarded the Grand Prize of $100,000 for her project titled ‘Design of Image-guided, Photo-thermal Controlled Drug Releasing Multifunctional Nanosystem for the Treatment of Cancer Stem Cells’ in the Individual category of the 2011 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.

8 Dec 2011

BASF and Harvard University Host Symposium on Pharmaceutical Nanoformulations

Over 200 scientists have participated in the symposium on pharmaceutical nanoformulations of the BASF Advanced Research Initiative at Harvard University, to discuss the issues of advanced medicine and explore the opportunities of groundbreaking nanotechnology-based solutions.

From BASF 3 Dec 2011

Quest PharmaTech’s Nanoformulation of Photosensitizer Demonstrates Superior Anti-tumor Effect

Quest PharmaTech, a biotechnology firm specializing in cancer treatment products, has declared that the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology has accepted to publish a research paper titled ‘Antitumor Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy Using Novel Nanoformulations of Hypocrellin Photosensitizer SL052.’

2 Dec 2011

Bacteria Destroying Nanoparticle Developed by IBN and IBM Named as a Top 10 World Changing Idea

A nanoparticle that can destroy drug-resistant bacteria developed by the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), and the IBM Almaden Research Center, has recently been named one of 10 world changing ideas by Scientific American in its Technology Special Report (‘World Changing Ideas – 10 New Technologies That Will Make a Difference’, December 2011).

From Institute of Bioengineering and Bioimaging 30 Nov 2011

Drug Delivery Companies Partner to Develop Commercial Production Process for Silicon Nanoparticles

Drug delivery companies, NanoMedical Systems and Leonardo Biosystems have inked a development deal wherein NanoMedical Systems will design and launch a commercial production process for nanoporous silicon particles used in the multi-stage drug delivery system of Leonardo Biosystems.

30 Nov 2011