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Blending Gelatin from Fish Skins with Bioplastic

Natural gelatin, extracted from the shiny skin of a seagoing fish called Alaskan pollock, may someday be put to intriguing new biomedical uses. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist Bor-Sen Chiou is developing stro...

8 Nov 2010

PharmaNova Receives Grants for Developing NovaSperse-Based Nanoparticulate Products

PharmaNova, Inc., of Victor, NY, announced today that the Company has been awarded multiple grants worth in excess of $500,000 under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP), which was created by Congress as p...

8 Nov 2010

New Nanobioconjugate Drug Clears Major Hurdles in Brain Tumor Treatment

Nine years ago, scientists at Cedars-Sinai’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute detected a subtle shift occurring in the molecular makeup of the most aggressive type of brain tumors, glioblastoma multiforme. Wit...

8 Nov 2010

NCI Awards $16 Million Funds to Texas Center for Cancer Nanomedicine

A $16-million, five-year grant by the National Cancer Institute’s nanomedicine initiative blends the expertise of five research institutions to focus an array of innovative nanotechnologies on improving the outcome of pa...

8 Nov 2010

Coating Drug Molecules with Nanoparticles Aid Colon Cancer Treatment

Nanoparticles could help smuggle drugs into the gut, according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Nanotechnology. There are several drugs that would have more beneficial therapeutic effect...

8 Nov 2010

National Cancer Institute Funds New Nanomedicine Projects

Ovarian cancer is the fourth-leading cause of death among women. The available medical data estimates 13,850 will die of the disease in 2010. Pancreatic cancer is the fifth-leading cause of cancer death, with 36,800 expe...

8 Nov 2010

Australia Fosters Nanotechnology in China

The governments of Australia and China have signed an agreement to further expand nanoscience research between the two countries. The governments have announced, they will jointly fund a new state-of-the-art nanotechnolo...

8 Nov 2010

New Therapy Will Prevent Growth of Bone Formations That Hamper Amputees' Use of Prostheses

Carnegie Mellon University's Bone Tissue Engineering Center is working to help soldiers who have lost limbs in combat. CMU's Jeffrey O. Hollinger, director of the center, and Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ...

4 Nov 2010

White House Wants to Broaden Applications of Nanotechnology

The White House is making efforts to garner public support for its plans for a $1.8 billion research and development program aimed at broadening the applications of nanotechnology. The National Nanotechnology Initiati...

4 Nov 2010

Medvedev Fosters Nanotechnology Growth in Russia

Reiterating its presence in the world of nanotechnology, Russia announced its plans for the establishment of an indigenous, full fledged nanotechnology branch on Wednesday. The announcement came from Russian President Dm...

4 Nov 2010