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U-M and NanoBio Scientists Receive $1.5 Million Grant to Develop Nanoemulsions

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded $1.5 million over three years to the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences and to Ann Arbor-based NanoBio Corporation to develop and test nanoem...

13 Oct 2010

Novel Stem Cell Therapy Using Peptide Nanofiber Hydrogel Proves Effective for Heart Repair

Assistant Prof. Patrick C. H. Hsieh of Institute of Nanotechnology and Microsystems Engineering, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, has led a research team of myocardial regenerat...

13 Oct 2010

Ablynx Expands Partnership with Merck Serono for Nanobody Development

Ablynx (BRUX: ABLX) and Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that they have expanded their relationship and entered into a second agreement, to co- discover and co-develop Nanobodie...

13 Oct 2010

Neuron Regeneration Using New Microchip Technology

Scientists have long sought the ability to regenerate nerve cells, or neurons, which could offer a new way to treat spinal-cord damage as well as neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.

12 Oct 2010

Study on Physical Virology Opens Door for Development of Artificial Nanocontainers

Wouter Roos and Gijs Wuite, respectively FOM researcher and FOM workgroup leader at VU University Amsterdam, discuss recent developments in the area of 'physical virology' in the journal Nature Physics. This n...

12 Oct 2010

Bexion Pharmaceuticals Wins Grant to Commercialize SapC-DOPS Nanovesicles

Bexion Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has been awarded a $1.5M Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The grant entitled "SapC-DOPS Nanovesicles ...

11 Oct 2010

Thioketal Nanoparticles-Based Approach for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have developed a novel approach for delivering small bits of genetic material into the body to improve the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.

11 Oct 2010

Nanofabrication Facility to Support UCLA Medical Research

The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has opened its new Integrated Systems Nanofabrication Cleanroom (ISNC), more than doubling the amount of cleanroom space available on the Westwood campus and extending research capabilities to researchers in biology and medicine.

11 Oct 2010

NCI Awards SBIR Contract to Keystone Nano

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) an Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Keystone Nano to develop nanoparticles containing both diagnostic ...

8 Oct 2010

Discovery of Molecular Movement in Glass or Plastic When Exposed to Light

Researchers at Queen's University have discovered how molecules in glass or plastic are able to move when exposed to light from a laser. The findings could one day be used to facilitate medicinal drug distribution...

8 Oct 2010