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Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Receives NCI Grant to Advance Cancer Therapy

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $13.6 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (C-CCNE) based at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, for research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer through applying/using advances in nanotechnology.

28 Sep 2010

New Nanoneedle Releases Quantum Dots into Cell’s Nucleus

Getting an inside look at the center of a cell can be as easy as a needle prick, thanks to University of Illinois researchers who have developed a tiny needle to deliver a shot right to a cell's nucleus.

28 Sep 2010

ETP Nanomedicine Forum to Take Place in Italy from 14 to 15 October 2010

The 5th General Assembly & Annual Forum of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine will take place at Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo in Milan, Italy on 14 and 15 October 2010. This event is dedicated...

28 Sep 2010

NPL and Orla Receive Funds to Improve TB Detection

Two UK companies have been awarded joint funding for a research project that could see significant advances in the quest to aid detection and eradication of Tuberculosis (TB), across the world. The National Physical L...

28 Sep 2010

Researchers Win NIH Grant to Advance Theranostic Cancer Treatment using Nanobubbles

Rice physicist Dmitri Lapotko has demonstrated how gold nanoparticles and a laser pulse can detect and destroy diseased cells in living tissue by creating tiny, shiny vapor bubbles that reveal and then explode them.

27 Sep 2010

Hebrew Researchers Discover New Type of Nanoparticle Resembling Six-Pointed Star of David

A new type of nanoparticle resembling the six-pointed Star of David (Magen David) that is the symbol on the flag of Israel has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

27 Sep 2010

New Nano-Based Approach Provides Controlled and Sustained Drug Delivery

The mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene results in CF. The most common mutation, DeltaF508-CFTR, is a temperature-sensitive, trafficking mutant with reduced chloride transpo...

27 Sep 2010

Protein Nanopore Enables DNA Strand Sequencing

Research published this week in Nature Nanotechnology shows a new method of enzyme-controlled movement of a single strand of DNA through a protein nanopore. The paper, by researchers at the University of California S...

27 Sep 2010

NCI Awards Five-Year, Multi-Institution Grants to Support Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer Program

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded five-year, multi-institution grants in continued support of its Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer program. The Alliance is engaged in efforts to leverage the specific a...

24 Sep 2010

Tekmira Amends License Agreement for Lipid Nanoparticle Technology

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leader in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced today that is has amended its license agreement with Hana Biosciences, Inc.

23 Sep 2010