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New NANO Magazine Covers Day-to-Day Applications of Nanotechnology

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5c18c6/nano_magazine_is) has announced the addition of the "NANO Magazine - Issue 19" report to their offering. In the latest issue of NANO m...

10 Sep 2010

NCI Offers Grant for New Johns Hopkins Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

Faculty members associated with the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology have received a $13.6 million five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence.

8 Sep 2010

New Paper Describes Action of Rexin-G Nanomedicine for Tumor Removal

Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation, a leader in the emerging field of targeted genetic medicine, reports the publication of a landmark paper in clinical oncology. Following up on its advanced U.S. Phase I/II clinical ...

8 Sep 2010

FDA Approval Received for Starting TKM-PLK1 Phase 1 Clinical Trial

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leader in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for TKM-PLK1 has been cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowing Tekmira to initiate a Phase 1 human clinical trial.

8 Sep 2010

ETH Professor Receives 2010 Debiopharm Life Sciences Award

Debiopharm Group(TM) (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of innovative prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, today announced that the &#39...

3 Sep 2010

Researchers Discover New Class of Edible Nanostructures

Sugar, salt, alcohol and a little serendipity led a Northwestern University research team to discover a new class of nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food and medical technologies. And the compounds ...

3 Sep 2010

Celator Pharmaceuticals Announces Investment to Advance CPX-351 Liposome Injection

Celator Pharmaceuticals, a privately held pharmaceutical company developing new and more effective therapies to treat cancer based on the company's proprietary technology, today announced that it raised $20 million i...

3 Sep 2010

Nanodermatology Society Calls for Multidisicplinary Approach to Provide Education and Oversight in Nanotechnology and Dermatology

The Nanodermatology Society (NDS), founded in 2010, is a nonprofit organization charged with the mission to promote and enable a greater understanding of the scientific and medical aspects of nanotechnology in health and disease.

2 Sep 2010

Gold Nanoparticles Power Quick and Colorful Method to Detect Protein–DNA Interactions with Nucleotide-Specific Sensitivity

Certain chemical pollutants can imitate hormones produced naturally in the body; bisphenol-A, for example, can mimic estrogen. Because estrogen can pass directly through cell walls to influence the transfer of genetic in...

1 Sep 2010

Nanosize Biological Particles with Potential To Fight Cancer and Other Illnesses

Two new groundbreaking scientific papers by researchers at UC Santa Barbara demonstrate the synthesis of nanosize biological particles with the potential to fight cancer and other illnesses. The studies introduce new app...

31 Aug 2010