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Researchers Win Prize for Developing Technology that Could Improve Medical Imaging and Targeted Drug Delivery

Researchers from University College London have won a £25,000 prize for developing technology that could be used to improve medical imaging, the targeted delivery of drugs and much more. The 2010 Armourers and B...

29 Jun 2010

Starpharma and Monash Awarded Grant to Advance New Drug Delivery Method

Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX:SPL, OTCQX:SPHRY) and the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) have been awarded an Australian Research Council funding grant for the purpose of advancing a new drug deliver...

From Starpharma Holdings Ltd 28 Jun 2010

Using Nanotechnology to Deliver Toxic Platinum Atoms to Tumors

Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers have devised a method that may allow clinicians to use higher doses of a powerful chemotherapy drug that has been limited because it is toxic not only to tumors but to patients' kidneys.

28 Jun 2010

MagForce Nanotechnologies Receives Regulatory Approval for Medical Use of Nano-Cancer Therapy Throughout EU

Following more than 20 years of research and development efforts, MagForce Nanotechnologies AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MF6), a majority-owned subsidiary of Nanostart AG, has received regulatory approval for medical us...

From Coreo AG 28 Jun 2010

Noodle-Shaped String of Aligned Nanofibers Promises Better Tissue Regeneration

A big question in regenerative medicine is how to most effectively deliver stem cells -- as well as other beneficial cells, proteins and large molecules -- to damaged tissues such as the spinal cord, heart and brain. ...

25 Jun 2010

MonoSol, Midatech Expand Partnership to Develop Nanoparticle-Based Peptides

MonoSol Rx, the developer of PharmFilm® drug delivery technology, today announced the expansion of its agreement with Midatech Group (Oxford, UK) to develop nanoparticle-based proteins and peptides for therapeutic d...

25 Jun 2010

Novel DNA Transfer Agents Find Potential Application in Nanomedicine

EUREKA project E! 3371 Gene Transfer Agents has made great advances in the development of novel non-viral carriers able to introduce genetic material into the target cells.

25 Jun 2010

NaturalNano’s Nanotubes Can Enhance Detection of Circulating Cancer Cells

NaturalNano, Inc. (Pink Sheets:NNAN) (Frankfurt:N3N) announced today that Dr. Michael King, a researcher at Cornell University, has published a new study demonstrating how NaturalNano nanotubes can improve targeting...

24 Jun 2010

A Step Closer to Developing Rapid Diagnostic Blood Test

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists have moved a step closer to developing the means for a rapid diagnostic blood test that can scan for thousands of disease markers and other chemical indicators of health.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 24 Jun 2010

New Programmable Nanodevice Made of DNA is Ideal for Medical Applications

By emulating nature's design principles, a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has created nanodevices made of D...

23 Jun 2010