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Researchers Study Feasibility of Magnetically-Guided Nanoparticles for Delivering Drugs

Scientists and engineers have used uniform magnetic fields to drive iron-bearing nanoparticles to metal stents in injured blood vessels, where the particles deliver a drug payload that successfully prevents blockages in those vessels. In this animal study, the novel technique achieved better results at a lower dose than conventional non-magnetic stent therapy.

20 Apr 2010

NanoBio Announces Initiative to Develop Nanoemulsion-Based HBV Vaccine

NanoBio® Corporation today announced an initiative to develop an intranasal vaccine for the treatment of hepatitis B (HBV). NanoBio and the University of Michigan’s, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Med...

20 Apr 2010

IPONZ Approves MDRNA's Patent Application for siRNAs and Delivery Peptides

MDRNA, Inc., a leading RNAi-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has issued a Notice of Acceptance for patent application 553828, titled "Methods of Treating an Inflammatory Disease by Double-Stranded Ribonucleic Acid."

20 Apr 2010

Scientists to Present CTC-Chip Microfluidic Technology at AACR Annual Meeting

Cancer is a multifaceted disease that requires multiple approaches to diagnosis and management. At the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010, scientists and clinicians will present more t...

19 Apr 2010

Three-Dimensional Cell Culture: Making Cells Feel Right at Home

A team of Houston scientists has unveiled a new technique that uses magnetic nanobeads to levitate cells, allowing them to grow into three-dimensional structures. This technological leap from the flat Petri dish has the ...

16 Apr 2010

Nanotechnology Provide a Targeted Version of Photothermal Therapy for Cancer

Using easily prepared gold nanocages that are able to escape from the blood stream and accumulate in tumors, a team of investigators from the Washington University in St. Louis has shown that they can use laser light to ...

16 Apr 2010

Nanofibers Carry Toxic Peptides Into Cancer Cells

Now, researchers at Northwestern University have learned how to deliver these cytotoxic peptides to tumor cells using self-assembling nanofibers that can slip into cancer cells and allow the toxic peptides to do their job from inside the cell.

16 Apr 2010

Radioactive Gold Nanoparticles Destroy Prostate Tumors, Leaving Healthy Tissue Untouched

One of the promises of nanoparticles as delivery agents for cancer therapeutics is that they will attack tumors while sparing healthy tissue from the damage normally associated with today's anticancer therapies. That...

16 Apr 2010

Targeted Nanoparticle Can Traffic into Tumors

A multi-institutional team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and turn off the produ...

16 Apr 2010

Data on Rexahn’s Anticancer Small Molecule to be Presented at AACR Conference

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing potential best in class oncology and central nervous system (CNS) therapeutics, today announced that it will present pre-clinical data on its anticancer compound RX-8243 at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 101st Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D.C., April 17-21, 2010, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

16 Apr 2010