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Patent Covers Three Main Methods of Associating Nanoparticles with Filter Media

Applied Nanoscience Inc., a nanotechnology-based filtration development company, today announced that it has been issued a patent in New Zealand for its core technology platform encompassing "Filtering Devices Incor...

24 Jul 2008

Gold Nanoparticles Reduce Drug Delivery Time from Days to Hours

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a technique that has the potential to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to diseased areas within hours, as opposed to the two days it currently takes for existing...

23 Jul 2008

Report Finds Pervasive Use of Nanotechnology in Manufactured Products

Much like the Internet, nanotechnology was over-hyped earlier this decade, and some high profile failures have left manufacturers and investors skeptical. However, a new report from Lux Research finds that in reality, na...

22 Jul 2008

Grant to Analyze Nanomedicine Prototypes for Treating Allergies and Inflammatory Diseases

Luna Innovations Incorporated announces the award of a $1.6 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the use of fullerene-based nanomedicines as a pathway to treat ...

22 Jul 2008

Nano-Sized Jaws Could Lead to More Powerful Sensors and Diagnostic Tools

Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a nano-sized synthetic polymer bundle that can fold in half and trap a zinc molecule between its jaws, a first-of-its-kind feat that mimics how proteins conduct life’s vital functions.

21 Jul 2008

Magnetic Nanoparticles - New Treatment Against Cancer

Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has ...

17 Jul 2008

Treating Eye Diseases using Nanotechnology

While nanotechnology is being used in everything from paints to car exteriors, clothing and cosmetics, research is also underway using the technology to discover medical breakthroughs. Nanoparticle research by Professor ...

17 Jul 2008

Findings Demonstrate Superior Efficacy of Nanoparticle-Based MR Diagnostic Technology

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing the first portable medical diagnostic products which combine nanotechnology and miniaturized magnetic resonance (MR) technology, today announced significant research findings tha...

16 Jul 2008

SurModics Licensed Lipid Nanoparticle Technology from PharmaSol

SurModics, Inc., a leading provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today that its Brookwood Pharmaceuticals subsidiary has licensed lipid nanoparticle technol...

15 Jul 2008

Research and Markets Announces Addition of Bio-Nanotechnology Report to their Offering

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bio Nanotechnology" report to their offering. The Bionanotechnology Market Insight Report studies the impact of Nanotechnology in various Biotechnolog...

14 Jul 2008