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Tracking Targeted siRNA Nanoparticles With In Vivo Imaging

Using nanoparticles tagged with both a fluorescent label and a radioactive isotope of the element copper, a team of investigators at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has shown that targeting siRNA-contain...

8 Nov 2007

Remote Magnetic Field Triggers Nanoparticle Drug Release

Magnetic nanoparticles heated by a remote magnetic field have the potential to release multiple anticancer drugs on demand at the site of a tumor, according to a study published in the journal Advanced Materials. Moreove...

8 Nov 2007

Synchrotron Used to Examine Secrets of Babies Amniotic Sac

Researchers at the University of Reading, School of Pharmacy have developed an important new technique to study one of the most common causes of premature birth and prenatal mortality. The findings are published in the N...

8 Nov 2007

Breast Cancer Research and Inkjet Tissue Printing Get $2million NSF Boost

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $2 million to the Center for Biological Interfaces of Engineering (CBIOE) at Clemson University for the development of engineered tissues that will be used to study the c...

7 Nov 2007

Nanoscale Whole Genome Imaging Technology to be used in Genetic Analysis System Using

Agilent Technologies Inc. and BioNanomatrix Inc. announced that they have entered into a collaboration to develop a new genetic analysis system combining the two companies’ technologies. BioNanomatrix, which develo...

6 Nov 2007

Stem Cell Based Drug Delivery System

Carnegie Mellon University’s Stefan F. Zappe is using adult neural stem cells to develop a new stem cell-based drug delivery therapy that may ultimately help treat a variety of inherited genetic disorders like Hunt...

5 Nov 2007

Nanomedicine to be Highlighted at UCLA, Tokyo University Nanobiotechnology Symposium

UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) and the University of Tokyo's Center for NanoBio Integration (CNBI) will jointly sponsor an international symposium on nanobiotechnology at UCLA Nov. 1–2. T...

1 Nov 2007

Nanotech Expert Calls for Coordination in Nanotechnology Research

Nanotechnology holds great promise for the future of cancer therapy and water treatment, but concerns about the safety of nanoproducts may limit these important technological developments, Vicki Colvin said today in comm...

From International Council on Nanotechnology - ICON 1 Nov 2007

Turning Soybeans and Water into Clean, Green, Environmentally Friendly Nanoparticles

In 2002, U.S. farmers harvested 2.7 billion bushels of soybeans. Last year in Missouri, farmers harvested 194 million bushels of soybeans worth about $1.2 billion. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Missouri...

1 Nov 2007

NIH Recognizes Clemson Nanotechnology for Molecule Tracking

The National Institutes of Health has awarded two Clemson chemistry faculty nearly $1 million to detect, track and image the interior of cells. Jason McNeill and Ken Christensen will receive the $960,000 grant to develop...

1 Nov 2007