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Nanopoint Announces Strong Network of Asian Distributors

Nanopoint Inc., an award-winning developer of cellTRAY® Fluidics and Imaging System products, is announcing the strong network of Asian distributorships the Company is building in order to provide the best-of-the-bes...

23 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Takes Off With Flight of Unidym Carbon Nanotube Aircraft

The first flight has been successfully completed of an aircraft incorporating carbon nanotubes into its airframe for increased strength and flexibility to combat the effects of aerodynamic stress and engine vibration

22 Apr 2008

FDA Approval For Trials of Nanotechnology Based Cancer Drug Delivery System

Calando Pharmaceuticals, a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its investigational new drug application (IND) for lea...

22 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Research Partnership Announced Between Lockheed Martin and Rice University

Lockheed Martin and Rice University today announced the creation of an innovative, strategic partnership to develop new technologies for a broad range of applications in electronics, energy and security. The Lockheed ...

22 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Based Fuel Additive Patent Validated

Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of the original nano-particulate cerium Oxide fuel catalyst technology, has announced that IP Australia, the Australian government agency responsible for administering patents, trade marks and designs, has recently confirmed the validity of Neuftec's Australian Patent No. 2001267700.

21 Apr 2008

Polymers Nanoparticles Inhibit Nonspecific Protein Absorption

One problem that confounds researchers who are developing nanoparticles for use as cancer imaging and therapeutic agents is that many nanoparticles accumulate blood proteins on their surfaces as they circulate through th...

21 Apr 2008

Prostate Cancer and Kidney Cancer Spread Tracked with Nanotechnology and Iron Nanoparticles

Iron nanoparticles designed to collect in lymph nodes containing metastatic cancer cells have proven that they can help physicians detect metastatic spread of prostate cancer. Now, a team of investigators at Harvard Medi...

21 Apr 2008

Pancreatic Cancer Revealed Using Nanosized Rods

Quantum dots have shown promise as ultrabright contrast agents for use in a variety of cancer imaging studies. Now, a team of investigators at the Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Canc...

21 Apr 2008

Using Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Based Imaging to Produce Whole Body Images Showing Cancer Tumor Locations

Researchers have published a paper that describes a strategy for
small-animal optical imaging based on Raman spectroscopy and
Raman nanoparticles. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering nanoparticles
and single-wall carbon nanotubes were used to demonstrate
whole-body Raman imaging, nanoparticle pharmacokinetics,
multiplexing, and in vivo tumor targeting, using an imaging
system adapted for small-animal Raman imaging.

21 Apr 2008

Cancer Detection and Therapy to be Enhanced With Fluorine Based Nanoparticles

Perfluorocarbons, a class of inert, oily polymers, have a proven track record in a variety of clinical uses, including in contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging and in eye surgery to correct a detached retina. Researchers ...

21 Apr 2008