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A research team at Washington University in St. Louis has combined a nanoparticle platform used in imaging growing blood vessels and combined it with the fungal drug fumagillin to create a new Read more...

Leaders in the nanotech field have been beating a path to Congress, asking lawmakers to significantly boost federal support of research into molecular-level advances. Currently, taxpayers fund about Read more...

Scientists at the University of Oxford are preparing clinical trials to test a new way to treat kidney and liver tumors. Ultrasound waves will be directed to tumors, where bubbles will develop and Read more...

Tiny fat bubbles can be used to deliver powerful chemotherapy drugs to the site of tumors. Investigators at Duke University have been injecting chemotherapy into fat liposomes and injecting them Read more...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is funneling $1.3 million to researchers at the University of Michigan to see if they can use nanoparticles to transform the way morphine is Read more...

Nanotechnology has enormous potential to revolutionize the drug, medical device, cosmetic and food industries, but according to a new report, the FDA lacks a standard regulatory procedure for Read more...

A scientist at the University of Central Florida has helped develop a nanoparticle that apparently helps deliver high concentrations of medicine for treating glaucoma. The tiny size of the particle allows it to penetrate the blood-brain barrier that typically obstructs therapies. Sudipta Seal, an engineering professor with appointments in UCF's Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center and the Nanoscience Technology Center, says that only 1 percent to 3 percent of existing …

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The Israeli Life Sciences Industry group is helping set up a $300 million to $500 million initiative to spur the development of biotechnology and help finance drug research in the country. Chief Scientist Dr. Eli Opper says that the country is already in negotiations with multinational biotech companies to create development centers in Israel while the government is adding to the biotech/nanotech activities of Israel's universities. Care Capital partner Dr. Argeris N. Karabelas told the …

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Northwestern University researcher Samuel Stupp has presented the results of a study in which he injected nanomaterials into the severed spinal cords of mice, allowing them to walk again after several weeks of therapy. The nanomaterials he used were designed to self-assemble into nanofibers which repaired damaged neurons. The research offers new insights into the near-term research potential of nanotechnology and offers hope for patients with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's who suffer from …

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A group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say that string-like nanoparticles survive longer than spherically shaped nanoparticles, which leads them to believe that the right shape is a key concern in designing new delivery vehicles for drugs. Dennis Discher and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania say that string-like nanoparticles circulated for up to a week in rodents, significantly longer than the carbon nanotubes that have been studied in depth. Their work …

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