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Illinois’ AuraSense garners $2.5M investment for nanotechnology-based therapy (MedCity News)

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Image via Wikipedia WILMETTE, Illinois — A Northwestern University start-up has received a $2.5 million investment to commercialize technology that employs gold nanoparticles to help treat cardiovascular disease. AuraSense LLC, founded by nanotechnology superstar and Northwestern Professor Chad Mirkin , is developing a technology that uses gold nanoparticles to sweep cholesterol out of a... »

National nanotechnology expert to speak at Grand Valley State University (The Holland Sentinel)

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Chemist and nanoscience expert Chad Mirkin will speak twice at Grand Valley State University on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., on the Allendale Campus. He is currently the third most-cited chemist in the world and a member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology. He has received... »

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