Tag Archive
Teeny particles attract big money (The News & Observer)
A Durham company developing new vaccines and other products using tiny particles has raised $20 million in venture capital financing. (read on…) Related items State seeing venture capital dry up (Arizona Daily Star) Pitango Venture Capital - Clean Technology - Investment Profile - New Report Published (OfficialWire) Harris & Harris to net $18.6M from share offering (AP via Yahoo!... »
Ending ‘Hit And Miss’ Design In Nanomedicine (Medical News Today)
One of the promises of nanomedicine is the design of tiny particles that can home in on diseased cells and get inside them. Nanoparticles can carry drugs into cells and tag cells for MRI and other diagnostic tests; and they may eventually even enter a cell’s nucleus to repair damaged genes. Unfortunately, designing them... »
Rice, TMC team wins stimulus funds for nanoparticle standardization (News-Medical-Net)
One of the promises of nanomedicine is the design of tiny particles that can home in on diseased cells and get inside them. Nanoparticles can carry drugs into cells and tag cells for MRI and other diagnostic tests; and they may eventually even enter a cell’s nucleus to repair damaged genes. Unfortunately, designing them... »
Nanomedicine: ending ‘hit and miss’ design (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) — One of the promises of nanomedicine is the design of tiny particles that can home in on diseased cells and get inside them. Nanoparticles can carry drugs into cells and tag cells for MRI and other diagnostic tests; and they may eventually even enter a cell’s nucleus to repair damaged genes. Unfortunately,... »
NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds To Focus More Research On Health And Safety Of Nanomaterials (Medical News Today)
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to tiny particles that are used in many everyday products such as sunscreens, cosmetics and electronics. (more here…) Related items NIEHS grants $13 million for engineered nanomaterials research... »
