Tag: nanotechnology
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Radiation Enhances Nanoparticle Cancer Treatments
Targeting tumors with chemotherapy delivered in nanoparticles, preceded with radiation, was shown in lab mice to boost treatments in a range of cancers.
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Start-Up Developing Nanomedicines for Transplants
A spin-off enterprise from Medical University of South Carolina is creating drug delivery techniques that make it safer for patients needing organ transplants.
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Immunotherapy Company Raises $70 Million in IPO
Selecta Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing treatments harnessing the immune system, is raising $70 million in its initial public offering.
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Graphene Chip Detects DNA, RNA Mutations
15 June 2016. A biomedical engineering team developed a chip built on graphene that detects mutations in genetic material, for eventual use in mobile diagnostics equipment. Researchers from University of California in San Diego, led by engineering professor Ratnesh Lal, describe their device this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Lal and…
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Process Devised to Quickly Isolate Bacteria in Lab Samples
10 June 2016. A biomedical engineering center at Harvard University developed a process for quickly isolating staph bacteria from clinical samples for lab testing. The team led by Donald Ingber, director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard, published its findings earlier this week in the journal PLoS One. Ingber and colleagues…
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Biomaterials Solutions Studied for Chronic Wounds
3 June 2016. A team of materials and medical scientists is investigating a new process of applying protein-based biomaterials to the healing of chronic wounds. The research led by materials scientists Millicent Sullivan and Kristi Kiick at University of Delaware in Newark is funded by a 4 year, $1.4 million grant from National Institute of…
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St. Jude Hospital to Test Nanotech Flu Virus Drugs
31 May 2016. A company developing anti-viral drugs delivered in nanoscale particles is partnering with scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to test drug candidates to treat influenza. Financial details of the agreement between NanoViricides Inc. in Shelton, Connecticut and St. Jude hospital in Memphis were not disclosed. NanoViricides makes drugs that fight dangerous…
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Sensor Patch Tracks Chemical, Physical Vital Signs
24 May 2016. Engineers at University of California in San Diego developed a patch device worn on the skin with sensors that measure chemical indicators as well as physical vital signs. The UC-San Diego team that designed the device published its findings in yesterday’s issue of the journal Nature Communications. The researchers led by nanoengineering…
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Graphene Adds Stretch to Natural Rubber, Plastic Films
20 May 2016. A team in the U.K. discovered that adding a small amount of the material graphene creates more stretchable thin films made from natural rubber and plastic. Researchers from the lab of materials science professor Aravind Vijayaraghavan at University of Manchester describe their findings in a recent advance publication of the journal Carbon.…
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New Process Boosts Injectable Drug Purity, Safety
20 May 2016. A team of engineers and chemists developed a process for enhancing the purity and safety of drugs given with injections by removing excess additives, while keeping the drugs easy to inject. Researchers from University at Buffalo in New York, led by biomedical engineering professor Jonathan Lovell, describe their process in yesterday’s issue…