Tag: nanotechnology
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Start Up Company Licenses University Polymer Research
A new start up company has licensed advanced polymers research at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, aiming to commercialize polymer technology. PolymerPlus LLC, in nearby Valley View, plans to work with some of the intellectual property developed at the university’s Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CLiPS). PolymerPlus will seek out specific applications for…
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More International Collaboration Found in Nanotech Research
Investigators at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and Florida International University (FIU) in Miami reveal how research in nanotechnology has increasingly become a multi-national enterprise, despite having some 60 countries now funding nanotech initiatives within their borders. Phillip Shapira of Georgia Tech and Jue Wang of FIU found nearly a quarter of all published…
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U.K. Lab Spin Off Creates Athletic Testing Device
UK Sport, the national development organization for elite athletes in the U.K., has agreed to use a new hand-held medical device to help improve athletes’ training programs. The device is made by Argento Diagnostics, a company spun off fron the National Physical Laboratory, the country’s national institute for standards and measurements. The Argento Diagnostics device…
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Nanoparticle Boosts Antimicrobial Against Listeria
A researcher at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana developed a nanoparticle that can hold and release an antimicrobial agent to extend the shelf life of foods susceptible to Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Listeria is a food-borne pathogen found in meats, dairy and vegetables. In mild cases, Listeria can cause diarrhea, but can advance to gastroenteritis…
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Univ. Develops, Licenses Nanotech Bone Injection Technology
A bone-healing fluid that can potentially be injected into breaks with a syringe has been licensed from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island by a biotech startup for further development. The technology, still in an early stage, was developed by Brown engineering professor Thomas Webster, and licensed to Audax Medical Inc., based in Littleton, Massachusetts.…
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Medical Implant Coating Made from Univ. Licensed Technology
The long-term performance of medical implant devices, like heart valves and cardiac stents, could be enhanced substantially by new bio-coating technology recently licensed to University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) spin-off company Endomimetics LLC. The patent-pending technology is a coating for implants, called bio-nanomatrix, made with a bio-engineered nanomaterial that mimics natural endothelium, the substance…
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Fraunhofer USA Gets FDA Go-Ahead for H5N1 Vaccine Trial
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) in Newark, Delaware says it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with the first human clinical trial of its plant-produced H5N1 influenza — avian flu — vaccine. The research institute filed an Investigational New Drug Application for its plant-derived H5N1 vaccine with…
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New Process Replaces Toxic Substances to Make Nanomaterials
A study by a University of Missouri research team in Columbia has found a method that could replace nearly all of the toxic chemicals required to make gold nanoparticles. The ingredient to replace these toxic substances can be found in nearly every kitchen’s spice cabinet: cinnamon. And the researchers found their discovery could help in…
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Nanomaterial Developed to Detect Excessive Blast Exposure
Investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Philadelphia have developed a color-changing patch that could be worn by military service members to indicate the strength of exposure to blasts from explosives in the field. The findings are described in the online edition of the journal…
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University Licenses Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Technology
The University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), both in Vancouver, Canada, said today that Covidien, a Dublin, Ireland provider of health care products, has licensed a drug-delivery platform technology invented by UBC researcher, Pieter Cullis. CDRD provided the development facilities and commercialization services that led to this…