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MEMS: Sensors made for automobiles are being used for healthcare devices

MEMS industry execs attending the annual MEMS Executive Congress last week were rapt by presentations and panel discussions by leading innovators in automotive, bio/medical, consumer electronics, mobile communications and energy. Buoyed by optimistic forecasts for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices such as accelerometers and multi-axis gyros—increasingly used in mobile handsets and video games—they engaged with keynote speaker Dr. Mauro Ferrari, professor and director of The Division of NanoMedicine and Deputy Chairman of The University of Texas Department of Biomedical Engineering, whose proteomic NanoChips and multi-stage drug-delivery systems may one day ‘cure cancer.’

17 Nov 2009

NIH awards $3 million grant to ASU professors for research on rapid DNA sequencing technology

Arizona State University has been awarded nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Institutes of Health. ASU professors Stuart Lindsay and Paul Westerhoff will lead a pair of two-year, innovative projects designed to tackle challenges in the fields of rapid DNA sequencing and the potential health risks of nanotechnology.

17 Nov 2009

Toray Industries announces award for groundbreaking research that uses DNA microarray analysis

Toray Industries, Inc. (TOKYO:3402) of Japan announces a competition award for groundbreaking research that uses DNA microarray analysis.

16 Nov 2009

NIOSH awards $1.24 million contract to study effects of roof falls on underground mine ventilation systems

The Virginia Tech mining and minerals engineering department has received a $1.24 million, five-year contract by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to study the effects of roof falls, bumps, or explosions on underground mine ventilation systems.

13 Nov 2009

New technology may lessen health and environmental concerns about nanotechnology industry

In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles in municipal sewage treatment plants - their main gateway into the environment. Their study will be published online November 12 in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology.

13 Nov 2009

NJIT's EDC companies receive $1.4M funding from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology

A drug to stop bleeding during a brain injury and a mattress that will prevent bedsores are among the scientific discoveries at NJIT that received earlier this week more than a million dollars in funding from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology. The discoveries are the work of five early stage companies based at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC), the state's oldest business incubator program.

13 Nov 2009

NIH $1 million Challenge Grant to refine cell-tracking nanotube technology

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Rice University and the Texas Heart® Institute (THI) a $1 million Challenge Grant to refine cell-tracking nanotube technology that could make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) up to 40 times more sensitive than existing MRIs and help guide adult stem cells within the human body to repair damaged hearts.

10 Nov 2009

Future for magnetic nanoparticles appears even brighter

Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve channels and induce nerve-led behaviour (such as the life-dependant thumping of our hearts), mNPs have come a long way in the past decade.

6 Nov 2009

Rice University's new BRC awarded $2M NIH grant to develop an inexpensive test for oral cancer

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers in Rice University's new BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) a $2 million Grand Opportunity (GO) grant to develop a fast, inexpensive test for oral cancer that a dentist could perform simply by using a brush to collect a small sample of cells from a patient's mouth.

6 Nov 2009

GenVec and SAIC-Frederick signs contract to develop influenza and HIV vaccines

GenVec, Inc, announced today that SAIC-Frederick, Inc. has signed a contract with GenVec for the development of influenza and HIV vaccines in support of the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

5 Nov 2009

Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier

Scientists have shown in the laboratory that metal nanoparticles damaged the DNA in cells on the other side of a cellular barrier. The nanoparticles did not cause the damage by passing through the barrier, but generated signalling molecules within the barrier cells that were then transmitted to cause damage in cells the other side of the barrier.

5 Nov 2009

IBN iCare to develop cutting-edge nanomaterials for ocular therapy

Marking a significant bench to bedside research milestone in Singapore, the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, and the National University Hospital (NUH) launched the IBN iCare and the NUH Eye Centre @ Biopolis at an official opening ceremony officiated by the Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education, S. Iswaran, at the Biopolis on Nov. 3, 2009.

4 Nov 2009

MagForce Nanotechnologies completes clinical trial of Nano-Cancer therapy in glioblastoma patients

MagForce Nanotechnologies AG has successfully completed its single-arm clinical trial on the efficacy of thermotherapy using superparamagnetic nanoparticles in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

4 Nov 2009

Lovastatin-synthesizing enzyme successfully reconstituted

Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin.

4 Nov 2009

MagForce Nanotechnologies announces successful completion of its Nano-Cancer therapy trials

MagForce Nanotechnologies AG, the Berlin-based medical technology company majority owned by Nanostart AG, today announced the successful completion of final trials demonstrating the efficacy of its Nano-Cancer® therapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, a frequent form of brain tumor which is highly malignant. The actual study results significantly exceeded the study objective.

4 Nov 2009

Arrowhead Research updates its shareholders

Arrowhead Research Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ARWR) President and Chief Executive Officer today issued the following letter to the Company’s shareholders.

3 Nov 2009

World-record energies for laser accelerated particles achieved

An international team of physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has succeeded in using intense laser light to accelerate protons to energies never before achieved. Using this technique, scientists can now accelerate particles to extremely high velocities that would otherwise only be possible using large accelerator facilities. Physicists around the world are examining laser particle acceleration and laser produced radiation for potential future uses in cancer treatment.

3 Nov 2009

New nanoelectronics technologies for healthcare applications to be unveiled at UK NanoForum conference

New nanoelectronics technologies for healthcare applications including blood-testing kits which can be mass produced using nanowires, will be unveiled next week at UK NanoForum & Emerging Technologies 2009.

29 Oct 2009

Inhaling carbon nanotubes can affect outer lining of the lungs

Carbon nanotubes are being considered for use in everything from sports equipment to medical applications, but a great deal remains unknown about whether these materials cause respiratory or other health problems.

26 Oct 2009

University researchers inject 'nanowires' in rat brains

The biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving the injection of so-called 'nanowires.'

23 Oct 2009

Nanotechnology News and Research

MEMS: Sensors made for automobiles are being used for healthcare devices

NIH awards $3 million grant to ASU professors for research on rapid DNA sequencing technology

Toray Industries announces award for groundbreaking research that uses DNA microarray analysis

NIOSH awards $1.24 million contract to study effects of roof falls on underground mine ventilation systems

New technology may lessen health and environmental concerns about nanotechnology industry

NJIT's EDC companies receive $1.4M funding from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology

NIH $1 million Challenge Grant to refine cell-tracking nanotube technology

Future for magnetic nanoparticles appears even brighter

Rice University's new BRC awarded $2M NIH grant to develop an inexpensive test for oral cancer

GenVec and SAIC-Frederick signs contract to develop influenza and HIV vaccines

Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier

IBN iCare to develop cutting-edge nanomaterials for ocular therapy

MagForce Nanotechnologies completes clinical trial of Nano-Cancer therapy in glioblastoma patients

Lovastatin-synthesizing enzyme successfully reconstituted

MagForce Nanotechnologies announces successful completion of its Nano-Cancer therapy trials

Arrowhead Research updates its shareholders

World-record energies for laser accelerated particles achieved

New nanoelectronics technologies for healthcare applications to be unveiled at UK NanoForum conference

Inhaling carbon nanotubes can affect outer lining of the lungs

University researchers inject 'nanowires' in rat brains

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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