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New study focuses on chronic parental reactive negativity

Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at Virginia Tech and two other universities suggests that parents with poorer working memory skills are less likely to be able to control their emotions with their children.

9 Dec 2009

Vestagen Technical Textiles introduces Nanotechnology-Based Healthcare Specialty Textiles

Vestagen Technical Textiles today announced its entry into the advanced performance textile arena with the introduction of the first of a new class of Nanotechnology-Based Healthcare Specialty Textiles.

9 Dec 2009

New IME-developed cardiac biomarker testing system saves time

Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test simultaneously for specific cardiac biomarkers in finger prick amount of blood.

9 Dec 2009

Phase II clinical trial results of Doxorubicin Transdrug announced

BioAlliance Pharma SA, a company dedicated to the treatment and supportive care of cancer and AIDS patients, today announces positive survival data in its phase II clinical trial with doxorubicin Transdrug® in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer).

9 Dec 2009

Licensing agreement to develop and commercialize potential treatment for Gaucher’s disease signed

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. represented Protalix (NYSE-Amex: PLX), a leading biopharmaceutical company, in its licensing agreement with Pfizer Inc. to develop and commercialize a potential treatment for Gaucher’s disease, a genetic disorder.

5 Dec 2009

ACAMP hosts health and medical seminar

Today ACAMP hosted a health & medical seminar, explaining how technologies like nanotechnology, biomaterials and microfluidics can play a powerful role in the creation of innovative healthcare products that help promote health and improve the quality, cost and outcomes of patient care, while opening new markets for Alberta companies worldwide.

4 Dec 2009

Silicon to transport drugs in the human body: a novel drug delivery method under development

Several Finnish universities have joined forces to develop an innovative drug delivery method that utilises silicon to transport drugs in the human body. Among other advances, the project has been able to sustain the effect of peptides controlling appetite, which may facilitate the use of nanotechnology for dieting purposes. The research is being carried out as part of the Academy of Finland's Research Programme on Nanoscience (FinNano).

4 Dec 2009

Specially developed PACEM system installed at Max Planck Institute for Biophysics

PACEM is a transmission electron microscope (TEM) designed to image low-contrast biological specimens. It was specially developed and installed at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics (MPI-BP) by optical expert Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen and researchers from the Macromolecular Complexes excellence cluster in Frankfurt.

3 Dec 2009

MagForce Nanotechnologies applies for EU regulatory approval of its Nano-Cancer therapy

MagForce Nanotechnologies AG, the Berlin-based medical nanotechnology company majority owned by Nanostart AG, has submitted its application for the European regulatory approval of its Nano-Cancer® therapy.

2 Dec 2009

Georgia Institute of Technology receives contract to design nanostructures and cognition tools

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive processes of the modern warfighter.

2 Dec 2009

Stem Cell Therapy International and Histostem sign distribution agreement

Stem Cell Therapy International Inc. (OTCBB: SCII) announced that it has signed an agreement with Histostem Ltd. of South Korea ("Histostem"), for the exclusive, worldwide rights to the distribution of the Company's existing SteMixx line of stem cell based cosmetic products, as well as future products under development. Previously available for purchase only in Korea, SteMixx received approval last month from the Korean FDA as an effective cosmetic for the treatment of aging skin.

1 Dec 2009

Scientists and engineers explore synergies in moving oil and pumping blood

Scientists and engineers from two of the nation's largest industries - medicine and energy - will come together Dec. 7 with leading academicians to explore the synergies in moving oil and pumping blood.

1 Dec 2009

WPI to develop integrated monitoring system to reduce firefighter deaths and injuries

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received a one-year, $1 million award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop the final component of an integrated monitoring system designed to reduce firefighter deaths and injuries by precisely locating and tracking them inside buildings in three dimensions, continuously monitoring their vital signs to warn incident commanders when they are at risk of stress-related heart attacks, and taking floor-to-ceiling temperature readings inside buildings to provide an early warning of impending flashover.

1 Dec 2009

DFG approves establishment of new CRCs; research topics range from modern prostheses to political reforms to marine bacteria

The DFG has approved the establishment of 17 new Collaborative Research Centres as of 1 January 2010. This decision was made recently by the relevant Grants Committee in Bonn.

1 Dec 2009

MagForce Nanotechnologies initiates conformity assessment procedure for its Nano-Cancer therapy

MagForce Nanotechnologies AG has submitted the product file for NanoTherm® to Medcert GmbH, the medical certification and testing company which serves as Notified Body for the certification of medical products. With this step, MagForce has now commenced the conformity assessment procedure for its Nano-Cancer ® therapy.

30 Nov 2009

Cromoz's new drug delivery system to reduce amount of drugs used in cancer treatment

Cromoz Inc., located in Research Triangle Park, will initiate water-soluble carbon nanotube-based cancer drug delivery system in Hyderabad, India. The water-soluble carbon nanotubes, which have functional groups on the walls that allows for conjugation with cancer drugs, was developed in partnership with the Indian Institute of Kanpur (ITT). The conjugated carbon nanotubes serves as a drug delivery vehicle with the ability to target the cancer site which has the potential to increase the drug efficacy.

28 Nov 2009

New approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres discovered

Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly after an accident.

27 Nov 2009

UCLA engineers and physicians develop PAD treatment device to prevent thrombosis

A fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral arterial disease.

26 Nov 2009

Seven-day event focuses on nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, nanomedicine and clinical trials

SNM will hold its Conjoint Mid-Winter Meetings Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2010, at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. This year, SNM joins its annual Mid-Winter Educational Symposium with the 2010 Annual Meeting and Educational Symposium of the American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM), the Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit and the Clinical Trials Network Community Workshop.

25 Nov 2009

Innovation Award for GMI presented at the 2009 World Congress on Medical Physics

Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc., a leading developer of digital molecular imaging systems, announced today that it has been awarded an Innovation Award for its new prototype imaging system that combines the molecular imaging (MI) capability of single-photon nuclear imaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The award was presented to GMI at the 2009 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Munich, Germany that took place on September 7th, 2009.

24 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology News and Research

New study focuses on chronic parental reactive negativity

Vestagen Technical Textiles introduces Nanotechnology-Based Healthcare Specialty Textiles

New IME-developed cardiac biomarker testing system saves time

Phase II clinical trial results of Doxorubicin Transdrug announced

Licensing agreement to develop and commercialize potential treatment for Gaucher’s disease signed

ACAMP hosts health and medical seminar

Silicon to transport drugs in the human body: a novel drug delivery method under development

Specially developed PACEM system installed at Max Planck Institute for Biophysics

MagForce Nanotechnologies applies for EU regulatory approval of its Nano-Cancer therapy

Georgia Institute of Technology receives contract to design nanostructures and cognition tools

Stem Cell Therapy International and Histostem sign distribution agreement

Scientists and engineers explore synergies in moving oil and pumping blood

WPI to develop integrated monitoring system to reduce firefighter deaths and injuries

DFG approves establishment of new CRCs; research topics range from modern prostheses to political reforms to marine bacteria

MagForce Nanotechnologies initiates conformity assessment procedure for its Nano-Cancer therapy

Cromoz's new drug delivery system to reduce amount of drugs used in cancer treatment

New approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres discovered

UCLA engineers and physicians develop PAD treatment device to prevent thrombosis

Seven-day event focuses on nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, nanomedicine and clinical trials

Innovation Award for GMI presented at the 2009 World Congress on Medical Physics

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