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Functionalized carbon nanotubes are non-cytotoxic and preserve the functionality of primary immune cells

Various types of carbon-based nanomaterials, such as buckyballs and nanotubes, have shown promise as drug delivery tools and imaging agents, but reports of toxicity associated with some of these materials have raised questions about their ultimate utility in clinical oncology.

10 Jul 2006

Proteolytic activity monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer through quantum-dot-peptide conjugates

Using a synthetic peptide modeled after the protein that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter cells, a multi-institutional research team has created quantum dots that can penetrate the cell membrane and image internal structures in a cell.

10 Jul 2006

Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks as potential multimodal contrast enhancing agents

By combining the properties of inorganic and organic molecules in one material, researchers at the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE) have developed a new class of nanomaterials that can be used to create multifunctional nanoparticles.

10 Jul 2006

Imaging pancreatic cancer with a peptide-nanoparticle conjugate targeted to normal pancreas

Most attempts to develop imaging agents that can better distinguish tumors from healthy tissue focus on finding molecules that are more abundant on malignant cells than on normal cells and using those as cellular targets.

10 Jul 2006

SRU Biosystems awarded new U.S. patent

SRU Biosystems has announced that U.S. Patent 7,070,987 (the '987 patent), entitled "Guided mode resonant filter biosensor using a linear grating surface structure" was issued to SRU Biosystems, Inc. on July 4, 2006.

10 Jul 2006

Cardinal Health to manufacture Tamiflu for Roche

Cardinal Health, the leading provider of products and services supporting the health-care industry, has announced that it has signed agreements to manufacture and package Tamiflu for Roche to help meet current and future demand for the influenza medicine.

10 Jul 2006

Bird flu still expanding in Africa - disease widely checked in Europe but could pose threat for years

While avian influenza has been successfully checked in Western Europe and much of Southeast Asia apart from Indonesia, it is still expanding in Africa and will remain a threat for years to come

10 Jul 2006

Iridex announces positive ruling in patent litigation

Iridex Corporation announced today that the Court has ruled in favor of Iridexregarding claim construction for thirteen of fourteen patent terms involved in the patent infringement action it brought against Synergetics USA, Inc.

10 Jul 2006

Scientists discover promising new therapeutic target for heart disease

Scientists at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute identified Puma (p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis) as a potential new target for the therapeutic intervention of heart disease.

10 Jul 2006

Synergetics responds to Iridex on the Markman Ruling in patent case against Synergetics

Synergetics USA has announced its response to the recent Markman ruling delivered in the pending patent infringement lawsuit brought by Iridex Corporation against Synergetics

10 Jul 2006

Advanced Medical Optics settles patent infringement suits with Alcon

Advanced Medical Optics has announced that it has reached a settlement with Alcon, Inc., Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd. and Alcon Laboratories, Inc., resolving all pending patent infringement lawsuits between the companies on technologies used in ophthalmic surgery.

10 Jul 2006

World-first stem cell research may help male infertility

Scientists have shown for the first time that sperm grown from embryonic stem cells can be used to produce offspring.

10 Jul 2006

Do guidelines for the treatment of osteoporosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) matter?

A new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology examined the recently set Guidelines regarding the treatment and management of osteoporosis in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and found that they are effective.

10 Jul 2006

Chinese twin loses battle to survive following separation surgery

One of the twins separated from her conjoined sister has lost her battle to survive following complex and extensive surgery which released her from her sister.

10 Jul 2006

Mice sperm grown in a lab produces baby mice

In ground breaking research scientists have for the first time produced mice using sperm grown in the laboratory from embryonic stem cells.

10 Jul 2006

Latest 'mad cow' in Canada was pregnant

According to Canadian officials the dairy cow which is the country's latest suspected case of mad cow disease was heavily pregnant.

10 Jul 2006

One billion deaths expected from tobacco

According to the American Cancer Society, the way things are going tobacco will kill as many as 1 billion people this century.

10 Jul 2006

Court says autism therapy age limit is not a form of discrimination

A court in Canada has ruled that the government's refusal to provide expensive therapy for all autistic children older than five is not age discrimination.

10 Jul 2006

Conjoined twin critical after separation surgery

One of the conjoined twin girls separated from her sister in a lengthy operation last week is apparently in a critical condition.

10 Jul 2006

Brits to trial bird flu vaccine on humans

The British drug company PowderMed has applied for permission to conduct the first trial in Britain of a vaccine against the avian flu virus.

10 Jul 2006

Medical News

Functionalized carbon nanotubes are non-cytotoxic and preserve the functionality of primary immune cells

Proteolytic activity monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer through quantum-dot-peptide conjugates

Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks as potential multimodal contrast enhancing agents

Imaging pancreatic cancer with a peptide-nanoparticle conjugate targeted to normal pancreas

SRU Biosystems awarded new U.S. patent

Cardinal Health to manufacture Tamiflu for Roche

Bird flu still expanding in Africa - disease widely checked in Europe but could pose threat for years

Iridex announces positive ruling in patent litigation

Scientists discover promising new therapeutic target for heart disease

Synergetics responds to Iridex on the Markman Ruling in patent case against Synergetics

Advanced Medical Optics settles patent infringement suits with Alcon

World-first stem cell research may help male infertility

Do guidelines for the treatment of osteoporosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) matter?

Chinese twin loses battle to survive following separation surgery

Mice sperm grown in a lab produces baby mice

Latest 'mad cow' in Canada was pregnant

One billion deaths expected from tobacco

Court says autism therapy age limit is not a form of discrimination

Conjoined twin critical after separation surgery

Brits to trial bird flu vaccine on humans

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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