http://www.nanohealthalliance.org ANH News daily 1 2006-11-01T18:13:02Z http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/halas-wins-prestigious-nanotechnology-research-award Rice University nanophotonics pioneer Naomi Halas has won one of nanotechnology's top academic honors, the Research Excellence Award from the University of Pennsylvania's Nano/Bio Interface Center (NBIC). Halas is being honored for her numerous contributions in the innovative synthesis of nanostructures. She will accept the award and give a keynote address at NBIC's NanoDay@Penn ceremonies Oct. 29 in Philadelphia. No publisher mlandry 2008-09-25T18:02:54Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/scientists-create-99-percent-pure-nanorods HOUSTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. chemists say they've discovered a technology that permits them to produce ultra-pure gold nanorods that are about 99 percent pure. "The content of high-aspect-ratio gold nanorods produced by today's best synthetic methods is only about 20 percent," said Rice University Assistant Professor Eugene Zubarev, who is leading the research. No publisher mlandry 2008-09-25T17:52:55Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/secret-ingredient-nanoparticles-aid-bone-growth Nanotube-reinforced material produces denser bone tissue In the first study of its kind, bioengineers and bioscientists at Rice University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, have shown they can grow denser bone tissue by sprinkling stick-like nanoparticles throughout the porous material used to pattern the bone. No publisher mlandry 2008-06-27T15:30:14Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/researchers-from-utmb-detail-findings-in-gene-therapy A new study by UTMB researchers published in Gene Therapy (”Composition of PLGA and PEI/DNA nanoparticles improves ultrasound-mediated gene delivery in solid tumors in vivo”) states: “We found that the combination of PLGA/PEI/DNA nanoparticles with ultrasonication substantially enhanced tumor cell transfection in vivo. The overexpression of beta-gal gene was evaluated histochemically and by Western blot analysis.” The study was conducted by Olga.V. Chumakova and colleagues of UTMB’s Center for Biomedical Engineering. No publisher mlandry 2008-05-27T21:24:57Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/nanoparticle-induced-heating-boosts-antitumor-radiation-therapy Radiation therapy is a time-honored and effective component of modern cancer therapy, but its ultimate utility is limited by the fact that some cancer cells are resistant to ionizing radiation. Now, a research team led by Sunil Krishnan, M.D., of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, has found that pretreating tumors with gold nanoparticles and near-infrared radiation dramatically improves the response of tumors to radiation therapy. No publisher mlandry 2008-05-27T20:56:07Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/house-science-and-technology-committee-unanimously-reports-national-nanotechnology-initiative-amendments-act The NanoBusiness Alliance is pleased to report that the House Science and Technology Committee yesterday unanimously reported H.R. 5940, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act, which will update and expand the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN), who addressed the NanoBusiness 2008 conference in New York on Monday, recognized the NanoBusiness Alliance for its support of the bill during the Committee markup. No publisher mlandry 2008-05-08T22:21:14Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/sen-hutchison-visits-with-nanohealth-alliance-coo Prior to her March 18, 2008, State of the Senate speech to the Greater Houston Partnership, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, left, visited the Alliance for NanoHealth booth at the event, where she met Jason Sakamoto, Ph.D., right, chief operating officer of the Alliance for NanoHealth, which is housed in the Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building of The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases at the UT Health Science Center. No publisher mlandry 2008-04-08T18:44:52Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/nanobiomagnetics-announces-issuance-of-us-patent Edmond, OK (March 18, 2008): Officials of NanoBioMagnetics, Inc., (NBMI) today announced the issuance of its first patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, titled “Method and Apparatus for Improving Hearing,” is based on the use of magnetically responsive nanoparticles implanted in the organs of the middle ear to drive tissue vibrations in the amplification of sound. No publisher mlandry 2008-03-24T14:24:37Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/sen-hutchison-votes-to-support-texas-projects Earmark ban Fails, Would have had Devastating Impact on Projects for Houston No publisher mlandry 2008-03-19T22:14:13Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/next-generation-of-smart-drugs Houston scientists find innovative ways to trick body's defenses, target tumors No publisher mlandry 2008-03-17T22:04:40Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/rice-forms-nano-carbon-center-to-replace-carbon-nanotechnology-lab FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS Rice has formed a new academic research center, the nano Carbon Center, or nC2, within the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology to enhance the global visibility of Rice's carbon nanotechnology research and to foster Rice's growing carbon nanotechnology community. No publisher mlandry 2008-03-04T22:33:47Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/scientists-aglow-over-drug-for-radiation-poisoning No publisher mlandry 2008-01-28T21:19:39Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/important-announcement-website-now-available-for-nanotechnology-solutions-for-long-term-implantable-devices-irt-meeting-october-23-24-2007-houston-tx Dear Distinguished Speakers & Attendees of the “Nanotechnology Solutions for Long-term Implantable Devices” Integrated Research Team (IRT) meeting held on October 23 – 25, 2007: No publisher mlandry 2008-01-15T17:29:33Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/rices-west-honored-as-one-of-texas-best-researchers Bioengineer earns O'Donnell Award from Texas Academy: Rice University bioengineer Jennifer West has been recognized with one of the Lone Star State's highest scientific honors, the O'Donnell Award from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST). No publisher mlandry 2008-01-14T15:28:18Z News Item http://www.nanohealthalliance.org/news-items/new-federal-funding-expected-for-houstons-alliance-for-nanohealth HOUSTON—(Jan. 2, 2008)—The Alliance for NanoHealth, a consortium made up of seven Houston-area research institutions, including The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is slated to receive $2.2 million in new federal funding over the coming year. No publisher mlandry 2008-02-15T18:23:12Z News Item