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NAD-Nanoparticles for Therapy and Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease

Masserini M., Gregori M., Salvati E., Re F., Masserini M., University Milano Bicocca, IT

NAD project (large cooperative; 19 partners, funded by the E.C.) is aiming to the therapy and diagnosis, even combined, of Alzheimer Disease, by synthesis of multiple-functionalized nanoparticles, able to bind, detect and remove Abeta from [...]

Gold-based Nanostructures for Improved Cancer Therapeutics

Yang C., Neshatian M., Hegarty N., Chithrani D., Ryerson University, CA

The field of nanotechnology is currently undergoing explosive development on many fronts. The technology is expected to generate innovations and play a critical role in cancer therapeutics. Among other nanoparticle (NP) systems, there has been [...]

Cancer Nanotechnology & Nano Medical Sciences

Lysozyme – alginate nanocomplex: Effect of alginate composition

Fuenzalida J.P., Nareddy P.K., Moreno-Villoslada I., Moerschbacher B., Swamy M.J., Goycoolea F.M.A., Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, DE

In the present work we investigated the electrostatic self-assembly of nanoparticles of Lyz and different alginates (Alg A Mw~4kD and M/G~1.42 or Alg B Mw~7kD and M/G~5.00)to establish a relationship between the alginate structure and [...]

Epidermal Growth Factor-Ferritin H-Chain Nanoparticles as Nanocarrier of

Huang Y., Chen X., Cao X., East China University of Science and Technology, CN

The emergence of drug-resistant cancer cells together with the toxicity side effect of chemotherapy agents are the major obstacle in cancer treatment. We focused on providing a new pattern of protein-based nanoparticle as drug delivery [...]

Cationic lipid nanoemulsions for RNAi screening

Bruniaux J., Sulpice E., Mittler F., Texier I., Gidrol X., Navarro F.P., CEA/LETI/MINATEC, FR

Since the discovery of RNA interference, many efforts have been made to broaden perspectives of small interfering RNA (siRNA) in research and clinical work. siRNA shows a specific and effective gene silencing activity through a [...]

Commercializing unique nanoparticle-imaging-delivery platform technology for enhanced cancer therapy

Fu A., NVIGEN, Inc., US

In this presentation, we will talk about a unique nanoparticle-imaging-delivery platform developed at NVIGEN, Inc. for enhanced cancer therapeutic applications. Our proprietary nanoparticle-imaging-delivery (NID™) technology is a hybrid platform comprised of an intrinsically signal-generating component [...]

Fabrication of stable bio-compatible mesoporous silica and core-shell silica-magnetite nanoparticles for potential application in drug delivery

Sharifabad M.E., Mercer T., Sen T., University of Central Lancashire, UK

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have become increasingly attractive materials in the field of Nano / Nano-biotechnology due to their potential applications in heteogeneious catalysis [1, 2], nanomedicine such as drug delivery [3, 4], cell [...]

Development of Drug Delivery System Using Bio based Calcium carbonate Nanoparticles

Render D., Rangari V., Samuel T., Ramapuram J., Pawar K., Jeelani S., Tuskegee University, US

The CaCO3 nanoparticles were derived from egg shells using sonochemical and mechanochemical methods. The glycerol and acetic acid were used as solvents in this process to avoid other toxic solvents. These nanoparticles were loaded with [...]

Non-ionic Dendronized Multiamphiphilic Polymers as Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications

Gupta S., Schade B., Kumar S., Böttcher C., Haag R., Sharma S.K., University of Delhi, IN

Several supramolecular architectures on the nanoscale have become important candidates for potential applications in nanomedicine, particularly for drug, dye, and gene delivery. Out of various conceptual extensions for the development of such molecular objects, our [...]