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by Dr. Joseph Kim on August 7, 2008
Many effective drugs never enter the market because of Toxicity and safety issues. An old cancer drug called TNP-470 was being researched in 1990, but clinical studies were stopped when neurologic tox...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on July 24, 2008
Wouldn't it be great if we could just grow new organs? It sounds like science fiction if you could grow a new kidney and transplant that organ. Bioengineers are working aggressively to re-create h...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on July 22, 2008
When cancer spreads, this is called metastases and it can be devastating. Metastatic cancer means that the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, including organs like the liver, brain, bones, ...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on July 8, 2008
Have you heard of the Nanopump? Well, Debiotech in Switzerland is developing the Nanopump to micro-dose medications by utilizing a volumetric membrane pump with a pair of check valves and integrating ...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on July 2, 2008
We've been seeing a lot of news lately about fake drugs. It seems so inhumane to be distributing fake drugs to people who may need these life-saving agents. Well, a company called NanoInk is deve...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on June 20, 2008
If you've been following any nanotechnology news, you've probably seen this term called "apoptosis." What does this word mean? Programmed cell death. That's right. Our cells kno...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on June 13, 2008
Human cells are covered by a protective membrane. Generally speaking, if that membrane is penetrated, then the cell may rupture and die. However, scientists have created a nanoparticle that can enter...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on June 3, 2008
Wow, what a fascinating title! "Filamentous Artificial Virus from a Self-Assembled Discrete Nanoribbon."
Researchers at the Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea have been developing an artif...
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by Dr. Joseph Kim on May 19, 2008
You may think that I'm a biased blogger since I went to MIT. However, so many of the advances in nanotechnology are happening at MIT, so I can't help but get excited about all these developme...
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by george elvin on December 28, 2006
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have developed bone and muscle cells using a custom-designed ink-jet printer. The team has succeeded in bioprinting from adul...
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by george elvin on November 24, 2006
While the Israeli government was busy this week acknowledging its developing nanotech arsenal, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was in Switzerland warning of the dangers posed by military and terrorist...
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by george elvin on November 2, 2006
An Iowa State University (ISU) assistant professor is working to create biorenewable, biodegradable plastics from the proteins in crops.
His researcher team is using microcellular foaming technologie...
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by george elvin on October 2, 2006
From the biotech world comes news of some very unexpected consequences of Bt, the most popular microbe engineered into genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Bt, short for bacillus thuringiensis, is t...
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by george elvin on August 25, 2006
The Washington Post is reporting that US commercial supplies of long-grain rice have been contaminated with a genetically engineered variety not approved for human consumption.
This could lead to bac...
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by george elvin on July 30, 2006
In a development that could have repercussions for nanotech development, a new study shows that the benefits of growing genetically modified crops are short-lived because farmers quickly resort to spr...
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by george elvin on July 18, 2006
In a sneak peek of what could be fashion's future, leggy models draped in dresses by designers like Oscar de la Renta and Versace strut their stuff on the runway.
But this is no Paris or New York...
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by george elvin on June 2, 2006
Two fascinating meetings last week addressed the interconnections between nanotechnology and synthetic biotechnology, the Second International Meeting on Synthetic Biology (SB2.0) in Berkeley, and the...
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by george elvin on May 17, 2006
Modern-day doctors may soon start using smell to detect the early warning signs of different illnesses thanks to technology that replicates - and improves upon - the human olfactory system thanks to t...
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by george elvin on April 17, 2006
The European Union's rejection of genetically modified organism (GMO) foods is often cited as a powerful lesson in technology management, and Monsanto has for years been the poster child for how t...
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by george elvin on March 20, 2006
From the world of biotechnology, Reuters reports that:
"Students at Singapore Polytechnic say they have created a plant that can communicate with people -- by glowing when it needs water.
The s...
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by george elvin on January 24, 2006
From the world of biotechnology comes word that scientists at the UK"s leading plant science centre have uncovered a gene that could help to develop new varieties of crops that will be able to co...
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by george elvin on January 20, 2006
Scientists are increasingly using living things as the building blocks for new materials. I've described several of theses lately (here and New York Times article this week. The article explains h...
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by george elvin on December 28, 2005
Now that celebrated cloning pioneer Hwang Suk Woo has stepped down as leader of South Korea' s Stem Cell Hub after allegedly faking the results of his stem cell research, will there be fallout for...
