Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Research at Cambridge University could lead to improvements in the manufacturing of microcapsules for drug delivery, according to an article from the Engineer. The researchers created microcapsules that are more susceptible to stimuli, and as a result, they had more control over the release of the drugs. With conventional methods, ...
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
A new silk-based microneedle system developed by Tufts University bioengineers could resolve some of the limitations of microneedle drug delivery, according to a university press release. The research was published online in Advanced Functional Materials last month in advance of publication. The microneedles are biodegradable and biocompatible. They can be ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have developed a new technique to visualise live cancerous cells using luminescent metal-based nanotechnology, according to a university press release. The research is a collaboration between the School of Chemistry and the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and was recently published in the Journal of ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
From the wire: Neopac, the Switzerland-based provider and inventor of high-barrier tubes for the cosmetics and pharma industries, in collaboration with Harro Höfliger, has introduced Fleximed, a range of transparent, flexible medical tubes that serve as an alternative to glass for parenteral packaging. They offer advantages in terms of ease ...
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
About 900 million insulin cartridges for disposable and reusable pen-like delivery devices are produced annually. In other words, the global diabetics population represents a huge market, Ian Thompson told BIOMEDevice attendees during a session on enabling technologies for combination product design and development on 24 February. Head of Business Development, ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
The production of insulin pens is a booming business, and it’s not about to stabilise as the world population of diabetics continues to rise. At Pharmapack 2011 in Paris, Sabic introduced a high-purity polypropylene (PP) random copolymer specifically formulated for injection moulded parts. In particular, the PP PCGR25 resin’s clarity ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
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Exhibiting for the first time at Pharmapack in Paris, DuPont Performance Polymers was unswervingly on message. “The exhibitor list certainly attracted our attention,” notes Ian Wands, Market Development Technologist, Medical and Pharmaceutical, at DuPont ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The NanoKTN (Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network) in the UK has announced it has partnered with the School of Pharmacy to host an event exploring the ways in which nanotechnology can help with the formulation and delivery of drugs. The conference on 27 January, 2011 in London, will provide a forum for ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
[caption id="attachment_17323" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Babak Ziaie, a professor at Purdue University shows a new type of pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of microneedles to deliver a wider range of medications than now possible with conventional patches. Image source: Mark Simons/Purdue University "][/caption]
Researchers at Purdue University have developed ...
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed magnetic nanoparticles that can be directed to metallic implants such as coronary stents and artificial knee and hip joints. Using this strategy, drugs could be delivered to targeted areas in the body to dissolve blood clots in the arteries or reduce inflammation ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
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Physicists at Duke University have developed a way to produce sharp fluid jets with enough precision ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
From the Wire: Using nanoparticle technology, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University have designed new particles that can cling to damaged artery walls and slowly release medicine, opening a front in the war against cardiovascular disease.
Called “nanoburrs,” the particles are coated with tiny protein fragments ...
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