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Nanotechnology-based breast cancer treatment launched in India
… ABRAXANE. "The launch of ABRAXANE in India represents a major strategic step in our plan to provide safer and more effective cancer treatments on a global scale," said Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer of Abraxis BioScience …
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Greener Nanotech 2010: Navigating EHS for nanomaterials
… being evaluated, or have in fact been approved by the FDA for cancer treatments . These particles have numerous substituents, including targeting molecules, cancer treatment drugs, and a PEG shield. He showed that certain particle attributes …
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R&D UPDATES
Nanoemulsions improve cancer treatment The efficacy of nutrients, drugs, and even cancer treatments depends not only on their chemical composition ..... tamoxifen-the world’s primary breast cancer treatment -dramatically improves its efficacy …
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Biomedical applications using magnetic nanoparticles
… this principle is used with cytotoxic drugs in cancer treatments . Hyperthermia. Another interesting therapy is ..... isolation, to medical imaging, to hyperthermia for cancer treatment . Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank …
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Nano-bio research center developing cancer treatment to ease chemo side effects
July 23, 2008 -- The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG) and the NC Nanotech Accelerator (NCNA) have joined forces to develop a treatment for cancerous tumors that could reduce the side effects, such as hair loss and nausea, associated with current treatment methods.
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Calando Pharmaceuticals launches clinical study for nano-based cancer treatment
September 11, 2008 Calando Pharmaceuticals Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corp., has initiated a Phase II clinical trial in the US evaluating the safety and efficacy of its drug candidate, IT-101, in patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. The study is open for ...
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Nanobiotix reports proof of concept for brain cancer treatment
April 6, 2009 Emerging nanomedicine company Nanobiotix says an independent preclinical study has validated using its "nanoPDT" nanoparticles to treat glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most prevalent brain tumors.
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Nanotech expands breast cancer treatment options
Jan. 11, 2005 -- The treatment options for women with breast cancer expanded this week with the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a nanoparticle-based drug called Abraxane. American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. received clearance to offer the chemotherapy drug that proved to be more
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Grant boosts use of nanoparticles to treat cancer
… Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles , will use a $1.5 million grant to design and develop cancer treatments using quantum dots and other nanoscale technologies, according to a news release . null The W.M. Keck Foundation …
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Startups seek perfect particles to search and destroy cancer
… Click here to enlarge image Building on a body of established medical research, several companies are pushing forward new cancer treatments that send nanoparticles into patients to find tumor cells. Once they do, doctors excite the particles with electromagnetic …
