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Drexel University | News | Science Center's QED Program Awards ... October 21, 2009. Philadelphia A new regional Proof-of-Concept program is pumping $600,000 into technology commercialization in the Greater Philadelphia region. The University City Science Center’s QED Program awarded three researchers at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania a total of $600,000 to pursue commercially-relevant R&D related to life science technologies. … |
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MBF Therapeutics & Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Partner ... -- Pilot Clinical Study Underway at University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine. AMBLER, Pa., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- MBF Therapeutics Inc. (MBFT) www.mbftherapeutics.com , a development stage veterinary oncology company here, and suburban Philadelphia-based Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) www.limr.org, announced today that they have formed a strategic relationship to support the development of MBFT-101, a treatment for common and aggressive cancers in dogs and cats. … A pilot clinical study using MBFT-101 in cats with oral squamous cell carcinoma -- the most common feline oral cancer -- is currently in progress at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's Veterinary Clinical Investigation Center (www.vet.upenn.edu), with the help of a grant from Ben Franklin Partners Technology Concept Network to MBFT and Dr. O'Brien. Later this year, MBFT will initiate a pilot clinical study using dogs. More>> |
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New CEO Joins Y-Carbon, Inc. PR Web - Ferndale,WA,USA Y-Carbon, Inc., a nanomaterials company founded in 2004 and headquartered in King of Prussia, PA announced today that James Horan has joined the company as its CEO …. Y-Carbon is a portfolio company of Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center and The Nanotechnology Institute of Ben Franklin Technology Partners. ... |
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Making medical breakthroughs [PhilaU's new Biomedical Textile Structures Laboratory] Montgomery Newspapers - Fort Washington,PA,USA The lab was funded by a $1.25 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Department of Community and Economic Development ... “An exciting concentration will be in the area of nano-textile structures and their impact on advanced tissue engineering,” said Brookstein, who is dean of the university’s School of Engineering and Textiles. |
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Reports: 3 of the 25 'best young entrepreneurs' are from Philly [including Carbon Nanoprobes, Malvern] BusinessWeek magazine scouted 25 "best young entrepreneurs," and found three of the 25 were from Philly. List here, Philly excerpts below, thanks to my colleague Peter Mucha: 1) Carbon Nanoprobes www.cnprobes.com, Malvern - Founder: Brian Ruby, 25 "When he was a 15-year-old intern at IBM," winning science fairs in his spare time, Ruby "devised a tip for the end of imaging equipment that made it possible to capture images of the smallest particles on earth. He founded Carbon Nanoprobes in 2003 in his Columbia University dorm room and has since raised about $4 million from institutional and private investors. "The company has nine employees and sells its equipment to universities, semiconductor firms, and material sciences companies. After six years in research stage, Carbon Nanoprobes is now transitioning to equipment sales and expects about $1 million in revenue in 2009. … |
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Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer Show Promise PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA ... Researchers presented new data on nanotechnology methods of delivering therapies, angiogenesis, microRNA and the tumor microenvironment |
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Silicon Valley Veteran Launches New Venture on the … Michael R. Drapp, a 34-year veteran of the high-technology industry, has formed nanoEdge™ Technologies, a business development and intellectual property management company focused on the emerging nanotechnology space. The company also plans to invest in promising technologies and act as a nanotechnology incubator. … |
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Knovel Launches Nanotechnology Collection (Marketwire via … Addresses High Demand for Reliable Information on Nanotechnology Best Practices Press Release Source: Knovel On 8:30 am EST, Tuesday December 1, 2009 NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 12/01/09) - Knovel, an online resource that helps engineers find reliable technical information faster, today announces availability of the Nanotechnology collection featuring content from leading publishers including Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, Springer, Smithers Rapra, Royal Society of Chemistry, World Scientific and Wiley. This new collection focuses on nanoscale materials, nanostructure-dependent properties and phenomena data as well as fabrication and manufacturing techniques. … |
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New technology could end animal testing RTE.ie - Nov 30, 2009 A chip that could bring about the end of animal testing is being unveiled at the launch of the first ever Nanoweek. … |
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New Federal R&D Funding Opportunities HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Engineered Nanomaterials: Linking Physical and Chemical Properties to Biology (U19) Grant http://www07.grants.gov/ search/ search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006= false&oppId=50078 _______________ Funding Opportunities from US EPA The United States Environmenal Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new funding opportunities in the category of "Increasing Scientific Data on the Fate, Transport and Behavior of Engineered Nanomaterials in Selected Environmental and Biological Matrices." For more information, please click here: |
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The Nanotech Conference and Expo 2010 The Nanotech Conference and Expo 2010 will be held in Anaheim, CA, June 21-25. The call for abstracts and business proposals is now open. Submission deadline is December 11, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.techconnectworld.com/Nanotech2010. |
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