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These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Topic: nanotechnology

Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

May 4, 2013 8:00 am by | 2 Comments

The nano movement in medical devices has produced some pretty promising inventions, and here’s another to add to the list. Scientists in Switzerland have built an implantable blood testing chip ... Read more
New blood test may predict risk of premature birth as early as 15 weeks

New blood test may predict risk of premature birth as early as 15 weeks

February 19, 2013 8:35 am by | 2 Comments

A new high-tech blood test may be able to help doctors identify pregnant women at risk for having their babies too soon.Pre-term birth is an expensive and traumatic problem. According ... Read more
3 smart iPad accessories for anyone in a hospital

3 smart iPad accessories for anyone in a hospital

January 11, 2013 7:30 am by | 2 Comments

There are about eight halls of exhibitors at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show and I swear at least one of them was full of iPhone cases and nothing else. I ... Read more
Startup uses nanotech to make organic makeup with Brazilian partner

Startup uses nanotech to make organic makeup with Brazilian partner

December 31, 2012 5:04 am by | 0 Comments

Laudiss Labs LLC is using proprietary nanotechnology and a manufacturing plant in Brazil to create cheaper, OTC products for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and veterinary industries. The secret ingredient is one ... Read more
Improving cancer drug research technology wins nanotechnology startup $300K grant

Improving cancer drug research technology wins nanotechnology startup $300K grant

November 13, 2012 12:30 pm by | 0 Comments

As innovative new cancer therapies become more advanced and targeted, the tools used in researching and developing them should be improved and innovated too.Indiana-based Tymora Analytical Operations LLC is doing ... Read more
Nanobiotech Novan raises $5.1M; acne treatment in trials, competition looms

Nanobiotech Novan raises $5.1M; acne treatment in trials, competition looms

June 1, 2012 1:59 pm by | 0 Comments

Nanotechnology company executives tell me one of their biggest challenges is finding the right application.At the nanoscale, particles take on properties different than they do at the macroscale, which opens ... Read more
All-in-one diabetes testing device combines lancet, nanotechnology

All-in-one diabetes testing device combines lancet, nanotechnology

May 2, 2012 11:50 am by | 1 Comments

UPDATED 5/3/12A startup hoping to redefine “all-in-one glucose meter” is looking for a $3 million boost for its one-click diabetes testing device that combines a lancing device with nanotechnology sensors ... Read more
Nanotechnology makes big splash at nanotech commercialization conference

Nanotechnology makes big splash at nanotech commercialization conference

April 6, 2012 3:40 pm by | 0 Comments

The American Tobacco Campus was the site of this year's Nanotech Commercialization Conference. Bay 7, a former tobacco warehouse, hosted most of the conference events. Stephen Waite, managing partner of ... Read more
Nanotechnology investing: What VCs, angels and strategic investors look for

Nanotechnology investing: What VCs, angels and strategic investors look for

April 6, 2012 1:55 pm by | 0 Comments

As nanotechnology finds new uses ranging from engineering to medicine, a growing number of early stage companies are forming to bring new nanotech innovation into those markets.But nanotech companies are ... Read more
Why nanotech will eclipse biotech in size and scope: a CEO’s perspective

Why nanotech will eclipse biotech in size and scope: a CEO’s perspective

April 4, 2012 6:33 pm by | 0 Comments

Nanotechnology products from Liquidia Technologies will first find their way to most Americans in medicine. The company’s proprietary method of making nanoparticles enables targeted drug delivery of medicines and vaccines.While ... Read more
Drug made from cobra venom among pharma startup’s targeted therapeutics

Drug made from cobra venom among pharma startup’s targeted therapeutics

March 20, 2012 11:52 am by | 0 Comments

An early stage pharmaceutical company with newly licensed anticancer, anti-inflammatory and nanoparticle drug-delivery technologies is looking for its first round of funding.Pono Pharma, which was founded earlier this year with ... Read more
Nanoparticle device co. that could reduce drug-making costs gets fresh capital

Nanoparticle device co. that could reduce drug-making costs gets fresh capital

March 9, 2012 9:45 am by | 0 Comments

A nanoparticle device company that produces devices that could reduce drug-making costs has secured follow-on funding from a Pennsylvania economic development agency.Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania invested $50,000 ... Read more
CytImmune raising $1M for cancer treatment using gold nanoparticles

CytImmune raising $1M for cancer treatment using gold nanoparticles

March 8, 2012 10:00 am by | 0 Comments

Nanomedicine company CytImmune disclosed in a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it’s raising up to $1 million for its experimental cancer treatment, which uses nanoparticles of gold ... Read more
Medicon Valley, meet Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Medicon Valley, meet Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

January 25, 2012 1:59 pm by | 0 Comments

As Medicon Valley‘s visitors introduced themselves to their Research Triangle Park, North Carolina hosts, members of the Scandinavian delegation took care to note whether they speak Danish, Swedish or both.Medicon ... Read more
Forbes list: DNA R&D shows future of life sciences innovation, investment

Forbes list: DNA R&D shows future of life sciences innovation, investment

December 19, 2011 3:55 pm by | 0 Comments

The big future of life sciences innovation means thinking small. Forbes magazine now has a list of the 30 “disruptors” under 30 in 12 different fields. In the sciences category, ... Read more