Les nanotechnologies au service du médicament

Une chercheuse de l’université d’Alberta à Edmonton « pense petit » dans le but de trouver des nouveaux procédés pour améliorer l’administration de médicaments avec de moins en moins d’effets secondaires.

Afsaneh Lavasanifar, Professeur à la Faculté de Pharmacie et Sciences Phamaceutiques, a développé et breveté une capsule à base de polymères qui est capable de [...]

Avancées technologiques: La NTU innove pour le traitement du glaucome

Pour les patients atteints de glaucome, la prise quotidienne de médicaments va bientôt devenir une chose du passé. En effet, l’Ocular Therapeutic Engineering Centre (OTEC) de la Nanyang Technological University (NTU) a développé un traitement inédit, simple, rapide et indolore, sous forme d’injections pratiquées quatre fois par an. La solution contient un agent anti-glaucome [...]

Nanotechnology in Dentistry

By K. V. Prabhakara Rao,  &  J. Srinivas Kumar . KDJ – Vol. 36, No. 1 , January 2013 pp 56-59

Current trends in developing novel technology for medical and dental patient care has evolved nano particle, which has solved many critical problem where conventional materials, drugs were unsucessful. Thorough research had applied nanotechnology in various fields of dentistry to [...]

Economic and societal dimensions of nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery

By Haico te Kulve & Arie Rip. University of Twente, Science, Technology and Policy Studies, Enschede, The Netherlands . Posted online on February 13, 2013.

There is an increasing interest in nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery systems which are expected to have significant impacts for health care. The economic and societal aspects are uncertain, even ambiguous, at this [...]

Emerging Medical Technologies: Ethical issues

By John Wyatt and Philippa Taylor.     Christian Medical Fellowship   Winter 2012

John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics at University College, London. Philippa Taylor is CMF Head of Public Policy If emerging medical technologies with their enormous potential for therapeutic benefit are to be used wisely we need to pay attention both to the ends (ie [...]

Nanodermatology Society declares 2013 the Year of Topical Delivery

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2013 — (PRNewswire)

2013 will not only keep up pace, but will mark an extraordinary period of growth and development in the field of nanodermatology. The Nanodermatology Society (NDS) is declaring 2013 as the « Year of Topical Delivery.

Source:http://www10.nanotechcafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=1159159

Nanotechnology in Human Health Care System: A Review

By  A Sami, , R T Mahmood, , S H Shah,  M U Iqbal, Department of Biochemistry, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalp Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Journal of Public Health and Biological Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 4 Oct – Dec 2012, p.121-126

This review focuses on the potentials of nanotechnology in health care and addresses the possible future [...]

Brief Review on Nano Robots in Bio Medical Applications

By Sivasankar and Durairaj, J Adv Robot Automat 2012, 1:1

This paper guides to  the recent research on nano robots in the Bio medical applications.

Source: http://omicsgroup.org/journals/2168-9695/2168-9695-1-101.pdf

Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery

Ed. by Mathew Sebastian et al. (Advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology; v.1) Apple Academic Press, ©2013 300 p.

In this first volume, of the new series, international contributors in nanobiology, applied physics, biochemistry, and clinical pharmacology covering the promise and potential of nanomedicine as well as possible dangers…

Source:http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781466560079/

The Ethics Involved In Nanotechnology And An Extended Life Span

By Anita Jain Pittsburgh University. nov, 14, 2012.

With the current research and development in the field of nanomedicine, there are ethical issues surrounding the safety of the diamondoid material and nano-robots…

Source:http://www.pitt.edu/~anj45/Engineering%20Analysis%20Paper%203.pdf