Innovation, Technology, and IP News

ACTION:  Infringement of U.S. Patent 5,827,529 (referred to as “529 Patent) by Noven Therapeutics/Noven Pharmaceuticals, makers of products such as the... Read More »

Nearly one million individuals with diabetes have to inject themselves daily with insulin. Patients with HIV and certain types of cancer also require frequent... Read More »

Ever forget to take your morning pills?  Or can’t remember if you have to take the blue pill today or the yellow one?  Suddenly, life just got a lot... Read More »

Since the dawn of nanotechnology, researchers have envisioned using nanoscale drug delivery devices for chemotherapy drugs designed to fight cancer more effectively... Read More »

Nanotechnology has numerous applications in the fields of dermatology and medicine: sunscreen with nano-sized particles offers better protection, nanotech particles... Read More »

Could it be possible to one day deliver miniscule factories to the human body to produce medicine? In an article in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano... Read More »

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have developed nanoparticles that could treat a devastating, incurable cancer. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma... Read More »

A new method of delivering chemotherapy drugs could eliminate the heavy price of the treatment. Because the cell-killing therapy targets fast-growing cells, it... Read More »

Here's your weekly wrap up of the top medical news! Baby kept alive with world’s smallest artificial heart Italian doctors are reporting that... Read More »

A new device could makes trips to the doctor’s office less painful -- especially for those who squirm at the sight of needles. Using a high-pressure jet, a new... Read More »

A research team from the University of North Carolina has developed nanoparticle carriers to deliver therapeutic doses of a cancer drug that previously failed in... Read More »

Drug delivery is among the most significant obstacles facing modern medicine: the more we manufacture drugs to treat specific unhealthy areas of the human body, the... Read More »

Researchers from Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine have utilized light-harvesting nanoparticles to... Read More »

Scientists reported on the progress of developing ‘backpacking’ bacteria at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society... Read More »

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers have developed a new vehicle to release proteins with therapeutic effects. The vehicles are known as ‘bacteria... Read More »

The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working on creating complex nanostructures by taking... Read More »

Researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University have developed a new method for creating nanofibers out of proteins. These nanofibers can be used in a ... Read More »

Researchers at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of ... Read More »

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. have developed a new mechanism of drug release. It uses 3D superhydrophobic materials that make use ... Read More »

Bioengineers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed a silk-based microneedle able to deliver precise drug amounts over a set time. In addition... Read More »