Smart Insulin Nanostructures Pass Feasibility Test

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our team contact us site map	return to search results Smart Insulin Nanostructures Pass Feasibility Test Summary posted by Meridian on 9/23/2007 Source: Nanowerk Author: n/a Researchers from the University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences in the U.S. have announced the results of pre-clinical tests indicating the feasibility of an inhalable “smart particle” insulin delivery system that consists of a blood sugar sensing protein called concanavalin A (Con A) capable of detecting elevations in glucose or blood sugar levels and liposomes that release counteracting insulin. Researcher Ananth V. Annapragada said: “Con A binds insulin-containing liposomes that are coated with sugars, to each other, to form the inhaled particles. When blood sugar becomes present, the Con A releases the particles to bind independently to the sugars. The released particles then release their insulin.” Annapragada further said that this is the first inhalable smart release system shown to be viable and that the system could potentially be used to treat other diseases as well. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=2661.php As tagged by Meridian Institute: Health And Medical: Diseases Regions: North America Stakeholders: Academia Related Forums: Health and Medical print format return to search results	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More] UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More] TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More] Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.