nanotoxicology

UC Irvine to lead statewide program on green materials research

...he Lead Campus Green Materials Program at UCI, it oversees Lead Campus programs in aerosols and health (UC Davis), mechanisms of toxicology (UCLA) and nanotoxicology (UCLA). ...

nanotoxicology in Biological News

Scientists form alliance to develop nanotoxicology protocols

ZRICH, Switzerland -- Sept. 9, 2008 -- A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and animals. The International Alliance for...

Donation for new Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology

Prof. Moein Moghimi (Professor of Biopharmacy and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical chemistry) and colleagues have received 28 million DKK (approximately 3.75 million Euros) from the Danish Council for Strategic Research (DSF) to set The Centre for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnol...

New nano-canary in the nanotoxicology coalmine: The body itself

There is growing consensus among scientists, regulators, politicians, industry and the public that we need to know more about the possible harmful or adverse effects of nanoparticles on human health. Likewise, most agree that these incredibly small materials can behave quite differently from con...

Pitt researchers create non-toxic clean-up method for potentially toxic nano materials

... nanotubes because they're uniquethey are strong, they can be used as semiconductors. But do these features present unknown health risks? The field of nanotoxicology is developing to find out," Kagan said. "Studies have shown that they can be dangerous. We wanted to develop a method for safely neutralizing these ve...

NSF and EPA establish 2 centers for environmental implications of nanotechnology

... rapid pace at which nanotechnology-based enterprises are generating new materials and ideas," said Nel, who is also the Director of the UC led-Campus nanotoxicology Research and Training Program at UCLA. "The CEIN's development of a comprehensive computational risk ranking will allow powerful risk predictions t...

UCLA, partners establish new center on environmental effects of nanotechnology

...ce at which nanotechnology-based enterprises are generating new materials and ideas," said Nel, who is also director of the UC Lead Campus Program for nanotoxicology Research and Training, at UCLA. "The CEIN's development of a comprehensive computational risk ranking will allow powerful risk predictions to be made ...

New ORNL process brings nanoparticles into focus

...s the nanohorns used for this study. Tetard and co-authors expect this work to be of significant benefit to scientists studying drug delivery systems, nanotoxicology and interactions between engineered nanomaterials and biological systems. "The rising commercial use of engineered nanoparticles and the ensuing ne...

nanotoxicology in Biological Technology

Pitt researchers create nontoxic clean-up method for potentially toxic nano materials

... nanotubes because they're uniquethey are strong, they can be used as semiconductors. But do these features present unknown health risks? The field of nanotoxicology is developing to find out," Kagan said. "Studies have shown that they can be dangerous. We wanted to develop a method for safely neutralizing these ve...