Alliance in the News

The NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer is conducting cutting-edge research using nanotechnology to transform the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and clinical outcomes for cancer patients. Read news stories and announcements below about the Alliance's multidisciplinary work.

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2009

• 6 scheduled to receive NC's highest civilian honor
  WRAL.com — October 29, 2009
• BIND Biosciences Co-Founder Selected as 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star
  BIND Biosciences press release — October 29, 2009
• Obama Visits Research Laboratories, Speaks at MIT
  The Tech — October 23, 2009
• Northwestern University Study Finds Ultrasensitive Assay Can Predict Recurrence of Prostate Cancer
  Nanosphere, Inc. press release posted by Reuters — October 19, 2009
• MIT-Harvard CCNE Collaborator Awarded with Nobel Prize in Medicine
  October 6, 2009
• The Buzz: Targeting Cancer With Bee Venom
  Wall Street Journal — September 28, 2009
• Liquidia founder Dr. Joseph DeSimone honoured with the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
  The Medical News — September 24, 2009
• In Profile: Scott Manalis
  MIT News — September 23, 2009
• Lab-on-a-chip performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once
  The Medical News — September 23, 2009
• A turning point in the struggle against cancer?
  MIT News — September 21, 2009
• Lee Hood's New Idea, Integrative Diagnostics for Early Cancer Detection, Raises $7.5M
  Xconomy — September 21, 2009
• Scientists illuminate how microRNAs drive tumor progression
  Physorg.com — September 17, 2009
• Beyond the Biopsy: A Tiny Monitor for Cancer
  New York Times — August 29, 2009
• Ultra-tiny 'bees' target tumors
  CNN — August 18, 2009
• Mini-magnet test makes things sticky for TB
  New Scientist — August 7, 2009
• Another look inside
  The Economist — July 30, 2009
• Rapid Cancer Test Provides Faster, Easier Method of Detection
  Bloomberg — July 20, 2009
• Remote-control closed system invented for inserting radioactive atoms inside fullerenes
  Virginia Tech press release — July 7, 2009
• 2 Stanford students win $10,000 award for handheld diagnostic device
  San Jose Mercury News — June 24, 2009
• Nanotechnology expert wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
  MIT press release — June 24, 2009
• Koch Institute symposium targets tumor metastasis
  MIT news — June 22, 2009
• Nanotechnology researcher Mirkin named to Obama's Science and Technology Advisory Council
  Nanowerk News — April 27, 2009
• Treatment Approach Using Radiofrequency Waves Heats Up
  NCI Cancer Bulletin — March 24, 2009
• To Fight Drug Addiction, UB Researchers Target the Brain with Nanoparticles
  University at Buffalo, State University of New York press release — March 23, 2009
• Chad Mirkin Elected to National Academy of Engineering
  Northwestern University News Center — February 6, 2009
• Targeted Nanospheres Find, Penetrate, then Fuel Burning of Melanoma (file size: 56 KB)
  MD Anderson Cancer Center press release — January 30, 2009
• Curious: Q&A with Mark Davis
  Curious — 2009
• Stealth Imaging with Iron Nanoparticles
  Nanomedicine Explorer — 2009