Monthly Archives: February 2012

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA and SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire -02/06/12)- Benitec Biopharma (ASX: BLT.AX - News) and Medistem (Pinksheets: MEDS.PK - News) announced today the successful treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in preclinical models using Benitec Biopharma's patented gene silencing technology applied to stem cell-derived immune system cells called dendritic cells. The studies, which were led by Dr. Wei-Ping Min of the University of Western Ontario, were published in the "Journal of Translational Medicine" on the 31st January 2012(1). Benitec Biopharma's CEO Dr Peter French and Medistem's scientist Dr Rosalia De Nochea Champion were co-authors on the paper. "In 2003, Dr Wei-Ping Min's group, together with Medistem's CEO Dr Thomas Ichim, were the first to apply the technology of RNA Interference to the immune system, by silencing the autoimmune disease-associated gene IL-12p35(2)," said Dr. Peter French. "In the current paper, Dr. Min expanded these studies to a disease-relevant model, and using stem cell-derived dendritic cells was capable of developing promising preclinical data relevant to rheumatoid arthritis." By specifically "silencing" various genes, Benitec Biopharma's ddRNAi technology is capable of modulating stem cells outside of the body, in order to endow them with new desired therapeutic activities. The first clinical study which combined stem cell therapy … Continue reading →

02-11-2011 04:30 Read more: NanoMEDICINE and human upper limit - Video … Continue reading →

17-11-2011 10:03 Example of dual-color live-cell acquisition of a human RPE cell, expressing EGFP-flotillin-2 (green), 4.5 hours after exposure to DNA-polyplexes (red). The movie takes 10 minutes and is acquired at a frame rate of 2 fps, which is speeded up here fivefold to 10 fps. The field of view is 40 by 19.5 µm. Read more: http://www.nanowerk.com Visit link: A tool to track the intracellular trafficking of nanomedicines - Video … Continue reading →

05-12-2011 08:59 Bertrand, Loubaton, Contribution, Nanomedicine, global, societal, challenges, GE, Healthcare, etpn, More here: Bertrand Loubaton - Contribution of Nanomedicine to the global societal challenges - Video … Continue reading →

13-12-2011 08:52 Nanomedicine: The Path to Personalized Medicine? Originally posted here: Nanomedicine Panel BioEurope 2011 - Introduction by Laurent Levy - Video … Continue reading →

15-12-2011 06:47 Nanomedicine: The Path to Personalized Medicine? What about patent and generic aspect of nanomedicine? Read more here: Nanomedicine Panel BioEurope 2011 - expiration of patents - Video … Continue reading →

13-01-2012 03:39 A presentation from Dan Peer at the Nanomedicine Day 2011 in Paris. Read more from the original source: Dan Peer - New therapeutic paradigm based on nanodrugs - Video … Continue reading →

18-01-2012 03:18 A presentation from Warren Chan during Nanomedicine Day 2011 in Paris. Read more: Warren Chan - Nanomedicine (part 1) - Video … Continue reading →

19-01-2012 03:25 A presentation from Warren Chan during Nanomedicine Day 2011 in Paris. Read more: Warren Chan - Nanomedicine (part 2) - Video … Continue reading →

25-01-2012 12:00 The Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, BIONAND, is a mixed centre with stakes held by the Regional Ministry of Innovation, Science and Enterprise, the Regional Ministry of Health and the University of Malaga with the purpose to promote and encourage the development of an andalusian centre for excellence research in Nanomedicine. Read more: Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, BIONAND - Video … Continue reading →