The National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced on September 13 a new $144.3 million, five-year initiative to develop and apply nanotechnology to cancer.
"Nanotechnology has the potential to radically increase our options for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer," said Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute. "NCI's commitment to this cancer initiative comes at a critical time. Nanotechnology supports and expands the scientific advances in genomics and proteomics and builds on our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of cancer. These are the pillars which will support progress in cancer."
To carry out this initiative, the NCI, part of the National Institutes of Health, is forming the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a comprehensive, integrated initiative encompassing researchers, clinicians, and public and private organizations that have joined forces to develop and translate cancer-related nanotechnology research into clinical practice.
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For additional information about the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, go to: http://nano.cancer.gov
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ANSI Establishes Nanotechnology Standards Panel
The American National Standards Institute has formed the Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP), a new coordinating body for the development of standards in the area of nanotechnology. The first meeting of the panel was held on September 29-30, 2004, at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD, to focus its initial
work on nomenclature and terminology.
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To find out more about about ANSI-NSP, click here.
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Read about the President's Nearly
$1 Billion Budget Proposal for Nanotechnology R&D in 2005
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on September 21 awards of $69 million over five years to fund six major centers in nanoscale science and engineering. These awards complement eight existing centers established since 2001. The awards are part of a series of NSF grants totaling $250 million for nanoscale research in multiple disciplines in fiscal year 2004.
The new centers will be located at the University of California-Berkeley, Stanford University in California, the University of Wisconsin, Ohio State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Northeastern University in Massachusetts.
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DoD Funds Model Development to Predict Nanoparticle Effects on Living Systems
To better
understand and predict the effects of nanomaterials on biological
systems, the Air Force MURI (Multi-disciplinary University Research
Initiative) has funded a new research effort intended to identify
the relationship between physicochemical characteristics and toxicological
properties of nanomaterials. Dr. Günter Oberdörster of
the University of Rochester is heading this team effort assisted
by scientists of the University of Minnesota (Dr. David Pui) and
Washington University at St. Louis (Dr. Pratim Biswas). The ultimate
goal is to develop a computational model that will predict toxic,
salutary and biocompatible effects based on nanostructural features.
Dr. Günter Oberdörster
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