Gene therapy transforms eyesight of 12 born with rare defect

Pennsylvania researchers using gene therapy have made significant improvements in vision in 12 patients with a rare inherited visual defect, a finding that suggests it may be possible to produce similar improvements in a much larger number of patients with retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration.

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A fresh way to take the salt out of seawater

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The Future of Video Game Input: Muscle Sensors

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Nano-scale Drug Delivery Developed For Chemotherapy

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China commander says space weapons inevitable: state media

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Lab-created skin helps wounds heal

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Video: Army’s Robot-Man Walks Like the Real Thing

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Nanotech-enabled Consumer Products Top the 1,000 Mark

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Study into sunscreen’s link to Alzheimer’s

Scientists are to investigate whether human-engineered nanoparticles which are found in sunscreen have any links with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

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Exposure to nanomaterials in consumer products

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EMMISION ASSESSMENT FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES AND RELEASE OF AIRBORNE MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS IN THE WORKPLACE: COMPILATION OF EXISTING GUIDANCE

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COMPARISON OF GUIDANCE ON SELECTION OF SKIN PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND RESPIRATORS FOR USE IN THE WORKPLACE: MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS

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REPORT OF AN OECD WORKSHOP ON EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND EXPOSURE MITIGATION: MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS

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Scientific Hearing on Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies slides

Scientific Hearing on Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies, Brussels, 10 September 2009

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Carbon Nanotubes Are Super Fertilizer

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