Nanomedicine: Industry-wise research

Eaton, Mike

doi:10.1038/nmat1879

Cited by 48 publications

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“…Dual dynamics of promises, and waiting games around emerging nanotechnologies 577 and regulatory processes (Eaton 2007). Not much is happening in practice, also because of uncertainties about intellectual property rights.…”

Section: Constellations In the Waiting Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

Dual dynamics of promises, and waiting games around emerging nanotechnologies

Parandian

Rip

Kulve

2012

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

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Newly emerging science and technologies (NEST) are shaped by dynamics of promises. There is a paradoxical effect: diffuse and open-ended promises are forceful in policy discourse, but may hinder the realisation of these promises. Innovation actors are reluctant to invest in concrete developments because the promises are open-ended, and eventual demand is not articulated. This is a structural issue, and leads to 'waiting games' in which actors are entangled. We show how the occurrence of waiting games is linked to dual dynamics of promises in two fields where nanotechnology offers an open-ended ('umbrella') promise: organic and large area electronics and nano-enabled drug delivery. Based on such understanding of dynamics, our scenario exercises explored strategies to overcome waiting games.

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Section: Constellations In the Waiting Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

Dual dynamics of promises, and waiting games around emerging nanotechnologies

Parandian

Rip

Kulve

2012

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

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“…Over the past two decades many nanoscale systems have been proposed [8,9]. Nowadays not only nanoparticles but also nanoparticles-based therapeutic products are commercially available [10,11].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nanotechnology for biomedical applications - enhancement of photodynamic activity by nanomaterials

Ulatowska-Jarża¹,

Pucińska²,

Wysocka-Król³

et al. 2011

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences

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Abstract. Over the last two decades nanotechnology has become one of the most dynamically evolving field of research. The unique properties of nanomaterials, not disclosing at microscale, are examined and exploited to extend our understanding of the interactions taking place at atomic or molecular level. Those findings affect research in many areas, like e.g. alternative energy sources, electronics, physics and medicine. In this paper, the possibility of using nanomaterials for the enhancement of photodynamic activity, is discussed. A brief review on drug-delivery facilitating nanomaterials, regarding their characteristic features, is presented. An exemplary application of silver-doped nanomaterials for enhancement of photodynamic properties of two photosensitizers: Photolon and Protoporphyrin IX, is described. Influence of silver-doped nanomaterials addition on the fluorescence intensity of photosensitizers immobilized in silica-titania (SiO2-TiO2) sol was examined via VIS spectroscopy. Influence of sonication on the fluorescence enhancement was also investigated. It was demonstrated that the fluorescence enhancement of photosensitizers depends on the concentration of both: photosensitizer and silver-doped nanoparticles.

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“…Currently, courses of drugs costing more than 10,000 a year are considered too expensive, so the cost of the raw materials must be significantly less 61 . Hence, exotic drug-delivery devices made from synthetic nucleic acid or decorated with highly specific peptides as targeting moieties are unlikely to compete with cheaper materials, unless they offer very significant advantages.…”

Section: Toward Industrial Manufacturing Of Nanomedicinesmentioning

confidence: 99%