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University of Nebraska, University of Hawaii, University of Kentucky and University of Louisville have received funds from the National Institute of Health for nanomedicine research. The researchers will be focused on disease treatment and tissue repairment.
Each university will recieve around $10 million over a 5-year period. The funds will be used for building facilities, hiring staff, buying equipment and much more.
A component of the UCLA Medical Center, Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, one of the best children’s hospitals in the United States, has announced that it will launch a nanopediatrics program. The program will be dedicated to researching the appliance of nanomedicine on children. This is one of just a few programs like this in the whole world that are dedicated to children.
„We are working on this program because children aren’t adults. They are different and that’s why we need a separate division dedicated just to them.“ says Dr. McCabe of MCH. „If children would be treated the same way like adults, it would probably cause problems.“
The program’s budget is $1.8 million, which was donated by the Mattel Children’s Foundation. „Our foundation supports this project totally. We hope that this will change the ways of treatment and much more.“ says Kevin Farr, the chairman of the Foundation.
Additional information about the program can be found at www.nanopediatrics.ucla.edu.
At the Taiwan Medical University, a conference is being held whose main theme is nanotechnology and it’s relation to dental implants. The famous American dentist Dr. Alan Meltzer will hold the speach in front of over 200 dentists from Taiwan.
„Patients often require short time treatment, but that is sometimes not possible. By using nanotechnology dental implants, we are able to minimize the time needed for the complete procedure.“ says Dr. Meltzer.
Studies have shown that many children aged under 12 have at least one tooth missing. That can cause many problems, such as developing dental diseases and even digestive problems.
The time needed for performing a dental implant procedure varies upon the success of osseointegration (integration of the implant with the bone). Nanotechnology speeds up the process by 150%, decreasing the length of the procedure to 1 to 3 months.
