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NanotechProgress

Feb 2018

2 dated steps on the record this month, newest first.

  • MachinesAnimal study

    DNA nanorobots

    Researchers at Arizona State University and China's National Center for Nanoscience and Technology reported in Nature Biotechnology that DNA nanorobots shrank tumors in mice with breast, melanoma, ovarian and lung cancers; in the melanoma model, three of eight mice saw their tumors disappear.

    Working prototype
  • MedicineApprovalCompany-reported

    Feraheme

    AMAG said the FDA had approved Feraheme for all eligible adults with iron deficiency anemia, not only those with kidney disease.

    Approved or on sale