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Víctor Puntes interviewed by the Gaceta Médica and Diario Médico

Editor — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:52:22 +0000

Prof. Víctor Puntes was recently interviewed by the Gaceta Médica (the Medical Gazette) and the Diario Médico (the Medical Journal), within the framework of the ImagineNano 2013 conference, where he was a speaker. The articles were on the use of nanoparticles in cancer therapy (as nanocarriers for drug delivery), precisely the topic of his talk at the conference.

The Gaceta Médica article (in Spanish) was published on April 25, 2013: “Las AuNPs reducen la toxicidad de los quimioterápicos sobre células sanas”.

http://www.gacetamedica.com/noticias-medicina/articulo.aspx?idart=747053&idcat=793&tipo=2

The Diario Médico article (in Spanish) was published on April 29, 2013: “La nanotecnología usa metal precioso con fin biomédico”

http://biotecnologia.diariomedico.com/2013/04/29/area-cientifica/especialidades/biotecnologia/investigacion/nanotecnologia-usa-metal-preciosofin-biomedico

Víctor Puntes interviewed by newspaper El Punt Avui

Editor — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:09:30 +0000

Prof. Víctor Puntes was interviewed by the Catalan newspaper El Punt Avui on its December 9 issue, in its traditional front cover section “L’Entrevista”.

In the article entitled “We will be able to determine whether one has cancer using breath” (“Amb l’alè es podrà saber si un té càncer de pulmó”), Prof. Puntes and journalist Lluís Martínez started discussing about nanotechnology, then moving to science in general, its promises and limits for the future.

Link to the online version of the article (in Catalan): http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/15-ciencia/600311-amb-lale-es-podra-saber-si-un-te-cancer-de-pulmo.html

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Photo by Josep Losada (El Punt Avui)

Víctor Puntes interviewed in the show “Tierra de Sueños” by Pedro Riba

Editor — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:18:29 +0000

Víctor Puntes was interviewed by Pedro Riba in his show “Tierra de Sueños”, which is broadcast by several channels on TV (25TV) and internet, on October 25, 2012. The interview covered many dissemination aspects of nanotechnology and science in general, and it was aired on October 27 at 21:15.

A recording of the interview can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hsne2Jur-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHmr76Ht-E

Our research on nanoparticles for drug delivery featured in newspaper Ara

Editor — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:55:26 +0000

The work on drug delivery carried out by our group and collaborators, led by Víctor Puntes, has been featured in an article by the Catalan newspaper Ara. The article explains our project of using gold nanoparticles to improve the delivery of anti-cancer drugs (biodistribution and release). The article by Mònica Ferrado, “Gold to fight cancer”, was published on September 30, 2012.

Link to article (in Catalan, access by subscription)

Víctor Puntes featured in newspaper La Vanguardia for nanobiomedicine entrepreneurship

Editor — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:19:41 +0000

Prof. Víctor Puntes has been featured in an article in La Vanguardia, a local newspaper, in relation to our research on bioconjugated nanoparticles for drug delivery. For several years, Víctor and several members of our group, together with collaborators, have been carrying on a project on bioconjugation of gold nanoparticles for delivery of cisplatin, an anti-cancer drug. This work has led to a patent that has been now licensed to the Swiss company Nanonica, to create the start-up Nanotargeting as joint venture between Nanonica, ICN, and Ferrer Group.

This story, being an excellent example of technology transfer and entrepreneurship in the biotechnological field, was fully covered by the local newspaper La Vanguardia in the article “Gold in nanotechnology”, by Rosa Salvador, published on May 2, 2012.

Read the full article here (in Spanish)

Our research featured in national television!

Editor — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:49:35 +0000

Our group was featured in “Informe Semanal”, a classic prestigious weekly news special report, aired via national television RTVE. Our group was selected together with few other top research groups in Spain that are leading scientific projects of great relevance and impact in society and the world. Our group participated in particular due to our work in nanomedicine, specially the use of nanoparticles for drug delivery in cancer treatment.

The show was aired on April 28, 2012. Here you can find the show in full length:

Víctor Puntes interviewed at the radio show Eureka! (COM Radio)

Editor — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:04:06 +0000

Prof. Víctor Puntes was recently interviewed at the radio show Eureka! by Mònica López, to talk on nanotechnology but also on science in general. The show was aired in COM Radio on May 21, 2011.

The audio recording is available at:

http://blogs.laxarxa.com/sapiencia/2011/05/21/victor-puntes-hi-ha-una-tendencia-dopen-science-pero-tambe-ens-agraden-molt-els-herois/

The mystery of the washing balls – the scientific take in an article in the newspaper El Punt Avui

Editor — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:56:11 +0000

In a recent article published at the Catalan newspaper El Punt Avui on May 22, journalist Miquel Riera presented the scientific take on the “washing balls” (“bolas de lavado”) or “eco-balls” (“eco-bolas”), a new product that is advertised as a way to do laundry without detergents.

Along with other scientists and representatives of the laundry industry, Prof. Puntes provided a scientific view on this product and how it works (actually, it does not), given his expertise on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

As scientists, one of our goals is to provide the general public with scientific information and analysis, so we gladly participated in this dissemination effort from El Punt Avui.

Read the full article here (in Catalan): http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/37759-el-misteri-de-les-boles-de-rentar.html

Update (05/02/2011): The “washing balls” were later analyzed by the Instituto Nacional del Consumo (INC) of the Spanish Goverment and officially removed from the market.