future – Inorganic Nanoparticles Group http://www.inorganicnanoparticles.net Research group at ICN Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:55:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.28 B-Debate on “Nanotechnologies in Health: current challenges and future prospects” begins tomorrow October 9 http://www.inorganicnanoparticles.net/b-debate-nanomedicine/ Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:12:57 +0000 http://inorganic.wpengine.com/?p=1686 B-Debate (International Center for Scientific Debate Barcelona) is an initiative organized by Biocat and Obra Social “La Caixa” with the aim of generating answers and solutions coming from Life Sciences to social challenges. Within this framework, international experts will gather on October 9 to 11 at CosmoCaixa (Barcelona), to debate specifically on “Nanotechnologies in Health: current challenges and future prospects”, an event with the scientific lead of Víctor Puntes, together with Nerea Roher and Antonio Villaverde from the Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

On October 9, the debate will center on nanotechnologies for diagnosis and drug delivery, while October 10 will focus on nanoapplications with direct impact on society, and related ethic and environmental considerations and nanosafety. Finally, October 11 will be dedicated to the outlook for nanomedicine and future perspectives.

Official website: http://www.bdebate.org/debat/nanotechnologies-health-current-challenges-and-future-prospects

]]> Víctor Puntes interviewed by newspaper El Punt Avui http://www.inorganicnanoparticles.net/el-punt-avui-2012/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:09:30 +0000 http://inorganic.wpengine.com/?p=1886 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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Puntes by Josep Losada

Photo by Josep Losada (El Punt Avui)

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