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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)

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.