Group News

§ Rong's paper reporting paclitaxel-initiated ring-opening polymerization for the preparation of well-controlled nanoparticulate delivery vehicles has been accepted by Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Feb. 2008).

§ Cheng received a NSF Career Award (Feb., 2008).

§ Rong's coauthored paper on developing oral insulin delivery has been published in Biomaterials (Dec. 2007)

§ Cheng received funding support from the Siteman Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence and Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (Dec. 2007).[Link]

§ Hua's work on developing metal-free strategy controlling NCA polymerization has been published on Journal of American Chemical Society (Oct., 2007).

§ Rong received a Poster Award from the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (May, 2007).[Link] 

§ Rong Tong received a Siteman Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (SCCNE) Student Fellowship (May, 2007).

§ Cheng's paper was ranked No.1 of the top 25 hottest articles downloaded in Biomaterials (May, 2007). [Link]

§ A patent on polymeric nanoparticle drug delivery (by Jianjun Cheng and Rong Tong) has been filed through UIUC Office of Technology Management. 

§ Jianjun Cheng received 2007 Prostate Cancer Foundation Competitive Award (Jan., 2007).

§ Jianjun Cheng's research with Langer and Farokhzad on prostate cancer treatment was highlighted in Forbes Magazine as one of the Top Five Nanotech Breakthroughs of 2006 (Dec. 2006). [Link]