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Pharmacy in chip Scientists have developed a tiny implantable microchip that can be loaded with several doses of multiple drugs to be released at specified intervals over a period of months, reports UPI. The chip — about the length and thickness of a fingernail — could be useful for delivering drugs that must be taken continuously, such as pain relievers or antidepressants. It also has the potential to change how the pharmaceutical industry approaches drug delivery, a $54 billion market in the USA. Robert Langer, a biomedical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and principal investigator of the study, called the device ‘a pharmacy in a chip.’ The chip, composed of polymers that are completely absorbed by the body, also is the "first completely degradable system" for drug delivery and does not require a power source or outside stimulus to release the drugs. The Canterbury Tales online English poet Geoffrey Chaucer made a pilgrimage to the Internet when the British Library published on its Website the entire first two editions of his 14th century classic, The Canterbury Tales. The digitisation of the work, a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English and told by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral, coincides with the anniversary of Chaucer’s death on October 25, 1400. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ has been a bestseller and one of the most loved books in the English language since it was first printed by William Caxton in the 1470s. "With these digital copies users can explore (Caxton’s) early editions in their entirety and study not only the text but the development of printing techniques and illustration," British Library spokesperson Kristian Jensen said. They are available for study online at www.bl.uk. Animation show Kerala-based Toonz Animation is ready to unleash the best films, talents and experts in the global animation business at an event tomorrow. The Technopark-based animation company will host the fourth edition of the ‘Week With the Masters Animation Celebration’ from November 4 to 7. The animation extravaganza will be attended by some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry and media worldwide. It will bring together an illustrious group of animators from around the globe and provide a forum for Asian animators to learn techniques to produce original content for international audiences. Among those who will be present are Joel Slayton from the USA, Jimmy Murakami from Ireland, Wendy Tilby from Canada, John Cary from Britain and Sanjit Ghosh from India. Google’s IPO Google
is considering holding a massive online auction of shares early next
year in an initial public offering that investment bankers predict could
value the Internet search-engine company at $15-25 billion, newspapers
reported. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company contacted
more than a dozen investment banks earlier this month about possibly
selling shares to the public, people familiar with the talks said.
Google executives trimmed the list to about half a dozen and spent two
days last week interviewing representatives of those companies, the
sources added.
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