by Andrew Maynard | Oct 5, 2014 | Ebola, Health
On September 23, the Food and Drug Administration sent Rima Laibow and Ralph Fucetola at the Natural Solutions Foundation a warning letter claiming that their allegedly nano (colloidal) silver based “Dr. Rima Recommends™ The Silver Solution” product...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 2, 2014 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Science Communication, Synthetic Biology
Back in August, I gave a talk on colored poop and other “tales of technological derring do” at the Ann Arbor We Make Health Fest. Videos and photos from the day are now available over on the Health By Design website. Here’s my talk – it draws...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 7, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
The past few years has seen an explosion of interest in silver nanoparticles. Along with a plethora of products using the particles to imbue antimicrobial properties on everything from socks to toothpaste, nanometer scale silver particles have been under intense...
by Andrew Maynard | May 2, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Oversight
The author Neal Stephenson got it wrong—at least, if this week’s nano-news is anything to go by! In his landmark 1995 novel “The Diamond Age,” Stephenson described a future built on nano-innovation. But thirteen years later, nanotechnology seems to be ushering in...
