Nano Pet Products makes pet beds, pet apparel and horse wear — all with Dog Gone Smart fabric finish technology that’s resistant to liquids, dirt, coat oils and stains. The company uses nanotechnology to create pet products that look newer longer and stay cleaner naturally. The products also meet rigorous environmental standards of the global European Bluesign health seal of approval.

Nano Pet Products’ founder is Chris Onthank, an animal behaviorist.

Dog Gone Smart products are bacteriostatic, which reduces the risk of bacterial and viral infections, while also protecting against allergies without affecting skin flora. The technology helps to eliminate odors, fungus, mildew and mold.

When it comes to pet beds, the company believes in offering variety. The beds are available in round, rectangular, donut or memory foam.

Dog Gone Smart even offers cat beds with high sides for a sense of security. They also make crate pads, dog jackets, pet throws, saddle pads and stable sheets.

Products from Dog Gone Smart may be purchased in more than 20 countries. Visit their site to find a store.

Have you tried a Dog Gone Smart pet bed?

(Images via Dog Gone Smart)

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A Cleaner Dog Bed: Dog Gone Smart

Meanwhile, let me leave you with the following wonderful links on cancer before I sign off for the weekend:

• Breast Cancer and Exercise
• Triterpenoids Isolated from Apple Peels with Anticancer Activity
• The Survivor’s Handbook: Eating Right for Cancer Survival
• Dogs: The Latest Cancer Detection Tool?
• Nanocomposite Labels Help Cancer Therapy
• IGI Receives National Cancer Institute Grant

There you go…mommy duties call.

Have a fun weekend!

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Cancer Commentary Links for 2007-05-26

In a collaboration of Rush University Medical Center with Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology, nanotechnology is being utilized in searching for new ways to diagnose and treat ovarian cancer.

“While the mortality rates of many cancers have decreased significantly in recent decades, the rate for ovarian cancer had not changed much in the last 50 years, primarily due to delays in diagnosis,” said Dr. Jacob Rotmensch, section director of gynecologic oncology at Rush.

“By exploiting the unique properties of nanotechnology, we hope to detect ovarian cancer earlier using highly sensitive imaging tools and develop drug carriers that can deliver therapeutic agents inside tumor cells.”

Because diagnosis of early stage cancer requires the detection and characterization of very small quantities of biomarker, the nanotech based approach is what is necessary as nanoscale devices (measuring one billionth of a meter or 1/80,000 the width of a human hair) can perform tasks inside the body that would otherwise not be possible, such as entering most cells and moving through the walls of blood vessels.

And so such nanoscale devices can readily interact with individual molecules on both the cell surface and within the cell, in such ways that do not alter the behavior of those molecules.

Nanotechnology is being used in search of a screening test that would not require removal of the ovary for biopsy and viral particles as templates to fabricate uniform, nanometer imaging probes and drug carriers.

The above nanotechnology research projects are collaboration among Rush University Medical Center, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Illinois Institute of Technology under the directorships of Dr. Jacob Rotmensch and Dr. Liaohai Chen.

This collaboration promotes the education, dialogue, and interaction of physicians and biologists with chemists, physicists and engineers to foster the research of applying nanotechnology to gyn-oncology and regenerative medicine.

The research goal includes development of a novel medical imaging and a drug delivery vehicle that will drive state-of-the-art screening, treatment and prevention of women’s disease to a new level.

Read more details at Rush University Medical Center.

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New Diagnostic and Treatment Tool for Ovarian Cancer via Nanotechnology