The field of microbiology has developed over the 20th and 21st centuries to help researchers peer into the hidden world […]
Kidney disease killer vulnerable to targeted nano therapy
By loading a chelation drug into a nano-sized homing device, researchers at Clemson University have reversed in an animal model […]
Self-sterilizing microneedles revolutionizing vaccination and drug delivery
Vaccinations are the world’s frontline defence against infectious diseases yet despite decades of interventions, unsafe injection practices continue to expose […]
Can nanotechnology rewire an injured spinal cord?
According to the World Health Organisation, up to a half-million people around the world suffer a spinal cord injury each […]
Chemists create circular fluorescent dyes for biological imaging
University of Oregon chemists have created a new class of fluorescent dyes that function in water and emit colors based […]
Neutrophil nanosponges soak up proteins that promote rheumatoid arthritis
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed neutrophil “nanosponges” that can safely absorb and neutralize a variety […]
Novel nanoparticle-based approach detects and treats oral plaque without drugs
When the good and bad bacteria in our mouth become imbalanced, the bad bacteria form a biofilm (aka plaque), which […]
Nano-optic endoscope sees deep into tissue at high resolution: Researchers adopt metalens technology in a new endoscopic optical imaging catheter to better detect disease, including cancer
The diagnosis of diseases based in internal organs often relies on biopsy samples collected from affected regions. But collecting such […]
Researchers report unraveling the immune recognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles: Particle-specific immune responses may be ‘an alphabet for talking to the immune system’
An extensive experiment testing the immune effects of a broad group of lab-designed nucleic acid nanoparticles did not find a […]
Scientists develop proteins that self-assemble into supramolecular complexes
A collaborative research team based in Japan has designed new proteins that can self-assemble into the complex structures underlying biological […]