Microbiology and Nanotechnology On 2021-02-01 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 On 2019-03-05 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 On 2019-03-05 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? On 2019-01-21 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 On 2018-09-18 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 On 2018-09-05 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 On 2018-08-18 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 On 2018-08-01 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’ On 2018-07-30 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 On 2018-07-21 A collaborative research team based in Japan has designed new proteins that can self-assemble into the complex structures underlying biological […]