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Advanced Nanoparticles Provide New Weapon to Fight Difficult Cancers

Nanoparticles, or tiny molecules that can deliver a payload of drug treatments and other agents, show great promise for treating cancers.

28 Oct 2022

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 in the Air by Using a Nanotechnology-Packed Bubble

Scientists have shown that they can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the air by using a nanotechnology-packed bubble that spills its chemical contents like a broken piñata when encountering the virus.

26 Oct 2022

Glioblastoma Targeting Cell Membrane Nanovesicles

An article published in Bioengineering and Translational Medicine presents cell membrane nanovesicles that mimic natural exosomes to improve therapeutic oligonucleotide’s targeted delivery into the brain.

24 Oct 2022

Stable, Ligand-Free Au Nanoparticles Generated for Biomedicine

An article published in Langmuir discussed the physicochemical properties of ligand-free colloidal Au nanoparticles generated by a laser process and subjected to steam sterilization and sterile filtration.

24 Oct 2022

Targeted Endocannabinoid Drug Delivery System

An article published in Scientific Reports presented OEA-LEA-derived target-specific endocannabinoid nanoparticles by conjugating with tissue-specific molecules that are capable of reducing inflammation by localizing at a specific target site.

19 Oct 2022

Using mRNA Packaged in Lipid Nanoparticles to Produce a New 'Universal' COVID-19 Treatment

A study led by an Oregon State University pharmaceutical sciences researcher has produced a proof of principle for a new "universal" means of treating COVID-19.

19 Oct 2022

Nanocarriers Inhibit Metastasis in Breast Cancer Mouse Model

An article published in Advanced Science presented polymeric nanoparticles that can concurrently scavenge proinflammatory factors and deliver chemotherapeutics to inhibit chemotherapy-induced metastatic breast cancer.

17 Oct 2022

Eco-Friendly Battery Performance Enhanced Using Catalysts with Unusual Phase Nanostructures

Metal-carbon dioxide batteries show immense potential as an eco-friendly technology; however, their energy efficiency is inadequate. A research group co-directed by chemists from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has discovered a ground-breaking method to surpass this issue by adding an unusual phase nanomaterial as a catalyst, improving battery energy efficiency by up to 83.8%.

14 Oct 2022

Nanoparticles Used to Explore Tumor Microenvironment

A common belief is that tumorigenesis and cancer progression represents a multistep process.

12 Oct 2022

Opening up the Potential of Carbon Dots in Tumor Therapy

A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications addresses this problem by describing novel NIR-emitting sonosensitizers for sonodynamic tumor therapy using NIR phosphorescent carbon dots (CDs) with a narrow bandgap and long-lived activated triplet modes.

12 Oct 2022