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Engineered Nanobodies can Help Combat SARS-CoV-2 Virus and its Variants

Researchers are exploring a new strategy in the protracted fight against the infamous SARS-CoV-2 virus by designing nanobodies. These nanobodies are capable of neutralizing the virus variants in two different ways.

23 Jun 2021

New Platform can Detect Biomarker of Radiation-Resistant Malignant Cancer Using TpTta-COF Nanosheet

In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Jiangnan University, China have prepared a convenient sensing platform which can detect microRNA-205 with high sensitivity and excellent selectivity using TpTta-COF nanosheet and fluorescent oligonucleotide probes.

18 Jun 2021

Nanodecoy Therapy is an Effective Alternative to Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Nanodecoys are made from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs). They bind and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus, promoting viral clearance and reducing injury to the lungs in a COVID-19 macaque model.

18 Jun 2021

Researchers Use Graphene to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Lab Experiments

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene -- one of the strongest, thinnest known materials -- to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory experiments.

17 Jun 2021

Cell Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs Directly to Inflamed Lungs

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed immune cell-mimicking nanoparticles that target inflammation in the lungs and deliver drugs directly where they're needed.

17 Jun 2021

Nanoparticle-Based Therapy Could Treat Fatal Lung Disease in Newborns

The rare lung disease is so complicated that its acronym is difficult to pronounce. However, for infants who were unfortunate enough to be born with this disorder, the outcome is generally fatal.

15 Jun 2021

Study Reveals Presence of Nanoscale Metallic Particles in the Human Brain

For the first time, an international research group headed by the United Kingdom has identified elemental metallic iron and copper in the human brain.

14 Jun 2021

First-of-its-Kind Nanoparticle Platform Effectively Delivers Gene Therapies

Scientists have developed polypeptide-based materials that act as effective vectors for delivering gene therapies. The first-of-its-kind platform enables the vectors to be adapted to suit the specific gene therapy cargo.

10 Jun 2021

New Project Explores Cytosolic Access and Instability of DNA Nanoparticles

Divita Mathur, Research Assistant Professor, is studying cytosolic access and instability of DNA nanoparticles.

8 Jun 2021

Silver Nanoparticles Inhibit COVID-19 Infection

An international team of scientists from institutions in Mexico, Spain, and Russia has released promising findings from its study investigating the impact of silver nanoparticles on the transmission of COVID-19.

4 Jun 2021