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Switching to Long-Term Antimicrobial Nano-Coatings to Meet COVID-19 Secure Regulations

With the UK’s government’s ‘roadmap out of lockdown’, parents look to a return to school and hope lies in the vaccines leading to the easing of restrictions and some semblance of normal life - whilst the inevitable coronavirus spikes are contained.

19 Mar 2021

In Vivo Monitoring of Nanorobot Swarms to Understand the Collective Behavior

Nanobots are machines whose components are at the nano-scale (one millionth of a millimetre), and can be designed in such a way that they have the ability to move autonomously in fluids.

18 Mar 2021

Hybrid Nanostructured Particles Show Promise for Treating Cancer

Scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and their collaborators from Hadassah Medical Center have designed new hybrid nanostructured particles that may help fight cancer.

18 Mar 2021

Nanomicelles Solely Made of Macromolecules Could Help Treat Pancreatic Tumor

Scientists have proposed a new method for treating pancreatic tumor that involves using nanomicelles entirely made of macromolecules.

18 Mar 2021

Carboxylated Nanodiamonds Could be Applied for Future Cancer Treatment

Recently, researchers from China analyzed and found that carboxylated nanodiamonds (cNDs) could support the adhesion of tumor cells to the underlying substrate, thereby restricting the motility of tumor cells.

18 Mar 2021

A Novel Method to Construct Efficient-While-Little-Toxic Nanozymes

Nanozymes, a group of inorganic catalysis-efficient particles, have been proposed as promising antimicrobials against bacteria. They are efficient in killing bacteria, thanks to their production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).

17 Mar 2021

Trackable and Guided ‘nanomissiles’ Deliver Cancer-Fighting Drug Straight to the Tumor

Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Hadassah Medical Center have developed hybrid nanostructured particles that can be magnetically guided to the tumor, tracked by their fluorescence and pushed to release the drug on demand by ultrasound.

17 Mar 2021

Biodegradable Nanoprobes Improve Cancer Diagnosis

New nanoprobes, which were recently developed by Imperial College London (ICL) and tested in zebrafish, could help identify cancer more precisely and may support the diagnosis and treatment in the days to come.

12 Mar 2021

Stroke-Targeting Nanoparticles Deliver Neuroprotectant to Mouse Brain

According to a new study, the delivery of NA1, a neuroprotectant, to the brain in nanoparticles decreases stroke severity and enhances survival in a mouse model of stroke.

12 Mar 2021

Optimized Nano-Micelles can Induce Efficient Brain Genome Editing

Kawasaki, Japan: The research group of Deputy Principal Research Scientist Dr. Satoshi Uchida (Associate Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) at the Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka, Location: Kawasaki-Japan, Abbreviation: iCONM) reported that optimized nano-micelles can induce efficient genome editing in the mouse brain.

12 Mar 2021