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Metal-Organic Framework Helps Achieve Better Results for Cancer Immunotherapy

A cancer immunotherapy drug loaded onto a metal-organic framework exhibits improved delivery as well as a steady release for treating leukemia.

15 Feb 2021

Magnetic Nanoparticles can be Manipulated to Destroy Cancer Cells

Researchers from the Scientific and Educational Center “Smart Materials and Biomedical Applications” have performed a joint interdisciplinary research work on the development of a novel approach for treating leukemia through nanomaterials.

12 Feb 2021

Next-Generation Nanotherapy Shows Promise to Fight Against Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly known as angioplasty with a stent, opens clogged arteries and saves lives. Despite its benefit in treating atherosclerosis that causes coronary artery disease, this common minimally-invasive procedure still poses severe complications for some patients.

11 Feb 2021

Researchers Create Artificial Bone Using a Hot Nano-Chisel

A holy grail for orthopedic research is a method for not only creating artificial bone tissue that precisely matches the real thing, but does so in such microscopic detail that it includes tiny structures potentially important for stem cell differentiation, which is key to bone regeneration.

10 Feb 2021

Permanent Bond Antimicrobial Coating-stopping Coronaviruses that like to Travel

The public transport industry is emerging from the skeleton services that operated during lockdown 3.0 and once again it aims to provide a safe environment for passengers to feel comfortable to ride on buses, trains and trams again.

From Signo-Nanocare UK Ltd 10 Feb 2021

Nanothermometry to Improve Anticancer Strategies

IMDEA Nanociencia researchers measure the nanoscale heating of gold-based nanoparticles and find high temperature variations within the nanoscopic volume.

10 Feb 2021

Dye-Based Nanoparticles Could be Used in New Imaging Techniques

In a new study, physicists and chemists from Martin Luther University (MLU) have demonstrated a new approach in which tiny nanoparticles can be equipped with dyes and how these particles could be used in novel imaging techniques.

9 Feb 2021

Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Method Shows Potential to Effectively Target Pancreatic Tumors

Researchers with the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and North Dakota State University have designed a new way to deliver pancreatic cancer drugs that could make fighting the disease much easier. Encapsulating cancer drugs in nanoparticles shows potential to target tumors more effectively and avoid danger to other parts of the body.

29 Jan 2021

New Nanofiber Swabs Could Enhance Test Sensitivity for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

The early contact tracing, treatment, and reduction of viral spread necessitate quick, sensitive diagnosis of COVID-19. But some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 obtain false-negative test results, which may lead to health risks for themselves and others.

28 Jan 2021

Ultra-Small Nanomedicines Show Potential for Oligonucleotide Delivery to Intractable Cancers

Ultra-small nanomedicines of approximately 18 nm were fabricated by dynamic ion-pairing between Y-shaped block copolymers and nucleic acid drugs, such as siRNA and antisense drugs.

20 Jan 2021