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Avalanching Nanoparticles may Advance Real-Time Bioimaging of Cells

Since the earliest microscopes, scientists have been on a quest to build instruments with finer and finer resolution to image a cell's proteins - the tiny machines that keep cells, and us, running.

15 Jan 2021

Study Shows Therapeutic Potential of Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivering Therapies Before Birth

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania have identified ionizable lipid nanoparticles that could be used to deliver mRNA as part of fetal therapy.

15 Jan 2021

Nanoparticle Vaccine Technology Could Offer Protection from Different Coronaviruses

The SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the COVID-19 pandemic is just one of many different viruses in the coronavirus family. Many of these are circulating in populations of animals like bats and have the potential to "jump" into the human population, just as SARS-CoV-2 did.

13 Jan 2021

NTU Singapore Develops Oral Insulin Nanoparticles That Could Be An Alternative To Jabs

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed insulin nanoparticles that may one day become the basis for an oral medicine, and an alternative to insulin injections for diabetic patients.

13 Jan 2021

Nanodroplets and Ultrasound Drill can Help Eliminate Tough Blood Clots

Engineering researchers have developed a new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots, using engineered nanodroplets and an ultrasound "drill" to break up the clots from the inside out. The technique has not yet gone through clinical testing. In vitro testing has shown promising results.

8 Jan 2021

Carbon Nanotube Membranes can Enable Rapid Dialysis Processes

Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found that ultra-rapid dialysis processes could be achieved by carbon nanotube membrane pores, resulting in considerably reduced treatment time for patients undergoing hemodialysis.

8 Jan 2021

New Nanoparticle Platform Could Help Treat Various Neurological Disorders

Over the last few decades, scientists have established the biological pathways that cause neurodegenerative diseases and have created potential molecular agents to target these pathways.

4 Jan 2021

How Gold Nanoparticles Can Be Used to Kill Bacteria

Researchers have identified the physical mechanism that allows gold nanoparticles to effectively kill bacteria. The finding could lead to wider applications in the medical field.

15 Dec 2020

Nanospindles of V-TiO2 Enhance Effect of Ultrasound for Tumor Destruction

Cancer can be treated by using ultrasound in conjunction with molecules sensitizing the system to sound waves. Such sonosensitizers tend to produce toxic reactive oxygen species that attack and destroy tumor cells.

9 Dec 2020

DNA Nanotechnology Could Help Combat Antibiotics-Resistant Bacteria

Antibiotics are drugs that help prevent and treat bacterial infections. They have had a huge role to play in fighting infectious diseases such as pneumonia, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and meningitis in the 20th century.

30 Nov 2020