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New Approach to Turn Off Genes in Bone Marrow Cells Using Nanoparticles

Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to turn off specific genes in cells of the bone marrow, which play an important role in producing blood cells.

6 Oct 2020

Researchers Use Charged Nanoscale MOFs and X-Rays to Kill Cancer Cells

The heterogeneity of cancer cells themselves is one of the main difficulties faced in the development of effective and targeted treatments for cancer.

5 Oct 2020

Zebrafish Embryos Reveal the Journey of Nanoparticles Travelling Through the Blood

A variety of nanoparticles are designed for targeted drug delivery, but unfortunately only a very small proportion of the injected nanoparticles reach the target site such as solid tumours.

1 Oct 2020

Zebrafish Embryo Model Helps Understand the Workings of Nanoparticles in Blood

When nanoparticles are injected into the bloodstream, for instance, to kill solid tumors, it is not known what exactly happens to them.

1 Oct 2020

Nanotech Filter Coating Captures Aerosolized Droplets of COVID-19 Virus

A physics professor from the University of Houston has developed a nanotech coating designed to allow air filters to capture airborne or aerosolized droplets of the virus that causes COVID-19.

30 Sep 2020

Carbon Nanotube Implants Offer Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Injuries

New research performed by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) and the University of Trieste has demonstrated that carbon nanotube implants can effectively restore motor functions, paving the way for a novel therapeutic method for spinal cord injuries.

29 Sep 2020

Stable Nano-Carrier Releases Drugs Only in Diseased Cells

Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not only the unhealthy cells for which they are intended, but also reach and have an impact on healthy cells.

28 Sep 2020

New Nanodevice Acts Almost Like a Brain Cell

In the September issue of the journal Nature, scientists from Texas A&M University, Hewlett Packard Labs and Stanford University have described a new nanodevice that acts almost identically to a brain cell.

24 Sep 2020

Nanoparticle COVID-19 Model Could Potentially Speed the Search for Drugs

A team of scientists from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., has developed a new tool that mimics how SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- infects a cell, information that could potentially speed the search for treatments against the disease.

22 Sep 2020