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Nanoparticles Offer a Promising Way for Treating Cancer, Liver Disorders

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a safer and more efficient way to deliver a promising new method for treating cancer and liver disorders and for vaccination -- including a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Therapeutics that has advanced to clinical trials with humans.

3 Jul 2020

Researchers Propose a Cost-Effective Method for Creating Silica Nanoparticles

Researchers in Australia and China have proposed an innovative and cost-effective new method for creating silica beads, which have a number of key uses, ranging from nanomedicine and bioimaging to the production of paper and polished concrete.

2 Jul 2020

Nanomaterials-Based Retinal Prostheses to Treat Degenerative Retinal Blindness

Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) has led to the revolutionary development of an artificial liquid retinal prosthesis to counteract the effects of diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration that cause the progressive degeneration of photoreceptors of the retina, resulting in blindness.

30 Jun 2020

Innovation Center of NanoMedicine, QST, and University of Tokyo Develop Safe Liver Sinusoid Coating Agents

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and Oracle Health Sciences have teamed as part of the Innovation Quarter's iQ Healthtech Labs™ to develop a consortium of industry, government, and academic members that will study novel approaches to establishing the safety of new drugs that are nearing clinical investigation in humans and FDA approval.

29 Jun 2020

Study Shows How Magnet Nanoparticles Affect Cancer Cells in the Human Liver

Scientists from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU) and National University of Science and Technology "MISiS" have studied how magnet nanoparticles affect cancer cells in the human liver.

26 Jun 2020

Gold Nanoparticles can Reduce Neuronal Cell Death

Gold nanoparticles have been developed in the laboratory in order to reduce the cell death of neurons exposed to overexcitement.

26 Jun 2020

Researchers Visualize DNA Replication Process at the Nanoscale

DNA replication is a process of critical importance to the cell, and must be coordinated precisely to ensure that genomic information is duplicated once and only once during each cell cycle.

26 Jun 2020

Fight Against COVID-19: Piezo Transducers for Ultrasonic Metering in Intensive Care Devices

Medical staffs around the world have experienced physical demands unknown to most during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in adaptation and processes improvement during this global medical crisis.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 25 Jun 2020

Silver Nanoparticles-Integrated Fabric can Inactivate SARS-CoV-2 Virus

In collaboration with various universities, Nanox has designed a fabric with silver microparticles incorporated on its surface and featuring the ability to disable the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory tests. In the tests, the material removed 99.9% of the virus just after two minutes of contact.

22 Jun 2020