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Light-Triggered Nanoparticles Used to Treat Metastatic Cancer in Mice

Unlike traditional light therapy, light-triggered nanoparticles can target and attack cancer cells that have spread deep inside the body.

26 Jan 2018

Nanosensor that Illuminates Tumors to be Tested in Surgeries

Scientists will start testing a digital nanosensor that illuminates cancer tissue to see whether it can enhance the accuracy of cancer surgeries.

25 Jan 2018

Air-Filled Microbubbles - Potential Intravenous Oxygen Carriers

Scientists developed air-filled microbubbles that could be utilized as an intravenous oxygen carrier and increase survival rates of cardiac arrest patients.

24 Jan 2018

Microfluidic Device Mimics Structure and Physiological Conditions of the Blood-Retinal Barrier

A research team has designed a new microfluidic device that simulates the structure and physiological conditions of the human blood-retinal barrier.

24 Jan 2018

Flexoelectricity Could be Mechanism for Stimulating Cell Response in Bone-Repair Process

Researchers have discovered that bone is flexoelectric, which therefore has a possible role in the regeneration of bone tissue in and around microfractures.

22 Jan 2018

Specially Designed Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs to Deepest Tumor Regions

Despite herculean efforts, cancer remains a formidable disease, with each malignant subtype responding differently to therapeutics.

11 Jan 2018

Nanoscale Virus Altered to Deliver Peptide Drugs to Cells

Researchers exploring a viral protein have discovered a path toward virus-like, nanoscale devices that may be capable of supplying drugs to cells.

10 Jan 2018

Researchers Develop Macrophage Nanosponges to Control Sepsis

Researchers created Macrophage “nanosponges”, which are capable of safely absorbing and removing molecules from the bloodstream.

8 Jan 2018

Innovative Nanomedicine Arrests Advancement of Pancreatic Cancer in Mouse

Extended pancreatic cancer survival is enabled by an inverse correlation between oncogenes and signatures of an oncosuppressor microRNA.

4 Jan 2018

New Technology for Inserting Nanotubes into Brain to Study Neuronal Actions

A research team from Rice University has developed an innovative device that adopts fast-moving fluids to introduce conductive, flexible carbon nanotube fibers into the brain that can assist in recording the neurons’ actions.

19 Dec 2017