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Customized Anti-Viral Nanoparticles Look Effective in Destroying Various Viruses

Each year, globally, millions of people die due to viral infections. However, antiviral drugs available at present are restricted because they largely function against one or a very few related viruses.

19 Dec 2017

Chemists Develop New Technology for Creating Nano-Hydroxyapatite

Presently, the decline of human health is one of the most unrelenting issues that advanced medicine is facing. Primarily, it concerns the extensive degradation of hard tissues – teeth and bones.

13 Dec 2017

Innovative RNA Nanotech to Manipulate Exosomes for Successful Cancer Therapy

A recent study reveals that attaching antibody-like RNA nanoparticles to microvesicles can provide effective RNA therapeutics such as small interfering RNA (siRNA) precisely to cancer cells.

12 Dec 2017

Drug-Filled Nanoparticles Used to Target, Kill Endometrial Cancer in Lab Study

Tumor-targeting nanoparticles filled with a drug that makes cancer cells more defenseless to chemotherapy’s toxicity could be used to treat a destructive and frequently deadly form of endometrial cancer, according to new study by the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.

5 Dec 2017

Nanoparticle-Loaded Cells Could Help Improve Heart Function Following Myocardial Infarction

What is the best way to treat damaged cardiac tissue with replacement muscle cells following a heart attack? A team of researchers under the guidance of the University of Bonn is now presenting a novel approach on mice: muscle replacement cells loaded with magnetic nanoparticles will take over the function of the damaged tissue.

4 Dec 2017

Biotemplates Innovation Opens Path for Cost-Effective Nanobots

Although nanorobots have been a feature of science fiction stories for several years, its potential ranges from drug delivery and cancer diagnosis to tissue repair and more.

1 Dec 2017

New Method for Delivering Chemotherapy Nanodrugs Reduces Side-Effects

A new method for delivering chemotherapy nanodrugs capable of increasing the drugs’ bioavailability and reducing side-effects has been developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers.

29 Nov 2017

Tiny Drug-Laden Nanoparticles Delivered to Seek and Destroy Cancer Stem Cells

University of Illinois researchers are now sending small drug-laden nanoparticles on a mission that aims at seeking and destroying cancer stem cells, the rare and elusive cells that can cause cancer to come back even after years have passed since the treatment of the first tumor.

28 Nov 2017

Nanosponges Could be Used to Protect Eyes from Potentially Blinding Eye Infections

In the last few years, the number of eye surgeries for conditions including glaucoma and cataracts has greatly increased and with it, so has the number of potentially blinding intraocular infections.

23 Nov 2017

Innovative Applications of Nanotechnology Coupled with Fiber Science

If chances are that one has used a bandage to cover a wound, treated an infection by consuming antibiotics, or used natural gas for heating the home, then possibilities are that various advancements in the field of research in nanotechnology at Colorado State University (CSU) might ultimately be advantageous.

22 Nov 2017