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Mice Harboring Lung Cancer Could be Treated with Nanoparticles

While chemotherapy fights tumors by attacking quickly dividing cells, it also destroys healthy cells resulting in adverse side effects.

30 Jul 2018

New Nano-Carrier to Discharge Drugs into Zombi Cells

Senescent cells are damaged cells that no longer perform their regular roles but are not dead - hence they are typically known as zombi cells.

27 Jul 2018

New Nanofabrication Technique Can Speed Up DNA Sequencing

The laborious process of sequencing DNA molecules could become much faster & cheaper thanks to a new nanofabrication technique.

21 Jun 2018

New Nanoparticles Used to Detect Excessive Scarring of Wounds

A collaborative team of researchers from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Northwestern University in the United States have developed a new method to see if heavy wound scars are forming and to give doctors a chance to check it.

5 Jun 2018

Researchers Control Transport of Polyelectrolyte Molecule Through Protein Channel

In the human body, the transport of molecules through channels is vital for various phenomena such as the transfer of genetic information, synthesis and the degradation of biomolecules, and viral infections and protein trafficking.

23 May 2018

Magnetic Nanoparticles Ready to Progress from Lab to Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

For 15 years, materials chemist Dale Huber from the Sandia National Laboratories has been involved in the challenge of creating iron-based nanoparticles measuring the exact same size.

2 May 2018

Nanotechnology Used to Make Drugs 'Smarter'

A new technique has been formulated to make drugs 'smarter' with the use of nanotechnology so that delivery of drug to the target area will be more effective.

24 Apr 2018

A Study on Working of Biological Nanotransporters

Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) were successful in describing with atomic detail how molecules are moved through biological membranes. Spectroscopic experiments and computer simulations provided understanding into the work of so-called ABC transporters.

17 Apr 2018

Nanotechnology-Based Approach for Treatment of Lung Cancer

Non-small cell lung cancer has persisted to be challenging to treat, with 5-year survival rates of about 36% for stage 3A tumors. Researchers have devised an innovative, nanotechnology-based treatment strategy, recently demonstrated to be efficacious in mouse models of the disease.

11 Apr 2018

Customizable Neural Stimulation Method for Providing Photothermal Neuromodulation Therapy

A research team from KAIST has devised a highly personalizable neural stimulation technique. The researchers have developed a technology that can be used to print the heat pattern on a micron scale to allow the remote control of biological activities.

9 Apr 2018