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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

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