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Nanostructures Made of DNA Pave Way Toward Functional Drug-Delivery Vehicles

New research demonstrates that it is possible to program nanostructures made of DNA molecules to operate as pH-responsive cargo carriers, opening the door toward functional drug-delivery vehicles.

29 Apr 2019

2Ctech Launches First-Ever Clinical Program to Use Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Retinal Degenerative Diseases

2Ctech, Inc., a privately owned development stage company concerned with the application of nanoparticle technologies for the treatment of retinal diseases, announced the launch of the first-ever clinical program to show the effectiveness and safety of Quantum Dots (QDs) to realize photovoltaic stimulation of the neural retina for preserving or improving vision in patients with retinal degenerative diseases and, specifically, Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP).

24 Apr 2019

Scientists Use Near-Infrared Light and Injected DNA Nanodevice to Guide Stem Cells to a Wound

Imagine physicians having a remote control that they could employ to drive a patient’s own cells to a wound to accelerate the healing process.

19 Apr 2019

New Method Uses Nanocarrier-Based Biological Fluorescent Probes for Drug Detection

In a to-be-published paper in the upcoming issue in NANO, scientists from Zhejiang have revealed a new method of using nanocarrier-based biological fluorescent probes for identifying ketamine and amphetamine in hidden fingermark, in an attempt to fight drug abuse.

15 Mar 2019

Graphene Technology Firm Set to Revolutionize Water Filtration Market

A COMPANY using the transformational material, graphene, to revolutionize the water filtration industry has moved into new lab and office space to support plans to take its innovative product to market.

From Evove Limited 12 Mar 2019

EPFL Scientists Use Directed Evolution to Build Synthetic Nanoparticles

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists who developed the approach called directed evolution, which permanently transformed protein engineering. Directed evolution imitates natural evolution and guides the production of proteins with new or enhanced functions.

28 Feb 2019

New Insights into the Effects of Food Nanoparticles on the Intestinal Flora

The intestinal microbiome is key for food processing as well as an accepted co-determinant for different diseases. Scientists at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) identified the impacts nanoparticles have on the intestinal microorganisms.

30 Jan 2019

Researchers Use DNA Origami to Enhance Effectiveness of Antibodies Used in Vaccines and Immunotherapy

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Oslo, have used DNA origami—DNA-based design of precise nanostructures—and demonstrated the most accurate length between densely packed antigens to obtain the strongest bond to antibodies in the immune system.

16 Jan 2019

Scientists Identify Dense Actin Filament Nanoscaffold that Promotes Cell Movement

There are several occasions when human cells have to move. Formation of the body (embryonic development) is guided by mobile cells. Immune cells wander to capture undesirable intruders, and healing cells (fibroblasts) travel to repair wounds.

14 Jan 2019

Researchers Develop a Novel Way to Supply Drugs into Cells at Nanoscale

Scientists at Washington State University have devised a new method for supplying drugs and therapies into cells at the nanoscale without resulting in harmful effects that have hindered other such efforts.

11 Jan 2019

Bionanotechnology News

Nanostructures Made of DNA Pave Way Toward Functional Drug-Delivery Vehicles

2Ctech Launches First-Ever Clinical Program to Use Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Scientists Use Near-Infrared Light and Injected DNA Nanodevice to Guide Stem Cells to a Wound

New Method Uses Nanocarrier-Based Biological Fluorescent Probes for Drug Detection

Graphene Technology Firm Set to Revolutionize Water Filtration Market

EPFL Scientists Use Directed Evolution to Build Synthetic Nanoparticles

New Insights into the Effects of Food Nanoparticles on the Intestinal Flora

Researchers Use DNA Origami to Enhance Effectiveness of Antibodies Used in Vaccines and Immunotherapy

Scientists Identify Dense Actin Filament Nanoscaffold that Promotes Cell Movement

Researchers Develop a Novel Way to Supply Drugs into Cells at Nanoscale

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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