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Upconversion Nanoparticles Used for Stimulation and Inhibition of Deep Brain Structures

The human brain is not bottomless but neuroscientists experience a deficiency of light while attempting to investigate living deep-brain structures.

14 Feb 2018

Cancer-Fighting Nanovaccines Activate Immune Cells to Target Tumor

Although cancer-fighting nanovaccines have demonstrated immense potential, their clinical application has been hindered by complexities in quality control, large-scale manufacturing, and protection.

6 Feb 2018

New Approach Helps Achieve Effective Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Nanoparticles used for drug delivery are often broken down prematurely in the liver. A new approach to prevent this has been researched and reported on.

30 Jan 2018

Strategy for Synthesizing Low-Dimensional Polyion Complex Nanomaterials with Various Morphologies

Artificial polyelectrolytes can copy interactions of biological macromolecules and could become platforms for delivering proteins, drugs, or nucleic acids.

5 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

Study Finds Purified Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Water Promoted Plant Growth

Researchers from the Rice University have discovered that when purified carbon nanotubes were introduced, it had an advantageous impact on early growth of wheatgrass. However, the same nanotubes were found to pose considerable harm when contaminants were present.

7 Dec 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

Use of Nanoparticles to Deliver CRISPR Genome-Editing System into Mice

As part of an innovative research, scientists from MIT have created nanoparticles with the ability to deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system for particularly modifying the genes in mice. The researchers used the nanoparticles to deliver the CRISPR components, thereby avoiding the necessity of using viruses for carrying the components.

14 Nov 2017

Bionanotechnology News

Upconversion Nanoparticles Used for Stimulation and Inhibition of Deep Brain Structures

Cancer-Fighting Nanovaccines Activate Immune Cells to Target Tumor

New Approach Helps Achieve Effective Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Strategy for Synthesizing Low-Dimensional Polyion Complex Nanomaterials with Various Morphologies

Innovative Nanomedicine Arrests Advancement of Pancreatic Cancer in Mouse

New Technology for Inserting Nanotubes into Brain to Study Neuronal Actions

Customized Anti-Viral Nanoparticles Look Effective in Destroying Various Viruses

Study Finds Purified Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Water Promoted Plant Growth

Innovative Applications of Nanotechnology Coupled with Fiber Science

Use of Nanoparticles to Deliver CRISPR Genome-Editing System into Mice

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

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

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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