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Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery System for Improved Drug Delivery with Minimum Side Effects

A nanoparticle drug delivery system has been developed by the researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA for the antibiotic moxifloxacin. This system improves the efficacy of the drug and also minimizes the side effects.

6 Nov 2015

Flexible Microlenses that can Capture Panoramic Images have been Developed

A team of engineers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed miniature lenses with a wide range of vision inspired by the multi-faceted eyes of insects. For the first time ever, flexible, Fresnel zone plate microlenses featuring a large field of view have been developed based on this novel approach.

4 Nov 2015

Researchers Develop Nanoscale DNA Machines That Could Walk Autonomously

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a nanoscale machine made of DNA that can randomly walk in any direction across bumpy surfaces. Future applications of such a DNA walker might include a cancer detector that could roam the human body searching for cancerous cells and tagging them for medical imaging or drug targeting.

3 Nov 2015

‘Hypermagnetic’ Protein Nanoparticles Could Help Track Cells

MIT engineers have designed magnetic protein nanoparticles that can be used to track cells or to monitor interactions within cells. The particles, described today in Nature Communications, are an enhanced version of a naturally occurring, weakly magnetic protein called ferritin.

3 Nov 2015

Nanotechnology Helps Measure Interaction Forces Between Cells in Biofilms

At the University of Cologne, biophysicists in the lab of Professor Berenike Maier were now able to show how differential mechanical forces can lead to cell sorting in biofilms, thereby determining their architecture.

31 Oct 2015

Natural Nanomaterial Halloysite Holds Promise for External Medical Applications

An overview of the range of useful applications of halloysite clay tubes has been published. The naturally occuring, biocompatible, nanoscale tubes can be used for sustained drug delivery and alongside enzymes as biocatalytic nanoreactors.

26 Oct 2015

Gold Nanocages Paired with Artificial Antibodies Could Detect Acute Kidney Damage

Gold is one of the world’s best-known precious metals. For thousands of years, it’s been crafted into jewelry, medals and coins. When mixed with alloys, it can take on a white or rose-colored cast, but its natural hue is a deep, rich, unmistakable yellow.

23 Oct 2015

INRS and Soochow University Honor UCLA Nanoscientist

Paul S. Weiss, distinguished professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering, has been named the Jacques Beaulieu Chair at the Centre for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal for 2016-2017.

23 Oct 2015

Nanodiamond-Reinforced Material Could Improve Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Root Canal Procedures

A team of researchers at the UCLA School of Dentistry has discovered that nanodiamonds can effectively strengthen a material used for filling teeth during root canal procedures, and can prevent residual infection post treatment.

20 Oct 2015

Nanoformulated Protease Inhibitor Paves Way for Effective HIV Treatment

Protease inhibitors are a class of antiviral drugs that are commonly used to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center designed a new delivery system for these drugs that, when coupled with a drug developed at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, rid immune cells of HIV and kept the virus in check for long periods. The results appear in the journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.

20 Oct 2015