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Antibodies could be used as nanotechnology builders
Endogenous human antibodies can be used to build and dismantle 2D and 3D DNA nanostructures, finds new research.
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Scientists discover how strep bacterium hides from the immune system
Produced by Group A Streptococcus, researchers have discovered the S protein, which binds to the red blood cell membrane to avoid being destroyed by immune cells and could be a target for anti-virulence drugs.
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Magnetic microbots could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets
MIT engineers have designed tiny robots that can help drug-delivery nanoparticles push their way out of the bloodstream and into a tumour or another disease site.
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Magnetically controlled thrombolytic passed preclinical trials
ITMO University scientists have used nanoparticles and magnetic waves to localise drug delivery in animal models, resulting in no side effects...
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Nanotherapy offers hope in treating drug-resistant renal cell carcinoma
A research team has developed a nano-platform technology that works in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drugs that may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma...
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Transparent high-resolution EEG array allows brain imaging
Researchers have developed a see-through, dual-layered, mesh EEG device which is capable of measuring the electrical activity of individual neurons...
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Nanoparticles shown to be effective in treating NSCLC
Non-small cell lung cancer Nanoparticles pass the next stage of development in preclinical tests...
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Extracellular vesicles could be personalised drug delivery vehicles
Researchers developed an approach and platform to create large amounts of fillable and targeted nanovesicles to deliver drugs to tumours in mice...
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Researchers create enhanced nanoscaffold for regenerative heart medicine
Biophysicists in Russia have gained greater understanding about the structure of nanofibrous scaffolds – termed nanoscaffolds – in a study that is researching heart tissue regeneration.
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Flexible warped nanographene developed for bioimaging
An international team of scientists has developed a water-soluble “warped nanographene”, a flexible molecule that is biocompatible and shows promise for fluorescent cell imaging.
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The combination of two proteins exerts a regenerating effect in Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s research has led to the development an experimental model that allows different stages of Parkinson’s disease to be reproduced.
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Scientists create “tracking” nanoagents to illuminate very small diseased tissues
Polymer nanoagents that can ‘light up’ tiny areas of diseased tissues that conventional methods fail to detect, have been created by a research team led by NTU Singapore.
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Magnetic cellular ‘Legos’ for the regenerative medicine of the future
By incorporating magnetic nanoparticles in cells researchers have succeeded in creating cellular magnetic "Legos."...
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Nanoparticles give disease-fighting properties to cells
A new biomedical tool has been developed using nanoparticles that deliver transient gene changes to targeted cells...
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Nemus Bioscience’s cannabis drug treats glaucoma in animal models
Nemus Bioscience announced that THC derived from NB1111 achieved significant tissue concentrations in multiple compartments of the eye...