There is great potential in gene therapy for treating certain types of cancer and genetic defects, immunological diseases, wounds and infections. The therapies work by delivering genes into the patients' cells, which then ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 7, 2020
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Results from studies in both experimental and theoretical physics may help to improve antibacterial surfaces. The research work was recently published in the journal Nanoscale.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 16, 2020
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The majority of drug delivery systems use nano carriers to transport drugs due to their small size and ability to distribute drugs to otherwise inaccessible sites of the body. The downside to this small size, however, is ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 18, 2020
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New research suggests that graphene—made in a specific way- could be used to make more durable hydrogen fuel cells for cars.
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2020
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Nanometer-sized gold particles consisting of only a few atoms can be used as catalysts for important chemical reactions. Noelia Barrabés from the Institute of Materials Chemistry at TU Wien has been researching new methods ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 16, 2020
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At the PME department, a micro-sized pipette probe has been developed for handling multiple liquids. It is the first time that such a small probe can dose fluid volume, and simultaneously control the concentration of particles ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 4, 2020
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A sandwich of molybdenum, sulfur and selenium turns out to be deliciously useful for detecting biomolecules.
Nanomaterials
May 14, 2020
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The researchers were able to use magnetism to hold 'magnetically responsive' microscopic drug carriers at chosen sites, even in the presence of external forces, such as flowing liquid, which would normally displace them.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 30, 2020
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One aspect of bacterial activity is the production of so-called extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs): biological 'packages' wrapped in a lipid-bilayer membrane, carrying for example genetic material. Apart from having specific ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 7, 2020
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Humans have been studying electric charge for thousands of years, and the results have shaped modern civilization. Our daily lives depend on electric lighting, smartphones, cars, and computers, in ways that the first individuals ...
Nanophysics
Feb 27, 2020
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