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Biochemistry Feb 15, 2024

Scientists develop color-changing dyes that light up cellular activity

Scientists from Trinity, in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), have developed special fluorescent, color-changing dyes that, for the first time, can be used to simultaneously visualize multiple ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 15, 2024

'μkiss': A new method for precision delivery of nanoparticles and small molecules to individual cells

The delivery of experimental materials to individual cells with exactness and exclusivity has long been an elusive and much sought-after ability in biology. With it comes the promise of deciphering many longstanding secrets ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 14, 2024

Treating liver cancer with microrobots piloted by a magnetic field

Canadian researchers led by Montreal radiologist Gilles Soulez have developed a novel approach to treat liver tumors using magnet-guided microrobots in an MRI device.

Bio & Medicine Feb 14, 2024

Nanoparticles 'hitchhike' on immune cells to catch cancer metastasis early

Lymph nodes are the canaries in the coal mine of our immune system—firing into gear at the first indication of illness, then sending immune cells where they're needed in the body to fight infection and disease.

Bio & Medicine Feb 13, 2024

Gold nanoparticles found to reverse brain deficits in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's

Results from phase two clinical trials at UT Southwestern Medical Center showed that a suspension of gold nanocrystals taken daily by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly reversed ...

Nanomaterials Feb 13, 2024

Overcoming fine process limits with linker ion affinity

A research team has employed linker ions to pioneer a three-dimensional microprinting technology applicable to inorganic substances and other various materials. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Bio & Medicine Feb 13, 2024

Antibacterial agent carried by nanoparticles used to treat COPD in mice

A team of nanochemists at Soochow University, in China, working with a colleague from Columbia University, in the U.S., has developed an inhalable antibacterial therapy carried by nanoparticles for treating patients with ...

Nanomaterials Feb 12, 2024

Developing data science approaches for nanoparticle synthesis

Typically, researchers attempting to synthesize specifically targeted particles of materials have had to rely on intuition or trial-and-error methods. This approach can be inefficient, requiring significant time and resource ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 12, 2024

Researchers design gel from wood pulp to heal damaged heart tissue, improve cancer treatments

You can mend a broken heart this Valentine's Day now that researchers have invented a new hydrogel that can be used to heal damaged heart tissue and improve cancer treatments.

Bio & Medicine Feb 9, 2024

Novel hydroxyapatite-targeting nanodrug may be a paradigm shift for cancer treatment

A multidisciplinary research team at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center has discovered a new way to kill a tumor by disrupting its acidic "microenvironment" without harming normal tissue.

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