News tagged with delivery agent

Manipulating nanoparticles' surface chemistry holds medical promise

(PhysOrg.com) -- Swapping the chemical groups that originally coat iron oxide nanoparticles and making the particles soluble in biological solvents shows great promise for medical applications, such as drug delivery and contrast ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New microneedle antimicrobial techniques may foster medical tech innovation

A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has developed two new approaches for incorporating antimicrobial properties into microneedles - vanishingly thin needles that hold great promise ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists determine workings of potentially useful virus

In a study published in May 2009 issue of PLoS Pathogens, Manchester and her colleagues show that CPMV interacts with the mammalian protein vimentin — an interaction that scientists can now explore with the idea of using ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanoparticle therapeutics might help people suffering from hearing disorders

For millions of people hearing disorders make a negative impact on their lives. Scientists are looking into new ways of treating hearing disorders, by using different sorts of nanoparticles as original inner ear delivery ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

URI research couple's method targets cancerous tumors

Two University of Rhode Island associate professors, biophysicists Yana Reshetnyak and Oleg Andreev, have discovered a technology that can detect cancerous tumors and deliver treatment to them without the harming the healthy ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0