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Bio & Medicine Jan 19, 2023

New nanoparticles deliver therapy throughout the brain and edit Alzheimer's gene in mice

Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, but they face a common barrier—the blood-brain barrier. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 17, 2023

RNA lipid nanoparticle engineering stops liver fibrosis in its tracks, reverses damage

Since the success of the COVID-19 vaccine, RNA therapies have been the object of increasing interest in the biotech world. These therapies work with your body to target the genetic root of diseases and infections, a promising ...

Nanophysics Jan 17, 2023

Nanoparticles make it easier to turn light into solvated electrons

There are many ways to initiate chemical reactions in liquids, but placing free electrons directly into water, ammonia and other liquid solutions is especially attractive for green chemistry because solvated electrons are ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 11, 2023

Nanotechnology may improve gene therapy for blindness

Using nanotechnology that enabled mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, a new approach to gene therapy may improve how physicians treat inherited forms of blindness.

Nanomaterials Jan 11, 2023

Converting temperature fluctuations into clean energy with novel nanoparticles and heating strategy

Pyroelectric catalysis (pyro-catalysis) can convert environmental temperature fluctuations into clean chemical energy, such as hydrogen. However, compared with the more common catalysis strategy, such as photocatalysis, pyro-catalysis ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 4, 2023

Improving safety assessment of nanoparticles

How safe are the nanoparticles in transparent sunscreen, anti-odor socks and bacteria-resistant plasters? Although microbes are present on all organisms, the tools that estimate the safety of nanomaterials still hardly take ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 23, 2022

Upconverting near‐infrared light detection in lead halide perovskite with core–shell lanthanide nanoparticles

Under the JST Strategic Basic Research Program PRESTO, Associate Professor Ayumi Ishii of Teikyo University of Science with her team members has developed a new near-infrared light sensor by using a material that converts ...

Bio & Medicine Dec 19, 2022

Single-chain polymer nanoparticles in the battle against malaria

New research by a team of UT researchers could provide a promising approach in the battle against malaria. In their research published in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, the researchers combat the malaria parasite in ...

Bio & Medicine Dec 7, 2022

Researchers develop new 'raspberry-shaped' nanoparticle for precision drug delivery

A newly discovered technique, reported in the journal Nanoscale, offers a low-cost way to enhance the effectiveness of existing drugs.

Nanophysics Dec 6, 2022

Microstructured fiber measures the size of nanoparticles

Researchers at Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) developed a new glass fiber design that enables exceptionally long observations of a large number of individual, freely moving nanoparticles in a liquid. ...

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