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Bio & Medicine Feb 24, 2025

Nanoparticles offer enhanced treatment for root canal infection with fewer complications

Apical periodontitis, a chronic and hard-to-treat dental infection, affects more than half of the population worldwide and is the leading cause of tooth loss. Root canal is the standard treatment, but existing approaches ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 21, 2025

Combined organ-specific mRNA and lipid nanoparticle therapy could repair damaged lungs

A combination of mRNA and a new lipid nanoparticle could help heal damaged lungs, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Viruses, physical trauma, or other problems ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 20, 2025

Deep Nanometry: Deep learning system detects disease-related nanoparticles

Researchers, including those from the University of Tokyo, developed Deep Nanometry, an analytical technique combining advanced optical equipment with a noise removal algorithm based on unsupervised deep learning.

Bio & Medicine Feb 18, 2025

Self-protecting nanoparticles can enhance colorectal cancer drug delivery

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent types of cancer and has a high mortality rate globally. Oral administration of anticancer drugs that pass through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract into the colorectum is ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 18, 2025

New gold nanoparticle-based therapy shows promise in colorectal cancer treatment

Luminescent gold nanoparticles (L-AuNPs) represent a novel class of luminescent nanomaterials that have attracted considerable attention in recent years. They possess a range of exceptional physicochemical properties and ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 31, 2025

Green tea-derived nanosilver complex displays anti-melanoma activity

Melanoma is a fast-progressing skin cancer characterized by a high mortality rate after metastasis. Local chemotherapy could be considered a therapeutic approach only in stage 0 of progression (in situ melanoma) and in the ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 30, 2025

Surprising longevity of nanoparticle paste offers hope for surgery-sparing technique

A nanotechnology-based drug delivery system developed at UVA Health to save patients from repeated surgeries has proved to have unexpectedly long-lasting benefits in lab tests—a promising sign for its potential to help human ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 24, 2025

Peptide-coated nanoparticles achieve 98% drug loading, improving cancer treatment

A team of scientists has developed a groundbreaking approach using specially designed peptides to improve drug formulations. This innovative method significantly enhances anti-tumor efficacy, as demonstrated in leukemia models. ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 24, 2025

Q&A: Delivering gene therapy to the lung using nanoparticles

Ever since the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis was discovered 25 years ago, scientists have envisaged gene therapies to correct the underlying genetic defect.

Nanomaterials Jan 22, 2025

From soot particle filters to renewable fuels: Examining carbon nanoparticle oxidation

Carbon particles are present in many aspects of our daily lives. Soot, which consists of tiny carbon particles, is generated when energy sources such as oil or wood are not completely burned. Soot particle filters, in turn, ...

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