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Bio & Medicine Jan 22, 2025

Proposed solution could bring DNA-nanoparticles motors up to speed with motor proteins

DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of DNA and RNA to propel motion through enzymatic RNA degradation. Essentially, chemical energy is converted into mechanical ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 16, 2025

Nanoparticles restore neurons in Parkinson's with wireless brain stimulation

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, primarily characterized by motor dysfunction. Its pathological hallmark is the abnormal aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) into insoluble fibrils ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 10, 2025

Q&A: Researchers discuss lipid nanoparticle therapy to stop tumor growth and restore tumor suppression

Yang Zhang, Ph.D., and Jinjun Shi, Ph.D., both of the Center for Nanomedicine and Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, are co-senior authors of a paper published in ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 9, 2025

Inhalable therapy uses mussel-inspired nanoparticles to target lung cancer cells

Researchers from POSTECH and Kyungpook National University have developed a novel inhalable therapeutic delivery system for lung cancer, leveraging mucoadhesive protein nanoparticles inspired by the adhesive properties of ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 2, 2025

Nanoparticle technique gauges bite force in tiny C. elegans worms

A team of materials scientists, physicists, mechanical engineers, and molecular physiologists at Stanford University have developed a nanoparticle technique that can be used to measure force dynamics inside a living creature, ...

Bio & Medicine Dec 23, 2024

Biodegradable nanoparticles enable simultaneous delivery of two drugs to attack tumors

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new platform using polymeric nanoparticles to deliver drug pairs to specific cancer types, including skin cancer and breast cancer. The researchers explain that having both ...

Bio & Medicine Dec 11, 2024

Lipid nanoparticle delivers potential mRNA cure for pre-eclampsia

Penn Engineers have made a critical breakthrough that bridges a major healthy equity gap for pregnant people with pre-eclampsia, a condition that arises due to insufficient blood flow to the placenta and results in high maternal ...

Bio & Medicine Dec 9, 2024

Novel mixture of mRNA in nanoparticles show therapeutic potential against tumor progression

Therapeutic mRNAs offer great potential as a versatile and precise tool against cancer and other diseases. However, the therapeutic effectiveness is limited by the poor translation uptake of naked mRNA. To circumvent this ...

Bio & Medicine Dec 5, 2024

Nanoparticle-mediated gene therapy fixes major cause of stillbirth and premature birth in guinea pig model

The life of billions of people inhabiting Earth is owed to a temporary organ that supported and nourished them in a mother's womb. The placenta, or afterbirth, is considered sacred by some cultures, its pivotal role in pregnancy ...

Nanomaterials Dec 4, 2024

Silver nanoparticles trapped within a polymer matrix allow for precise color control in anti-counterfeiting technology

In a significant advancement in the field of anti-counterfeiting technology, Professor Jiseok Lee and his research team in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST have developed a new hidden anti-counterfeiting ...

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