For almost any conceivable protein, corresponding antibodies can be developed to block it from binding or changing shape, which ultimately prevents it from carrying out its normal function. As such, scientists have looked ...
Biotechnology
Nov 5, 2019
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The body's immune system exists to identify and destroy foreign objects, whether they are bacteria, viruses, flecks of dirt or splinters. Unfortunately, nanoparticles designed to deliver drugs, and implanted devices like ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 21, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. The results ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 13, 2009
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Light-activated liposomes could help to deliver CRISPR gene therapy—and the method could prove safer and more direct than current methods.
Biotechnology
Nov 12, 2020
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will travel with the Perseverance rover through 314 million miles (505 million kilometers) of interplanetary space to get to Mars. But for the team working on the first experimental flight ...
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2020
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Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have figured out a better way to deliver a DNA editing tool to shorten the presence of the editor proteins in the cells in what they describe as a "hit and ...
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2019
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Amazon's latest perk ... free delivery to your car.
Business
Apr 24, 2018
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Delivering packages with drones can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in certain circumstances as compared to truck deliveries, a new study from University of Washington transportation engineers finds.
Engineering
May 30, 2017
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"Colloidal delivery system" and "nanoparticle" are probably not terms you find yourself using in day-to-day interactions, but for UC's Yoonjee Park, assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science biomedical ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 12, 2015
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A new, relatively simple process makes it possible to create biocompatible particles called shape-controllable microgels that could be custom-designed for specific roles such as drug delivery vehicles, tissue engineering ...
Materials Science
Feb 10, 2015
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