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Nanoparticles Derived from Waste Product Effectively Target Cancer Cells

Researchers from Tokyo University of Science (TUS) have developed nanoparticles from rice bran which demonstrated potent anticancer effects in mice models.

23 Apr 2024

Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs Directly Across the Blood-Brain Barrier

Recent studies published in Nature Communications by an international team of scientists from Michigan State University showed that nanoparticles can traverse the digestive system and deliver medication directly to brain tissue.

22 Apr 2024

Custom Nanoparticles That Can Transport Drugs to the Heart

With a $2.07 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, Jianjun Guan, a materials scientist at Washington University in St. Louis’ McKelvey School of Engineering, and his team intend to encase a peptide that prevents fibrosis and a set of proteins that reduce inflammation inside deceptively disguised drug-delivering smart nanoparticles.

18 Apr 2024

Self-Assembling Protein Micromaterials Deliver Targeted Therapy for Cancer

Researchers have created protein-only micromaterials that can deliver nanoparticles that target and kill particular cancer cells over an extended period of time.

8 Apr 2024

Improving Cancer Immunotherapy Systemic Delivery

Purdue University researchers are creating and testing patent-pending poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid), or PLGA, nanoparticles modified with adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, to improve immunotherapy against malignant tumors.

28 Mar 2024

A Novel Noninvasive Method for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

Israeli and Italian researchers have worked together to create a novel treatment plan that targets A-beta’s early-stage aggregation prior to the production of harmful oligomers.

21 Mar 2024

Application of Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment

According to a recent review published by Prof. Changyang Gong’s research team at Sichuan University’s Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center, and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, the rapid development of nanoparticles as delivery systems holds great promise for advancing therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cancer. Dr Xianzhou Huang was the team leader.

21 Mar 2024

Tapered Chiral Nanoparticles to Enhance COVID-19 Treatments

According to a recent study done by researchers at the University of Michigan and Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China, teardrop-shaped particles created to inactivate several strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus might one day complement current COVID-19 treatments.

20 Mar 2024

Understanding Nano-Neuro Interactions for Advancing Neuroscience

Nanomaterials already play a vital role in enhancing the performance of everyday products from electronics to cosmetics to food packaging.

18 Mar 2024

New Nanodialysis Device Tracks Chemical Content of Biological Tissue With Sub-Second Resolution

Longstanding challenges in biomedical research such as monitoring brain chemistry and tracking the spread of drugs through the body require much smaller and more precise sensors.

15 Mar 2024