Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Highly Sensitive Electronic Skin Detects Touch and Temperature Changes
The University of Texas at Arlington has obtained a patent for a highly sensitive electronic skin that may one day give prosthetic devices a keen sense of touch. The e-skin features a dense forest of flexible zinc oxide nanowires on its surface....
Nanomedicine
Technique to Make Nanoparticles Work Inside Pills
Nanomedicine requires the nanoparticles that are administered to be properly absorbed by the body. Given orally via a pill, nanoparticles mostly end up being metabolized and/or excreted by the gastrointestinal system. Researchers at the...
Nanomedicine
Clot Busting Nanogel: A Faster, Safer Therapy for Heart Attacks
Scientists at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new way of delivering a clot buster and a mitigating drug to limit damage due to reperfusion. Currently, serious blockages...
Nanomedicine
Twisters Inside a Lab-on-a-Chip Trap Viruses, DNA, Biomolecules
At Purdue University engineers have developed a new type of optical nanotweezers that can be used to grab onto and inspect viruses, DNA strings, and other important biomolecules. The innovative lab-on-a-chip device relies on a "nanostructured...
Nanomedicine
Nano-Optic Endoscope Allows High-Resolution Imaging
Researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a new type of endoscopic imaging catheter. The catheter uses metalenses, which contain nanostructures to focus light, to achieve higher resolution imaging than...
Nanomedicine
Functional Nanofibers Loaded with Antibiotics to Treat Serious Wounds
Researchers at Texas A&M University and Stevens Institute of Technology have been working on developing new materials that could aid clinicians in treating challenging wounds. These polymeric coatings have nano-scale fibers that hold...
Nanomedicine
Magnets Pull Chemotherapy Drugs Across Blood-Brain Barrier Into Spinal Tumors
Tumors within the spinal cord can be very difficult to treat surgically, due to the extremely fragile and important tissues that can be found nearby. While radiation can reach the tumors, chemo agents have trouble crossing the blood-brain barrier,...
Nanomedicine
Microfluidic Device Detects Bacteria in Tiny Samples
Canadian researchers at McGill University and University of Toronto have come up with a new device for rapid detection of small concentrations of pathogenic bacteria within tiny samples. The technology may help to spot diseases early, and so...
Nanomedicine
Smallest Robots Ever Developed to Sense Their Environment
The reality of being able to inject microscopic robots into the bloodstream that are capable of performing meaningful clinical tasks is now a little bit closer. Researchers are MIT have unveiled the smallest robots to have ever been built capable of...
Nanomedicine
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