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Nanoparticles Encapsulating Chemotherapy Drugs to Kill Triple Negative Breast Cancer
The cells of triple negative breast cancer tumors don't have receptors for estrogen, progesterone, and HER2, the main targets used to attack breast cancers. This is why they're so difficult to treat, but researchers at George Washington...
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Gold Nanoparticles with Anti-Inflammatory Add-On Help Injured Muscles Heal Rapidly
Inflammation in the body is an important mechanism that helps to heal. But, as is well known, it can also create problems by aggravating injuries and intensifying various medical conditions. Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard...
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Stick-On Solar-Powered Heart Monitor Fits on a Finger
Scientists at the Riken, a major Japanese research institute, and University of Tokyo have developed a remarkable ambient light-powered cardiac monitor that looks like a transparent bandage. The underlying technology makes possible other...
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Spray-On Electronic Skin as Tactile Sensor for Prostheses
Prosthetic arms and legs of the future will have tactile sensitivity as a feature, but a lot of work still has to be done to get there. A couple issues that have proven to be engineering challenges is how to cover complex 3D surfaces, such as...
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New Faster, Cheaper, Better Test Platform for Nucleic Acid Identification of Diseases
At the National University of Singapore, scientists have developed a portable, point-of-care nucleic acid test platform that can be used to diagnose a variety of diseases. It comes in the form of a cartridge that does not need to be kept...
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Nanoparticle Swarms to Deliver Medical Therapies Across Body
Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a way to get nanoparticles to group and move as swarms, similar to how hundreds of bees and birds can fly together. The technology may have implications for medicine, helping to...
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Magnetic Nanoparticles Pull Cancer Biomarkers from Whole Blood
MicroRNA molecules are short RNA strings that bind to certain messenger RNAs, in the process blocking messenger RNAs from being translated to create new proteins. When microRNAs aren't operating properly, cancer may be the cause, but this...
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Drug Ferrying Nanoparticles for Treating Kidney Diseases
Drugs targeting the kidneys are naturally difficult to develop because kidneys filter things out and send them out for disposal (filtration, reabsorption, secretion, and excretion). Moreover, the liver also helps keep foreign objects out of the...
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Nanoparticles Packed with Iron as Powerful MRI Agents
While improving MRI machines is one way of making the clinical images look better, another is improving the injectable contrast agents that are compatible with magnetic resonance. Gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents are the most commonly used...
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