Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
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...
Nanomedicine
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...
Nanomedicine
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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Nanobots Eat Up Nerve Agents and Release Life Saving Antidote
Chemists at Pennsylvania State University have been doing some remarkable work to create self-propelled nanobots, and lately the investigators have focused their attention on using nanobots to stop nerve agent attacks. The nanobots intake...
Nanomedicine
Mechanoceuticals to Replace Chemical Drugs by Tugging on Cells
Chemicals, delivered in the form of drugs, are the most common way of influencing the activities of cells in our bodies. While great in many ways, there are a myriad of limitations and side effects for clinicians and patients to grapple with....
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Flexible and Conductive Mesh for Implantable and Wearable Bioelectronics
Researchers at the Institute of Basic Science in South Korea have developed a highly stretchable bioelectronic mesh patch which can monitor electrophysiological signals, such as heart muscle electrical activity, and can apply electrical and...
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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...
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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
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