Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Octopus-Inspired Wearable Biosensor Sticks to Wet and Dry Skin
Researchers from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in South Korea have developed a new waterproof, wearable biosensor that can stick to the skin in a unique way. Their work, recently published in ACS Applied Materials...
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Gold Nanoparticle-Coated Surgical Meshes for Photothermal Infection Control
Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Catalonia have developed a new technique to decontaminate surgical meshes once they are implanted in the body. The technique involves gold nanoparticle-coated meshes that heat up when they...
Nanomedicine
Machine Learning Helps Design Complex Immunotherapies
Researchers from Northwestern University have leveraged machine learning to aid in the design of nanomedicines for immunotherapy. They utilized a high-throughput method to synthesize 800 unique immunostimulatory nanoparticles called Spherical...
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Crumpled Carbon Nanotube Forests to Power Medical Devices
Most implantable and wearable medical devices benefit from having on-board batteries powering them, but because conventional batteries have specific internal geometries, they end up being blocky and not flexible. This limits development of the...
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Two-Dimensional Nanodisks Deliver Proteins, Growth Factors to Repair Cartilage
Once cartilage is damaged, there is little that can be done to repair it. Unlike many other tissues, cartilage doesn't heal well and consequences of injuries and disease can last a lifetime. Now researchers at Texas A&M University have...
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Microscopic Robots Scrape at Bacterial Biofilms to Clean Teeth
Anyone unaware of what biofilms are should know that brushing one's teeth and receiving regular dental cleanings are recommended primarily to fight bacterial biofilms. Bacteria group together and protect themselves with a unique shield that...
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Electrospinning Gun Protects Wounds with Nanofiber Mesh
An Israeli company called Nanomedic has begun showing off its impressive device for applying an electrospun material to the surface of wounds. Electrospinning involves using electricity to produce extremely fine polymer threads. This technology is...
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Nanocomposite Heart Valve to Replace Animal-Derived Devices
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed a nanocomposite biomaterial heart valve that could provide an alternative to the animal valves that are currently used as heart valve replacements. Moreover, the...
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Implant Attached to Heart Generates Electricity to Power Pacemaker
Pacemakers, defibrillators and other cardiac implants are life saving devices, but the batteries inside of them remain their Achilles' heel. Every five to ten years they have to be replaced in another invasive surgery that patients abhor and...
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