Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine
Self-Powered Microrobots Deliver Drugs to Tumors in the Gut
Treating tumors within the GI system is often a difficult challenge, frequently requiring invasive surgery. Scientists at Caltech have now developed self-propelled microrobots that can deliver drugs to precise spots within the intestines, and...
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Micromachines with Medical Potential Built Using Electric Fields
Micromachines that work inside our bodies is still mostly a dream, but it's a worthy goal that could revolutionize medicine. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have just taken a step toward that goal by...
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Thin Microgels Encapsulate and Protect Therapeutic Cells
Cell-based therapies, such as those involving the delivery of stem cells, require a way to encapsulate cells inside a protective package in order for them to not be destroyed and washed out by the body. There have been successful attempts to...
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New Nanoparticles Help Spinal Cords to Heal Following Injury
When people damage their spinal cords, a lot of the long-term consequences often stem from the body's overreaction to the injury. That's because the blood-brain barrier protecting the spinal cord becomes compromised and overly aggressive immune...
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Tiny Nanowire Probes Measure Intracellular Electrical Activity
Researchers at the University of Surrey and Harvard University have developed tiny nanoprobes that can measure electrical signals inside cells, such as neurons and cardiac cells. Unlike previous technology for intracellular electrophysiology,...
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Superhydrophobic "Nanoflowers" for Biomedical Applications
Researchers from Texas A&M University have developed new nanomaterial with superhydrophobic properties. Their recent publication demonstrates that by controlling atomic-scale defects in their nanomaterial, they could use it to repel water...
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Crystallized Drugs to Protect Implants from Immune Attack
Implantable medical devices that intimately interact with the human body are often subject to the immune system's foreign body response (FBR). This creates scarring around the implants, reducing their functionality over time. Now, scientists at...
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Nano-emulsions for Drug Delivery Through Skin
Researchers from MIT have developed a new chemical nanoemulsion that can help deliver drugs through the skin. Their work demonstrates that, only by using a handful of FDA-approved materials, they can create nano-sized emulsions which turn to...
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DNA Microscopy Visualizes Genetic Content of Tissue Samples
Fundamentally new microscopy techniques don't come out very often, but scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have just unveiled a new method of "imaging" tissue samples that provides a complex genetic and biomolecular picture of...
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