For nearly 40 years, drugmakers have used genetically engineered cells as tiny drug factories. Such cells can be programmed to secrete compounds that yield drugs used to treat cancer and autoimmune conditions such as arthritis.
Apr 20, 2022
For millennia, DNA has played a central role in storing each cell's genetic information and consists of strands with a specific sequence of four different building blocks. These DNA strands are copied by the cell at each cell division in an e...
Apr 20, 2022
A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering that demonstrated the feasibility of using shape-recoverable macroporous nanocomposite...
Apr 20, 2022
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), an emerging class of materials that can be used as semiconductors and insulators, have promising potential in various applications due to their unique properties. But the reliable produ...
Apr 20, 2022
In a recent article published in the journal Scientific Reports, authors reported the synthesis of 3 to 9 nanometer-sized, highly stable, curcumin-functionalized copper nanoparticles (CuC) via...
Apr 20, 2022
Scientists from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the South China University of Technology collaborated to create...
Apr 20, 2022
Inhaled nanoparticles -- human-made specks so minuscule they can't be seen in conventional microscopes, found in thousands of common products -- can cross a natural, protective barrier that normally protects fetuses, according to scientists s...
Apr 20, 2022
Most drugs used today have only one mechanism of action and it is both difficult and expensive to manufacture drugs with multiple functions. Researchers have recently found a way to create more stable nanostructures that can assemble biomolecules ...
Apr 20, 2022
Nanoparticles inhaled by mothers can travel from the lungs to the placenta which protects the fetus. Find out how these particles could affect births.
Apr 20, 2022
Scientists have developed a new nanotechnology approach for locating and removing the painful and dangerous lesions associated with endometriosis, a common gynecological condition in women of childbearing age.
Apr 20, 2022
