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Novel nanotechnology found to enhance fight against colorectal cancer and melanoma

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers recently completed a study that has the potential to improve cancer treatment for colorectal cancer and melanoma by using nanotechnology to deliver chemotherapy in a way that makes it more effectiv...

Aug 12, 2021

Treating the 'root' cause of baldness with a dissolvable microneedle patch

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Although some people say that baldness is the "new sexy," for those losing their hair, it can be distressing. An array of over-the-counter remedies are available, but most of them don't focus on the primary causes: oxidative stress ...

Aug 12, 2021

Phase changing in graphite by interface charge injection

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Graphite, as an important material for Li battery anode and graphene preparation, can exist in two phases: the Bernal (2H) phase and the rhombohedral (3R) phase. The 2H phase has relatively low energy and high proportion in graphite powder, while ...

Aug 12, 2021

Dendrimers: The tiny tentacles shown to evade our immune response

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Tiny synthetic particles known as dendrimers avoid detection by our immune system and could help develop a new way to deliver drugs into the body without triggering a reaction.

Aug 12, 2021

Silica nanostructure with chemo-enzymatic compartmentalization

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A research team has recently synthesized a chemo-enzymatic nanostructure that can selectively synthesize one enantiomer while acting like an artificial organelle in the cell.

Aug 12, 2021

Efficacy of Polymeric Nano-Micelles with Different Drug Activation Profile Depends on c-Myc Expression

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka, Location: Kawasaki in Japan, Abbreviation: iCONM) reported in ACS Nano (Impact Factor: 14.588 in 2019) together with...

Aug 12, 2021

Novel Technique Provides Insight on the Interaction of Nanomedicines with Patients' Biomolecules

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team of researchers led by Michigan State University's Morteza Mahmoudi has developed a new method to better understand how nanomedicines -- emerging diagnostics and therapies that are very small yet very intricate -- interac...

Aug 12, 2021

Gold Nanoparticles to Detect Acute Liver Damage

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng has spent much of his career investigating gold nanoparticles for their potential impact in the field of nanomedicine. In new research, he and his colleagues show how these nanoparticles could pl...

Aug 12, 2021

Ultra-Small Nanomedicines Efficiently Deliver Oligonucleotides to Refractory Cancers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Ultra-small nanomedicines of approximately 18 nm were fabricated by dynamic ion-pairing between Y-shaped block copolymers and nucleic acid drugs, such as siRNA and antisense drugs.

Aug 12, 2021

Modified Cotton Wool, the New Cost-Effective Process to Separate Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The project was kickstarted in 2017 when a delegation of YTC America (subsidiary of Yazaki Corporation) visited Kazan Federal University. During the talks, YTC suggested that KFU participate in developing effective methods of separating single-wal...

Aug 12, 2021

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