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Printable molecule-selective nanoparticles enable mass production of wearable biosensors

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The future of medicine may very well lie in the personalization of health care—knowing exactly what an individual needs and then delivering just the right mix of nutrients, metabolites, and medications, if necessary, to stabilize and improve their...

Feb 3, 2025

Anti-melanoma activity found in green-produced nanosilver-chlorhexidine complex

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Melanoma is a fast-progressing skin cancer characterized by a high mortality rate after metastasis. Local chemotherapy could be considered a therapeutic approach only in stage 0 of progression (in situ melanoma) and in the postoperative phase afte...

Feb 3, 2025

Nature-inspired nanotechnology uses genetic drugs as immunotherapy

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A large research team led by nanotechnologist Roy van der Meel rebuild the body's own proteins and fats into nano delivery vans that get genetic medicines to exactly the right place in the body. In a joint effort with researchers from Radboud...

Feb 3, 2025

Green tea-derived nanosilver complex displays anti-melanoma activity

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Melanoma is a fast-progressing skin cancer characterized by a high mortality rate after metastasis. Local chemotherapy could be considered a therapeutic approach only in stage 0 of progression (in situ melanoma) and in the postoperative phase afte...

Jan 31, 2025

Innovative sensors for wearables could offer real-time alerts for hazardous gases

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A transdisciplinary team of AMBER and CRANN researchers from the School of Chemistry at University College Cork (UCC) and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has developed sensor technology for wearable air quality monitors that ...

Jan 31, 2025

A delicate nanoflower that is downright deadly to bacteria

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A carnation-like nanostructure could someday be used in bandages to promote wound healing. Researchers report in ACS Applied Bio Materials that laboratory tests of their nanoflower-coated dressings demonstrate antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and bio...

Jan 31, 2025

Carbon nanostructures rival steel in strength at 1% of the weight

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A carbon structure lighter than a postage stamp holds two full-sized bricks aloft without buckling, while remaining so delicate it balances on a soap bubble without breaking the film. This achievement from University of Toronto engineers demonstra...

Jan 31, 2025

Light-twisting materials created from nano semiconductors

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Cornell scientists have developed a novel technique to transform symmetrical semiconductor particles into intricately twisted, spiral structures – or “chiral” materials – producing films with extraordinary light-bending properties.

Jan 31, 2025

Biodegradable supercapacitor from seaweed powers ingestible medical devices

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Inside the human digestive tract, an electronic capsule can now generate its own electricity using recycled seaweed, power small electronic devices, with the duration depending on the specific energy requirements of each device, kill harmful bacte...

Jan 31, 2025

New tool for synthetic biology

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Scientists at the University of Stuttgart have successfully controlled the structure and function of biological membranes with the help of “DNA origami.” The system they developed may facilitate the transportation of large therapeutic loads into c...

Jan 31, 2025

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