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Elegant antibody nanoparticles override immunological tolerance of tumors

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a tumor enzymatic microenvironment-activatable antibody nanoparticle for robust cancer immunotherapy.

Jul 12, 2019

Tightening the tumor-targeting abilities of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Seeking to improve upon existing checkpoint inhibitor therapies, scientists have developed a common checkpoint inhibitor (anti-PD-L1) in a nanoparticle formulation, which were activated specifically at tumor sites in mouse models of cancer.

Jul 12, 2019

Nanotechnology-based compound used to deliver hepatitis B vaccine

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanotechnology-based compounds are now being tested as a possible delivery vehicle for vaccines. A team of researchers demonstrated how the oral delivery vehicle SBA-15, one such nanotechnology-based compound can deliver an oral vaccine against he...

Jul 11, 2019

Injected after accidents, nanoparticles could prevent paralysis

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

When a spinal cord injury occurs, sometimes it's the body's own immune system that causes the subsequent paralysis. In the not-too-distant future, however, it's possible that an injection of nanoparticles at the injury site m...

Jul 11, 2019

Nanotechnology delivers hepatitis B vaccine

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

X-ray imaging shows that nanostructured silica acts as a protective vehicle to deliver intact antigen to the intestine so that it can trigger an immune response. The material can give rise to a polyvaccine against six diseases.

Jul 11, 2019

Why carbon is an amazing material – part one – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An introduction to carbon nanostructures and their special properties The post Why carbon is an amazing material – part on...

Jul 11, 2019

Physicists use nanostructures to free photons for highly efficient white OLEDs

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Thanks to intensive research in the past three decades, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been steadily conquering the electronics market -- from OLED mobile phone displays to roll-out television screens, the list of applications is long....

Jul 11, 2019

Sheaths drive powerful new artificial muscles

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Over the last 15 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international colleagues have invented several types of strong, powerful artificial muscles using materials ranging from high-tech carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to ordina...

Jul 11, 2019

Sheaths drive powerful new artificial muscles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Over the last 15 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international colleagues have invented several types of strong, powerful artificial muscles using materials ranging from high-tech carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to ordina...

Jul 11, 2019

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