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Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to resolve 3D structure of protein nanoparticle

Nanoparticles and nanocages are attractive materials that may be applied in color agents, catalysts, and drug delivery.

6 Oct 2021

Extracellular vesicles synchronize cell activity, says study

Cells in the body work together, similar to an ant colony or even people in an office achieve the tasks.

4 Oct 2021

Rice researcher secures $1.9 million NIH grant to improve time-release drugs

Time-released drugs are about to get a geometry lesson, thanks to bioengineers at Rice University.

22 Sep 2021

UC Riverside scientists aim to turn edible plants into mRNA vaccine factories

The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm. UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they can turn edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.

17 Sep 2021

New treatment developed from plant virus could keep metastatic cancers at bay

Using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new treatment that could keep metastatic cancers at bay from the lungs.

From UC San Diego 15 Sep 2021

Novel nanofluidic device for exosome nanoporation

A team of researchers described an innovative nanofluidic device for high-throughput preparation of exosome-based drug delivery vehicles.

8 Sep 2021

Study explores the efficiency of CasMINI, an engineered CRISPR-Cas system

A compact CRISPR-Cas system, known as CasMINI, can be employed for gene-therapy and cell-engineering applications as it is easier to deliver into cells.

7 Sep 2021

Researchers print new low-cost, reproducible cell co-cultivation system

Scientists of the MIPT Cell Signaling Regulation Laboratory have developed a new low cost reproducible system for the co-cultivation of cells. This system is based on a polymerized BSA membrane.

9 Aug 2021

Study explores the effectiveness of a natural protein against colon cancer cells

Scientists and faculty of Vanderbilt University are in search of the “Achilles’ heel” of cancer cells that survive initial chemotherapy.

From Vanderbilt University 5 Aug 2021

Researchers devise a new method for safer delivery of RNA drugs

Scientists have developed and tested a library of lipid-based compounds for the safe and effective delivery of RNA drugs to the lungs.

3 Aug 2021

Research substantiates nanoparticles as promising platforms for cell nano-sensors

Researchers published an article that represents the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and flow cytometry study of A-549 (human lung carcinoma) cellular uptake of Pr3+:LaF3 nanoparticles.

21 Jul 2021

New multimodal diagnostic can detect cancer cells and pinpoint tumor location

Most of the tests that doctors use to diagnose cancer -- such as mammography, colonoscopy, and CT scans -- are based on imaging. More recently, researchers have also developed molecular diagnostics that can detect specific cancer-associated molecules that circulate in bodily fluids like blood or urine.

19 Jul 2021

Nikalyte Announces New Partnership with Life Science Group Calibre Scientific

Nanoparticle deposition specialists, Nikalyte Ltd announced that the company has signed a partnership agreement with global life sciences group Calibre Scientific.

8 Jul 2021

New packaging film can keep strawberries fresh for up to 12 days

Québec produces more strawberries than any other Canadian province. Strawberries are delicate and difficult to keep fresh. In response to this challenge, Monique Lacroix, a professor at at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), and her team have developed a packaging film that can keep strawberries fresh for up to 12 days.

16 Jun 2021

Novel platform may lead to more improved gene therapies

Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed polypeptide-based materials that serve as effective vectors in delivering gene therapies.

11 Jun 2021

New nano-sized particles can improve the detection of tumors within the body

Nano-sized particles have been engineered in a new way to improve detection of tumors within the body and in biopsy tissue, a research team in Sweden reports.

3 Jun 2021

Successful class of therapeutics attack and shut down unique and harmful genes

A potential class of therapeutics that uses synthetic nucleic acids to attack and shut down harmful genes while preventing viral spread is gathering momentum.

18 May 2021

Colloidal Nanoparticles Advance Frontiers of Synthetic Chemistry

Researchers from the School of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews (UK) are using a DrySyn Spiral Evaporator from Asynt to help synthesize novel reactive colloidal nanoparticles that present an exciting tool to create a new generation of 'smart' nanomaterials.

From Asynt 5 May 2021

Highly Accurate Physicochemical Characterisation of Small Nanoparticles

Analytik Ltd reports how researchers at the Centre for Bionano Interactions, University College Dublin, Ireland have used a DC24000 ultra high-resolution particle size analyzer for accurate physicochemical characterisation of small-sized nanoparticles.

From Analytik Ltd 15 Apr 2021

PNA-based method is a key component of the gene editing toolkit

The Somatic Cell Gene Editing Consortium has given an update on the status of their initiative to design safer techniques to edit the genes of disease-relevant somatic cells.

8 Apr 2021