Fluorescent nanoparticles used to image a tumor near a mouse’s hind legs (circled, left) can accumulate in off-target organs, such as its brain (right). Credit: National Cancer Institute/Washington ...

Every year, 12 million people worldwide suffer a stroke; many die or are permanently impaired. Currently, drugs are ...

Inhaled lipid nanoparticles loaded with two medicines reduced IPF lung stiffness and fibrosis in mice, outperforming an approved oral drug.

Neutron activation of gold nanoparticles enables visualization of drug distribution in mice. (Nanowerk News) Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have unique chemical and biological properties. Due to their ...

The first fully biodegradable and biocompatible piezoelectric chitosan nanoparticle uses ultrasound to trigger localized ...

Multipurpose structures could find use in targeted drug delivery, catalysis, microelectronics and tissue engineering ...

Scientists in Switzerland have created a robot the size of a grain of sand that is controlled by magnets and can deliver ...

The new technology comes from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and it is based on the medical evidence that, following radiation treatment, dying cancer cells ...

Researchers present a new method to safely and preferentially generate CAR T cells directly inside the body using targeted lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA directly to T cells. The approach ...

Human life begins with a single egg cell that grows into a human being with trillions of cells. To ensure that the highly complex development of tissues and organs is as protected as possible, the ...