Posts Tagged ‘drug delivery’
Switching off zinc may stop breast cancer
CARDIFF U. (UK) — The body’s control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer. Continue…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 14:23 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2012 12:16 - 0 Comments
No-clump proteins may change drug delivery
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A new form of proteins could improve treatments for cancer and other diseases, and deliver drugs to patients more effectively, researchers report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 10, 2012 10:43 - 0 Comments
Send cargo to brain in nontoxic ‘vessels’
U. BUFFALO (US) — A novel class of nanoparticles penetrates the brain of fruit flies without harming cells or interfering with normal function, raising the possibility of safe drug delivery, researchers say. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 5, 2012 12:24 - 0 Comments
Bacteria ‘chatter’ curbs infectious slime
TEXAS A&M (US) — By manipulating the way bacteria “talk” to each other, researchers have achieved unprecedented control over the formation and dispersal of biofilms. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 30, 2011 13:41 - 0 Comments
Method maps tiny ‘two-faced’ nanoparticles
VANDERBILT (US) — Chemists have developed a way to rapidly map the surfaces of tiny particles that possess two chemically distinct faces. Potential applications range from drug delivery to video displays, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2011 16:17 - 0 Comments
Drug hitches ride on Salmonella
UC BERKELEY (US) — The foodborne pathogen Salmonella is known for bringing diarrhea and fever, but researchers are hoping a benign version of the bug could deliver anti-viral treatments. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 1, 2011 12:40 - 0 Comments
Armor protects drug-releasing polymers
U. WARWICK (UK) — Chemists have figured out a way to add armor protection to polymer vesicles designed to carry a drug payload. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2011 14:05 - 1 Comment
Magnetic pill holds meds in place
BROWN U. (US) — The problem with pills is that they don’t always deliver medicine to the spot where it’s needed. A new magnetic pill system could safely solve that problem. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 9, 2010 13:27 - 0 Comments
Suicidal cells go ‘pop’
DUKE (US)—Bioengineers have observed a phenomenon in bacteria that causes cells to self-destruct by popping. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2010 0:34 - 4 Comments
Membrane gets permeable in purple light
U. ROCHESTER (US)—A newly developed membrane blocks gas from flowing through it when one color of light is shined on its surface, and permits gas to flow through when another color of light is used. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 28, 2010 11:20 - 1 Comment
Nano-protein pair kill cancer cells
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US)—A normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able—when paired with nanoparticles—to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without the use of chemotherapy drugs. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 20, 2010 11:31 - 0 Comments
How to drop nanowires on cell targets
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Using virtual “tweezers,” researchers have dropped gold nanowires, each about one-two hundredth the size of a cell, on predetermined spots on target cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 28, 2010 11:44 - 0 Comments
Pump out peptides for low-cost drugs
VANDERBILT (US)—A new way to chemically synthesize peptides promises to lower the cost and increase the availability of drugs based on natural compounds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 16:57 - 0 Comments
Nanosponge delivers better than injection
VANDERBILT (US)—When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material called nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 25, 2010 13:09 - 1 Comment
‘Ink’ technology prints medicine on pills
U. LEEDS (UK) —A new way of printing medicine on the outside of pills could potentially create safer, faster-acting medicines and bring new drugs to market faster. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 30, 2010 12:47 - 0 Comments
How do you turn protein into glass?
DUKE (US)—Researchers have devised a method to dry and preserve proteins in a glassified form that seems to retain the molecules’ properties as workhorses of biology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 17, 2010 14:04 - 0 Comments
Light gets twisted with nanoparticles
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Engineers have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles. The details are reported in the current edition of Science. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2010 11:56 - 7 Comments
‘Ghostly’ molecule stops rheumatoid arthritis
NORTHWESTERN (US)—A stealthy molecule, nicknamed Casper the Ghost, can float undetected into overactive immune cells responsible for rheumatoid arthritis, causing them to self-destruct. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 6, 2010 14:31 - 4 Comments
Drug-toting, mucus-busting nanoparticles
JOHNS HOPKINS—Newly developed nanoparticles can easily infiltrate the body’s sticky and viscous mucus barriers to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo. (more…)
