Posts Tagged ‘drug delivery’
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…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 2, 2009 11:07 - 2 Comments
Nano-scale delivery may offer less toxic chemo
DUKE (US)—Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs. Bioengineers have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drug payloads into nano-scale delivery vehicles. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 22, 2009 17:08 - 0 Comments
Patchy particles show promise for drug delivery
U. PENN (US)—A team of physicists, chemists, and engineers has demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules. The particles may one day serve as drug-delivery vehicles and perhaps be used in small batteries that store and release charge. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 8, 2009 15:29 - 0 Comments
Predicting when cells will be unpredictable
DUKE (US)—Scientists have discovered a quirky trait that makes some bacteria zig when others zag. The finding could help bioengineers fine-tune the development of synthetic “circuits”—designed to produce a myriad of useful proteins and chemicals. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2009 4:22 - 2 Comments
Molecules star in holographic 3-D movies
NYU (US)–A new technique for recording three-dimensional movies of microscopic systems, such as biological molecules, through holographic video has the potential to improve medical diagnostics and drug discovery. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2009 4:00 - 1 Comment
Watching glass age in slow motion
U. PENN (US)–Despite thousands of years of household and industrial use, certain aspects of glasses have perplexed physicists. Now researchers have found new clues to why the dynamics of glasses get slower and more sluggish as they age. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 13, 2009 11:56 - 1 Comment
Nanocapusles may deliver drugs without side effects
This image shows a microtube surface coated with nanocapsules containing a small-interfering RNA (which glows red under a fluorescent microscope). The capsules were targeted to specific circulating cells. (Credit: Zhong Huang/Cornell University)
