Research highlights from this month’s Advanced Healthcare Materials issues.
Diagnostics
New and Easy Methods for Measuring Telomere Length
Ever take a good look at your shoelaces?
Targeted Chemotherapy with Nicotinylated Liposomes
Liposomal formulations of two novel nicotinylated amphiphiles for targeting potent chemotherapeutics to mouse glioblastoma.
Mass Cytometry: First Joint Special Issue between Cytometry Part A and Cytometry Part B
Cytometry Part A and Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry combine forces to publish the first Joint Special Issue on Mass Cytometry (MC).
New Protein Science Special Issue focuses on Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Protein Science has recently published a Special Issue on Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) guest edited by Georgios Skiniotis at the University of Michigan Medical School Department of Biological Chemistry.
How We Develop: Developmental Systems and the Emergence of Complex Behaviors
Forget the “nature vs nurture” debate, learn the developmental systems perspective in this special collection, which aims to help scientists, parents, teachers, and policy makers understand child development.
Melanin-Based Nanoparticles for Imaging of Tumor Vasculature
A novel melanin-based contrast agent may help assess the tumor vasculature after antiangiogenic treatment via Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging.
Coated Antibodies to Avoid the Cold Chain System
A metal–organic framework as a protecting material to preserve antibody recognition is demonstrated for the first time.
Understanding Polymer-Cell Attachment
A library of well-defined random and block copolymers was used to study the attachment of HeLa and HEK cells.
Glycocluster Design Could Lead to Targeted Drug Delivery
Japanese researchers have developed a way to engineer glycan complexes in a way that allows the molecules to be transported preferentially to specific organs of the body.
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