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Health
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What happens in the liver during cholestasis? A novel in vivo imaging technique based on fluorescence microscopy delivers insight into the hepatic excretory function in rat.
Growing a Tumour in a Pearl Drop
Living cells within a liquid marble can form aggregate structures know as cancer cell spheroids that can be used as model tumours.
Gold interconnects: stretching biological applications
Polyimide supported gold interconnect fabrication paves the way for medical grade stretchable electronics.
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Gold nanoparticles with a slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA’s double helix.
Deceptive Viruses Trick Their Way Into Cells
Biomineralization-based virus shell engineering for functional modification of viruses to be used in cancer virotherapy or for vaccines
Gluing bones with polyurethane hierarchical nanocomposites
A new bone adhesive made with polyurethane and hydroxiapatite hierarchical nanocomposites shows great mechanical strength and biocompatibility.
A Breakthrough in Bio-imaging
Intracellular plasmonic imaging by exciting multi-mode resonances in split-ring resonators is reported in Advanced Optical Materials.
Artificial fingertips: Silicon for robot prosthetics
Elastomer-based skin has been developed for biomimetic artificial fingertip sensors.
Explosive Delivery Vehicles for Endosomal Release
Photo-induced endosomal release of drugs from a colloidal mesoporous silica platform using singlet oxygen to breakdown lipid envelopes.
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