New disinfectants fight E. coli and related strains using metal-organic frameworks, leading to fewer by-products and increased efficiency.
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Curing diabetes, with a little help from polymer science: coating could make widespread treatment a reality
American researchers report new coating to improve promising treatment for Type 1 diabetes.
The need for speed: Developing coherent Raman scattering
Coherent Raman scattering methods have one key advantage over spontaneous Raman microscopy: speed. The (sub-)microsecond pixel dwell times offered by narrowband CRS imaging methods have initiated a new era of chemical imaging applications in biology and biomedicine.
Pitt Researchers Develop Synthetic Platform to Produce Materials for Specific Biomedical Applications
New platform shows promise in the advancement of tissue engineering and drug delivery
Nanoparticles on their way through the body – Medicine in miniature
Which pathways do nanomedicines take after they have been swallowed? Scientists find a recirculation pathway of polymeric micelles using multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy.
German Government and BASF Launch Long-Term Nanomaterial Safety Study
€5 million funding will enable externally advised project to study effect of nanomaterials on the lungs.
Is It Ripe? Carbon Nanotubes Can Sense Fruit
Carbon nanotube-based ethylene sensor establishes fruit ripeness
Simulated digestion: nanomaterials improve drug absorption
Materials which can improve drug absorption in the body have been developed using silicon dioxide nanoparticles.
More biocompatibility for polyurethane
Polyurethane can be made more biocompatible for medical devices by grafting chitosan on it.
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