New method allows researchers to directly measure nanoparticle degradation in real time within biological environments.
Therapeutics
New hydrogel promotes bone growth on titanium implants
New gel to promote bone growth on implants used in orthopaedic and dental surgical procedures.
Evaluating chemotherapeutic response in breast cancer
The need to develop biocompatible and biodegradable materials has intensified as the fields of bioengineering and regenerative medicine come of age.
Glutathione-sensitive nanoparticles get drugs straight to the source of cancer
Korean scientists have developed a tumor-targeted, bioreducible nanoparticle system that can deliver cytotoxic anticancer drugs to tumor tissues.
Anti-cancer system bursts nanoballoons with lasers
New drug delivery method targets cancer cells – not the entire body – and limits chemotherapy side effects.
Iron carbide nanoparticles: a new platform for tumor theranostics
New core/shell structure nanoparticles have been reported by a team led by Peking University researchers.
A Chemical Switch for Physical Release
Structural transformations of nanoscale boroxines allow the controlled release of guest molecules.
Engineering materials to inhibit the immune response
A research team have coated biomaterial surfaces with a naturally expressed molecule that inhibit the inflammatory activation of immune cells.
New nanoparticles can deliver multiple anti-cancer drugs
Nanoparticles can carry two different anti-cancer drugs and deliver them to separate parts of the cancer cell where they will be most effective.
Composite laminates might replace metallic implants
Researchers from Universities in Germany, Brazil, and Israel designed promising multilayer composites applicable as bone fracture fixation devices but also for other orthopedic applications.
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