A "gene silencer" (technically known as small interfering RNA, or siRNA), locally delivered by nanoparticles embedded in an ...

Scientists have developed a new nanoparticle-based strategy that could dramatically expand the range of disease-causing proteins that can be targeted by modern medicine. A newly released perspective i ...

Researchers have developed a nanoparticle platform that can deliver mRNA therapy to affected cartilage based on ...

Nitin Joshi, PhD, and Jingjing Gao, PhD, of the Department of Anesthesiology at Mass General Brigham, are the co-senior ...

Eye drop nanoparticles that shrink over time overcome the eye's natural defenses, delivering protein drugs to the retina and ...

Virus-built silver appears much more effective against bacteria than commercial silver. In A Nutshell Lab safety tests showed no harm to human kidney cells at concentrations 10 times higher than ...

Researchers at China Three Gorges University have reported a zirconium-coordinated nanomaterial that improves the water ...

Scientists at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Nanjing University in China have developed a new drug delivery system that could improve how treatments of cancers and other diseases are ...

Antimicrobial nanoparticles are materials with exceptional antimicrobial properties, capable of controlling bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Thanks to their unique physicochemical attributes, ...

The interaction of silver materials with light is well-known as the basis of film photography. But, there are much more ...

Waiting is the hardest part. Especially in the case of testing for water or food contamination, which can take days or even a week in some cases for the results, leaving the possibility that people ...