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Scientists Develop Novel “Trojan Horse” Drug Delivery System Using Protein-Based Microdroplets

March 16, 2022
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Singapore — Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of delivering drugs into human cells using large biological molecules, by first...

Bacterial Enzyme Makes New Type of Biodegradable Polymer

March 16, 2022
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Washington, DC — Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of their versatile and environmentally friendly properties, these molecules could eventually...

Tiny Biohybrid Robots for Intelligent Drug Delivery

March 2, 2022
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Beijing, China — A review paper by scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology summarized recent advancements in use of intelligent biohybrid micro- and nanorobots for human medical applications. The...

Inspired by Bacteria and Sperm, Scientists Make Micro-Robot Swimmers

September 27, 2021
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Ithaca, NY — Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite their tiny size, these micro-robotic swimmers – whose movements...

Exosome Nanoporator: A Nanofluidic Device for Developing Exosome-Based Drug Delivery Vehicles

September 21, 2021
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Beijing, China — A research group led by Prof. YANG Hui from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reported a novel nanofluidic device for high-throughput...

Treating Infertility with Drug-Delivering Microspheres

September 20, 2021
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Beijing, China — For an embryo to survive, it must attach to the lining of the uterus within days of conception. However, if this lining, called the endometrium, is too thin, the embryo can’t latch...

Drug Delivery Capsule could Replace Injections for Protein Drugs

September 3, 2021
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Cambridge, MA — In recent years, scientists have developed monoclonal antibodies — proteins that mimic the body’s own immune defenses — that can combat a variety of diseases, including some cancers...

Alleviating Inflammation by NO-Scavenging and Delivering Drugs

August 31, 2021
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Pohang, South Korea — Have you experienced fever or swelling in the morning with stiff or sore joints? The cause of rheumatoid arthritis – a chronic inflammatory joint disease that can occur in various...

Stents Inspired by Paper-Cutting Art can Deliver Drugs to GI Tract

June 15, 2021
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Cambridge, MA — Inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper to create three-dimensional structures, MIT engineers and their collaborators have designed a new type of stent that...

Novel “Hydrogel” Carriers for Anti-Cancer Drugs Offer New Hope for Cancer Treatment

April 8, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Cancer therapy in recent times relies on the use of several drugs derived from biological sources including different bacteria and viruses, among others. However, these bio-based drugs...

New Drug Carrier Systems

October 12, 2020
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Newark, DE — University of Delaware Professor Kristi Kiick is leading collaborative research to create new drug delivery systems with the potential to improve treatment for diseases that affect connective...

Secure Nano-Carrier Delivers Medications Directly to Cells

September 28, 2020
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München, Germany — Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not only the unhealthy cells for which they are intended, but also reach and have an impact on healthy...

New Smart Drug Delivery System may Help Treatment for Neurological Disorders

September 21, 2020
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New Brunswick, NJ — A Rutgers-led team has created a smart drug delivery system that reduces inflammation in damaged nervous tissues and may help treat spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders. The...

Biologists Shed Light on How Cells Move Resources

July 26, 2020
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Tallahassee, FL — Florida State University researchers have new insight into the tiny packages that cells use to move molecules, a structure that is key to cellular metabolism, drug delivery and more. Their...

How Cancer Drugs Find Their Targets could Lead to New Toolset for Drug Development

June 18, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — In the watery inside of a cell, complex processes take place in tiny functional compartments called organelles. Energy-producing mitochondria are organelles, as is the frilly golgi...

New Way to Deliver Drugs in MOFs

April 6, 2020
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Warsaw, Poland — Scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in cooperation with the Faculty of Chemistry of the Warsaw University of Technology...

Fatty Acid in Triglycerides Proves Effective Platform for Biological Drug Delivery

April 2, 2020
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Houston, TX — We’ve all been warned about the dangers of triglycerides, the fat stored in your blood. But what if that unhealthy fat could effectively transport oral medication to your body and...

Scientists Create Supersensitive Nanomaterials for DNA Diagnostics and Targeted Drug Delivery

February 20, 2020
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Dolgoprudny, Russia — In 1900, German physician Paul Ehrlich came up with the notion of a “magic bullet.” The basic idea is to inject a patient with smart particles capable of finding,...

Microcapsules for Targeted Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells

December 10, 2019
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St Petersburg, Russia — A team of scientists from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) together with their colleagues developed a method of targeted drug delivery to cancer...

Nanoscale ‘Glass’ Bottles could Enable Targeted Drug Delivery

August 16, 2019
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Atlanta, GA — Tiny silica bottles filled with medicine and a special temperature-sensitive material could be used for drug delivery to kill malignant cells only in certain parts of the body, according...

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