Researchers at CNBP have developed a new targeted treatment for cancer. Chemotherapy drugs are wrapped in “nano-bubbles” called liposomes, which are then injected into the desired part of the body and made to release their payload on demand, by applying X-ray radiation.
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A remarkable new study has successfully used the CRISPR gene editing system to edit a specific gene in mice engineered to have fragile X syndrome, a disorder often related to autism. The single gene edit in the live mice resulted in significant improvements in repetitive and obsessive behaviors.
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It's never a good thing when donated human blood – or even the blood in our bodies – is infected with bacteria. Scientists at the University of California San Diego, however, are developing a means of removing such blood-borne microbes using tiny ultrasound-powered robots.
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If the goose that laid the golden egg had a real-life counterpart, it would be C. metallidurans. This bacterium consumes toxic metals and excretes tiny gold nuggets, but how and why has never been fully understood. Now researchers have peered inside the microorganism and figured out that mechanism.
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Researchers have developed a new technique to make metamaterials with nanoscale structures that can be tuned with strange optical properties. Using DNA-modified gold nanoparticles, the team could change the material's color, opening the door for new sensors or cloaking devices.
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Engineers from Georgia Tech and Korea University have developed a new supercapacitor that’s designed to store more energy for longer – and it’s made out of ordinary paper, meaning it’s flexible enough to power wearable electronics.
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Creating a material that can alter its optical properties in real time has proved challenging for scientists, but a team has finally achieved a major breakthrough by developing a material that can transition from clear to reflective and back again using an array of gold nanoparticles.
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Researchers at Duke University have combined two techniques for fighting cancer. In one case, the mouse’s immune system not only destroyed the tumor, but stayed strong enough to ward off a later injection of cancer cells, raising hopes that the strategy could one day lead to a viable cancer vaccine.
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Cancer treatments could benefit from being more like a sniper and less like a shotgun blast. A new technique is taking that approach, allowing doctors to attach drugs to white blood cells and sneak them past the tumor’s defenses for a targeted attack that doesn’t affect healthy tissue.
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While removing the gold locked in electronics has heretofore been a toxic and inefficient proposition, researchers now think that a new process will make prospecting for the precious metals in electronics heaps more achievable than ever.
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