Day: April 19, 2023

Apr 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Cancer drugs that stimulate the body’s immune system to attack tumors are a promising way to treat many types of cancer. However, some of these drugs produce too much systemic inflammation when delivered intravenously, making them harmful to use in patients. MIT researchers have now...

Apr 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the National Graphene Institute (NGI) have made 'intelligent' membranes whose 'memory' can be used in areas like smart separation technology, wound management, drug delivery, sensors and memory devices. "The history of membrane development spans more than 100 years and has led to a...

Apr 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A hitherto unknown mechanism for DNA folding is described in a study in Nature ("The Smc5/6 complex is a DNA loop extruding motor") published by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics. Their findings provide new insights into chromosomal processes that...

Apr 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A thin, flexible gold sensor engineered at The University of Queensland (UQ) has the potential to unlock the next generation of implantable medical devices. Using a brand-new engineering method, researchers at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) were able to produce a small...

Apr 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In the pursuit of innovative solutions that harmoniously blend with the natural world, researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa have developed the first 3D-printed seed-robot, known as I-Seed. Inspired by the shape of a seed and capable of navigating through soil...

Apr 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are novel therapeutics that can be used to treat a wide range of diseases. This has led to a growing demand for selective, efficient, and safe ways of delivering siRNA in cells. Now, in a cooperation between the Universities of Amsterdam...