Applications include a drug-delivery system to provide tailored drug doses for precision medicine, catheters, stents, cardiac pacemakers, and soft microbotics
Intricate microdevices that can be safely implanted
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Silver nanocubes produce full-color images
Using plasmonic silver nanocubes, researchers have developed a novel technique for printing and imaging across a range of colors
Synthetic biology: Designer cells treat diabetic mice
Kidney cells grown in the lab have been engineered to both sense and quickly respond to changes in blood glucose levels
Nanoarray sniffs out and distinguishes “breathprints” of multiple diseases
Noninvasive, inexpensive, and miniaturized portable device that screens breath samples to classify and diagnose several types of diseases
Nanoparticles awaken immune cells to fight cancer
In mice, new approach wipes out targeted tumor and metastases as well
How additives preserve vaccines
Scientists have found additives that, at low concentrations, extend the life of vaccines at room temperature
Shape memory foam composite fills deep wounds
Novel hemostatic treatment based on a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam combined with an antibacterial hydrogel suitable for deep wounds
Using graphene to detect brain cancer cells
By interfacing brain cells with graphene, researchers have differentiated a single cancerous astrocyte cell from a normal cell
Why are scientists shooting stem cells into space?
Studies aboard the International Space Station probe astronaut health and regenerative medicine