Focused ultrasound paired with microbubbles can get drugs into the brain, but no intensity of sonication allows large molecules to penetrate very far
Blood–brain barrier best breached by small molecules
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Life-size 3D printed models aid doctors
The models mimic hearts, spines and other body parts, giving doctors a better understanding of a patient’s condition prior to surgery. These models also provide better training methods and medical visualizations
Multifunctional nanoparticles show promise for cancer therapy and imaging
Bismuth gadolinium oxide nanoparticles could act as a theranostic agent to enhance radiotherapy and increase image contrast
A better way to grow multiple organs
A research team develops an improved method to grow an organoid model of the liver, bile duct and pancreas
Smallest ever spectrometer can image single cells
Smallest ever spectrometer based on a single nanowire
Aerogel support for enzymes
The benefits of the immobilization of the enzyme is that it can be highly active during the reaction, protected from damage, and then easily removed for use again once the reaction is complete
Adult fly intestine could help understand intestinal regeneration
Understanding how tissues sense stress and promote their resilience and repair will provide novel therapeutic strategies
Added to gene therapy, compound enable faster and effective treatments
Research team finds that a nontoxic molecule closely related to resveratrol can overcome barriers to delivering gene therapy into stem cells
Targeted treatment guides radiation directly to pancreatic tumours
Alpha therapy targeting a protein in the tumour stroma could provide a new treatment for pancreatic cancer