Researchers combined micro and nano approaches to improve stem cell therapies and outcomes after ischemia, or inadequate blood supply
“Nano-in-micro” stem cell delivery could rescue blood flow after injury
Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology
Tiny laser inside your body could detect cancer, then dissolve
A new postage stamp-sized device could be injected into the body to help with medical imaging
Carbon nanotubes found safe for reconnecting damaged neurons
May offer future hope for patients with spinal-cord injury
Spinal discs and fish skins inspire contradictory materials
Scientists have increased the stiffness, or “elastic modulus”, of a soft silicon-based polymer by infusing it with tiny pockets of liquid gallium
Sweet bioactive nanomaterial can promote bone growth
A novel “sugar-coated” nanomaterial can promote the growth of new bone, as well as other bodily tissues, with minimal use of growth factor
Making vessels leaky on demand could aid drug delivery
Scientists use magnets and nanoparticles to open, close gaps in blood vessels
A living programmable biocomputing device based on RNA
Can sense and analyze multiple complex signals in living cells for future synthetic diagnostics and therapeutics
Tiny robots swim the front crawl through your veins
Cartoon plot devices have now become the basis for modern medicine
Copper-containing nanoparticles boost bone repair
Copper-containing mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles are versatile, multifunctional and can carry active agents to the site of bone damage