Porous silica nanoparticles impregnated with nanoceria offer novel way to treat osteoporosis
Antioxidant nanoparticles promise osteoporosis treatment
Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology
Changing the silkworm’s diet to spin stronger silk
Researchers have produced cellulose nanofiber (CNF) synthesized silk naturally through a simple tweak to silkworms’ diet. Mixing CNF with commercially available food and feeding the silkworms resulted in a stronger and more tensile silk
DNA origami makes 3D superconducting nanostructures
Complex three-dimensional nanostructures could find use in quantum computing and magnetic field sensing
Tiny sensor technique reveals cellular forces involved in tissue generation
A team of researchers developed a technique that uses tiny polymer spheres to sense the forces at play as body tissue forms and grows
Molecular sweat sensor offers quick drug detection
“The developed technology would overcome the technological limitations on identifying drug and prohibited substance use and enable drug detection without invasive and ethical problems”
Ho Sang Jung
Ho Sang Jung
Living bioink could enhance bone repair and regeneration
A bioink containing both organic and inorganic elements of bone and laden with stem cells could improve treatments of injured or diseased bone
Gold nanotubes and infrared light could treat asbestos-related cancer
Gold nanotubes can enter mesothelioma cells and destroy them when heated with infrared laser light
Bioengineered hybrid muscle fiber for regenerative medicine
Regeneration of muscle tissue was achieved by combining direct cell reprogramming with natural-synthetic hybrid scaffold as structural support
Cancer cells get a load of ZIF
A metal organic framework coated with a cancer cell membrane has proved effective at delivering and releasing a cancer immunotherapy drug