Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA play a central role in gene therapies and vaccines. They store and transmit biological ...

The biodegradable polymer Poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is widely regarded as safe for use in medical applications, seeing common use in the creation of particles used in in vivo studies.

Cancer immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), are effective against many types of cancer. However, these treatments don’t work well for some tumors, including ovarian cancer (OC ...

Scientists have found a nanoparticle-inspired solution to the age-old strength issue of polymer glasses. Seasoning the polymer glass recipe with single-chain nanoparticles, which are tiny, folded-up ...

In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers developed nanocomposite coatings to prevent surface contamination by a human coronavirus (HCoV). Metals such as silver, copper, titanium oxide, and ...

While this protects the brain from external threats, it also presents a major challenge for treating neurological diseases, as many potentially therapeutic compounds are unable to cross. One potential ...

The Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group (GNano) at the University of São Paulo's São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC-USP) ...

Researchers are optimizing polymer-coated nanoparticles to increase their permeability across this barrier and consequently the delivery of encapsulated drugs in the brain. Treating diseases such as ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2023.230019 overviews optical trapping of optical nanoparticles. This article reviews the fundamentals and applications of optically ...