Tag: nanotechnology
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Genetic Acids Harnessed to Promote Wound Healing
A bioengineering team designed a way to use acids in DNA that in lab tests promote wound repair by encouraging production of healing proteins in surrounding tissues.
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Inhaled Messenger RNA Developed, Tested
An academic-industry team developed an inhaled form of genetic material in nanoscale particles that enables lab mice to safely produce proteins in their lungs.
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Nanoscale Bacteria Particles Deliver Cancer Drugs
An engineering lab developed techniques for delivering cancer drugs into tumors in lab cultures and mice with nanoscale polymer particles, aided by a strain of salmonella bacteria.
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Nanotech Gene Therapy Company Raises $8.5M in Seed Funds
A start-up company developing nanoscale particles to deliver gene-editing enzymes, including those for Crispr, is raising $8.5 million in its seed funding round.
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Nanotech Polymers Deliver More Effective Arthritis Therapy
A chemical engineering lab developed a process to help proteins combined with nanoscale polymers penetrate the cartilage in lab rodents and boost treatment for damage caused by osteoarthritis.
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Nanotech Immunotherapy Reduces Heart Transplant Rejection
Proteins known to regulate immune cells, given as nanoscale particles, are shown in lab mice to encourage long-term acceptance of a transplanted heart.
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Bio-Friendly Film Material Devised from Silk, Carbon Nanotubes
Materials scientists and engineers developed a new material with the natural mechanical and degradable properties of silk, but configured as a film better suited for flexible biomedical devices.
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Protein Delivered with Gold Nanoparticles Helps Fix Muscle Injuries
A bioengineering lab at Harvard University devised a technique using gold nanoscale particles to deliver a protein to reduce inflammation from muscle injuries in lab mice.
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Nanoscale Sponges Deliver Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
An engineering lab developed a technique to load molecules from white blood cells into tiny particles that act like sponges to reduce joint damage in lab mice from rheumatoid arthritis.
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Nanoparticle Process Designed to Detect, Treat Oral Bacteria
A bioengineering lab devised a way to quickly detect and treat bacteria responsible for tooth decay with a combination of X-rays and a non-toxic compound in nanoscale particles.