A "gene silencer" (technically known as small interfering RNA, or siRNA), locally delivered by nanoparticles embedded in an ...

Researchers have developed a new optical computing material from photon avalanching nanoparticles. A research team co-led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Columbia University, ...

The interaction of silver materials with light is well-known as the basis of film photography. But, there are much more ...

Researchers devised a way to deliver drugs across the brain’s protective barrier using nanoparticles mimicking a fungal ...

A newly published perspective article in Nature Nanotechnology details groundbreaking nanoparticle technology to eliminate harmful, disease-causing proteins in the body.

Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb. Using a lab model, the researchers were ...

Osteoarthritis is a highly prevalent joint disease that leads to cartilage breakdown, pain and disability, yet there are ...

TPU chemists, together with their foreign colleagues, have experimentally proved that Argovit, a drug with silver ...

Lipid nanoparticles consist of spherical vesicles made of ionizable lipids with a positive charge at a low pH level, while being neutral at a physiological pH. Such a characteristic enables RNA ...

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