A newly published Perspective article in Nature Nanotechnology details groundbreaking nanoparticle technology to eliminate ...

Scientists have developed a new nanoparticle-based strategy that could dramatically expand the range of disease-causing proteins that can be targeted by modern medicine. A newly released perspective i ...

Cancer cells have softer membranes than healthy cells. New nanoparticles exploit this physical difference to fuse selectively ...

Spherical and star-shaped gold nanoparticles (top) and colon cancer cells after approx. five hours of exposure to them (bottom, respectively). The photo in the bottom left corner proves that, despite ...

Magnetic nanoparticles engineered T cells inside living mice and guided them into solid tumors, achieving over 90% tumor ...

Understanding these microscopic messengers could change the fight against metastasis. Preventing cancer from spreading ...

As part of the first-in-human trial, participants received more than 15 times the standard dose of the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin every 21 days for up to one year. “Usually, a patient can only ...

Metastatic urothelial carcinoma has a poor prognosis: ~50% of muscle-invasive bladder cancer progresses to metastasis, and ...

To combat antimicrobial resistance, scientists search for novel treatments. Some of these therapies include nanoparticles, such as metal-based ones. In a bioprocess based on the fungus Fusarium ...

A new approach for cancer treatment involves the use of microalgal-derived nanoparticles. A recent review in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology examines their potential as a sustainable and ...

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging tumors to treat, partly because it is often discovered at advanced stages when the disease has already spread, or metastasized. About half of ...