NEWSROOM

Nanotechnology is significantly advancing medicine. Tiny, specially designed particles deliver active substances into diseased cells or have a healing effect themselves. To ensure that this happens as safely and effectively as possible, the behaviour of the nanoparticles after entering a cell must be studied in detail. Synchrotron radiation sources offer the best opportunities for this. In particular, the planned PETRA IV X-ray microscope at DESY promises detailed insights.

Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists at King’s have developed a nanoneedle patch that painlessly collects molecular information from tissues without removing or damaging them. This could allow healthcare teams to monitor disease in real time and perform multiple, repeatable tests from the same area – something impossible with standard biopsies.

A team of researchers from Brown University has developed a new nanotechnology-based approach that could improve treatment of fungal infections, particularly those caused by the increasingly drug-resistant Candida species.

Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed first-of-its-kind eyedrops that use synthetic nanoparticles to help the eye regenerate cells that have been damaged by mustard keratopathy, or exposure to mustard gas, and other inflammatory eye diseases, detailed in a recent study published in the journal NPJ Regenerative Medicine.

A team of Brown University researchers has identified a promising new approach that may one day help to restore vision in people affected by macular degeneration and other retinal disorders.

ICN2 researchers have developed a portable, wireless biosensor for the detection of glucose in urine based on Prussian-blue nanoparticles.