A new self-assembling hydrogel drug delivery system that can not only deliver clinically approved drugs in high concentrations, but also do away with any toxic residue in the process has been developed by a research team involving an Indian origin scientist.
Developed by scientists from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, the system is biocompatible, efficient at drug release, and is also easy to tailor.
Nanostars Made of Gold and Silver may Revolutionize Disease Diagnosis
Using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), scientists have now demonstrated that gold and silver nanostars are more effective than commonly used nanorods and nanospheres for
Using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), scientists have now demonstrated that gold and silver nanostars are more effective than commonly used nanorods and nanospheres for
"This strategy could serve as the platform technology for developing drug-based delivery carriers that can release drugs such as anti-inflammatory agents on demand in response to inflammation, for example," said Jeffrey Karp, MD, instructor of medicine at the HST Center for Biomedical Engineering at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and a co-corresponding author on this manuscript.
"Converting known, clinically-practicing drugs into amphiphilic molecules which can undergo self-assembly is the key development in our present research; this may eliminate the need for an external carrier for delivering drugs" said Praveen Kumar Vemula, PhD, research fellow in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Tumor Cells can Be Killed With Nanoparticles and Light Combo
University of Virginia medical physicists have come up with a new idea to kill tumour cells with the help of nanoparticles and light.
University of Virginia medical physicists have come up with a new idea to kill tumour cells with the help of nanoparticles and light.
The findings, which are now available on Science Direct, will be published in the Nov. 25 issue of Biomaterials.
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Nano Cargo Ships to Seek Out and Destroy Cancerous Tumours Created
American scientists, including an Indian-origin researcher, have created nanometre-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream, and ferry anti-cancer
American scientists, including an Indian-origin researcher, have created nanometre-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream, and ferry anti-cancer
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Better Drug Delivery Method to Fight Cancer Developed
Nanoparticles are equipped with homing devices, in the form of antibodies that are attracted only to antigens on the surface of cancer cells.
Nanoparticles are equipped with homing devices, in the form of antibodies that are attracted only to antigens on the surface of cancer cells.
