T cells are supposed to be relentless. These white blood cells patrol the body, identify threats, and destroy them.

Penn Engineers have redesigned a key component of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the delivery vehicles behind mRNA vaccines, to ...

Discover how, using nanoparticles, New Phase aims to destroy cancer cells through controlled heat in a process known as ...

Researchers have created nanoparticles that can remove disease-driving proteins while also delivering a chemotherapeutic or ...

Professor Lisa Volpatti studied how surface chemistry shapes delivery, stability, and targeting in experimental medicines, ...

Researchers have developed a new lipid nanoparticle design that directs mRNA to the pancreas by exploiting the organ’s own ...

Researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in China have developed a streamlined process that makes it ...

Antimicrobial nanoparticles are materials with exceptional antimicrobial properties, capable of controlling bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Thanks to their unique physicochemical attributes, ...

Cuproptosis was discovered in 2022. It was a previously unknown type of cell death caused by an excess of copper. The ...

The biodegradable polymer Poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is widely regarded as safe for use in medical applications, seeing common use in the creation of particles used in in vivo studies.

Photothermal therapies utilize photosensitizing agents to convert applied light into heat. This release of energy results in localized damage to targeted cells or other therapeutic effects. Plasmonic ...

Researchers have discovered that how water binds to nanoparticles can determine whether a nanomedicine works or fails. A key finding.