Collaborate Disseminate
No matter how useful a given drug may be, it’s a problem if it has adverse effects on healthy cells. Now researchers have demonstrated a new way to keep drugs on target, by wrapping them in a transport that can only be unlocked by a certain RNA sequenc… Continue reading Synthetic DNA locks up drugs in the body – and only cancer has the key
No matter how useful a given drug may be, it’s a problem if it has adverse effects on healthy cells. Now researchers have demonstrated a new way to keep drugs on target, by wrapping them in a transport that can only be unlocked by a certain RNA sequenc… Continue reading Synthetic DNA locks up drugs in the body – and only cancer has the key
One day microscopic robots could be crawling through your body, clearing out disease or delivering drugs. And now we’re one step closer to that future, as scientists from Cornell University have created tiny robots powered by pulses of laser light.Cont… Continue reading Microscopic robot would use laser pulses to walk through the body
Derived from living organisms, biologic drugs show a lot of promise, particularly because they can be personalized to the unique needs of individual patients. They’re often difficult to inject through the skin, though, which is where a new hypodermic n… Continue reading Double-barrelled needle designed for quick injections of viscous drugs
A new drug delivery method inspired by traditional Chinese topical treatments has produced some impressive results as part of a study in Singapore. The research carried out at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) demonstrates how magnets can be u… Continue reading Magnets and a pinch of skin combine for slow, safe insulin delivery
Given how compounds such as flavoring slowly dissipate out of gum as it’s being chewed, scientists are now looking into the controlled oral delivery of drugs via medicated gum. A new robot is being designed with that in mind, as a way of standardizing … Continue reading “Chewing robot” could one day test medicated gum
Researchers at Harvard have developed a new platform for producing vaccines – and the secret ingredient is blood. The technique involves loading red blood cells with antigens that they can then use to generate a specific immune response, and tests in m… Continue reading New Harvard vaccine technique coats red blood cells in nanoparticles
In the future, many diseases may be treated by tiny robots swimming through the bloodstream, delivering drugs. The latest test of these kinds of medical machines comes from researchers at the Max Planck Institute, who took inspiration from white blood … Continue reading Robotic white blood cells crawl against the current to deliver drugs
Delivering drugs in a way that sees them target only the cells that need treating is a common objective for scientists in many areas of medical research, from cancer, to arthritis, to obesity. A breakthrough from an international team of researchers ra… Continue reading Violet light selectively switches on drugs in tiny groups of cells
Some bacteria are known to inject toxins into host cells using a syringe-like appendage. Past research has found that we might be able to hijack that as a new drug delivery system, and now scientists from the Max Planck Institute have developed a way t… Continue reading Bacterial attack system hijacked and controlled with light