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Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine technology to revolutionize the medical industry, suchas ingestible electronics for drug delivery and testing.
Neutralizing cancer through freeze-framed cells
Scientists from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions are using synthetic biology to…
Reovirus kills hepatitis virus and liver cancer cells
The researchers at the University of Leeds found that Reovirus stimulates the body's own immune system to kill off…
Message in a bottle, well, a chemical test tube
A machine that sends messages using common chemicals has been built by researchers. Among many potential…
Genetic circuits isolated within synthetic ‘cells’
Synthetic biology allows scientists to design genetic circuits that can be placed in cells, giving them new…
The HIV USB: Get tested in 30 minutes
Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick.
The device, created by scientists at Imperial…
Antibiotic-releasing nanofibers prevent joint surgery infections
Scientists at The Johns Hopkins University show, in a proof-of-concept study with mice, that a novel coating they…
Nano-decoy ensures human influenza A virus self-destructs
To infect its victims, influenza A heads for the lungs, where it latches onto sialic acid on the surface of cells.…
Could you swallow your surgeon whole?
The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard…
Nanorobots are tackling cancerous tumors
Researchers from Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and McGill University have just achieved a…
Nanomachine diagnostics at genetic level
Along with former graduate student Divita Mathur, Professor Eric Henderson, studies how to build nanomachines that…