POSTS TAGGED AS drug delivery

A Stent with “Spines” for Drug Delivery

Kirigami stent
“Researchers at MIT have developed a kirigami-style stent that can provide localized drug delivery through needle-like projections that pop [MORE]

Smart Medicines

Label-free characterization of organic nanocarriers
“We [physicists at Washington State University] utilize X-rays resonant with molecular bonds to demonstrate an in-situ [MORE]

Nanofiber Drug Delivery

Self-assembling nanofibers prevent damage from inflammation
“Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage [MORE]

Super Sutures

Bioinspired tough gel sheath for sutures
“Inspired by tendon endotenon sheath, we (engineers at McGill University) report a versatile strategy to [MORE]

Nanoparticles that Stick to Skin Tumor Cells

 
Bioadhesive nanoparticles (white) adhere to skin cancer cells
Yale University biomedical engineers report this: “we developed a bioadhesive nanoparticle (BNP) drug [MORE]

Drug Loaded Nanoparticles Specific for Cancer Cells

 
Drug loaded nanoparticles dissolve in cancer cells
Ludwig Maximilian University (Munich) “researchers developed new nanoparticles that only release their drugs inside [MORE]

Magnetically Controlled Microrobots

Mechanically interlocked 3D multi-material micromachines
Engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) have developed microbots that can swim [MORE]

Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs to the Gut

Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs
From Johns Hopkins engineers:  “The parasite-inspired devices, which the researchers call “theragrippers,” each come equipped with [MORE]

Gold Nanotubes in Treating Mesothelioma

Golden nanotubes deliver drugs to treat cancer
From University of Cambridge: “Gold nanotubes (AuNTs) represent an intriguing subset of 1D nanomaterials. [MORE]

An “Electronic Blood Vessel”

Electronic blood vessel
Chinese bioengineers have developed an implantable device that mimics a blood vessel.  “By using poly(L-lactide-co-ϵ-caprolactone), which encapsulates liquid [MORE]

Laser Pulsing Propels Micro-Robot through GIT

Micro-robot uses laser pulses to move thru the body
Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 film about a miniature submarine swimming through the [MORE]

Delivering Insulin by Topical Cream

NTU Scientists apply temporal pressure to deliver drugs
Biomedical engineers in Singapore report this: “Tapping on established studies where magnets are [MORE]

A Microrobotic “White Blood Cell”

 
Robotic white blood cells deliver drugs directly to cancer cells
Max Planck Institute bioengineers have built microparticle drug-delivering artificial white blood [MORE]

Nanoparticle Targeting Tumor Cells

Dendritic polyglycerol
Dendritic polyglycerols are synthesized carrier molecules to which different kinds of labels (dyes, radiolabeling) and/or therapeutics (antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory [MORE]