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Infographic: Vaccinating Against Tumors

Shelby Bradford, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 1 min read

Cancer vaccines offer the opportunity to use the patient’s own immune system in the fight against tumors.

Which Gene Therapy Delivery Vector Will Emerge Victorious?

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Oct 2, 2023 | 2 min read

In the race to deliver successful gene therapies, frontrunner AAVs come head to head with underdog lipid nanoparticles.

Discover How to Design Sensitive Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow Assays

Go with the Flow: Adapting Lateral Flow Assays for Nucleic Acid Detection

The Scientist and nanoComposix | 1 min read

Scientists incorporate sensitive nanoparticles to rapidly detect DNA and RNA.

SARS-CoV-2 self-assembling virus-like nanoparticle with spike proteins protruding from the surface.

New Technology Improves SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine-Induced Immune Responses

Elina Kadriu | May 30, 2023 | 3 min read

mRNA-encoded self-assembling enveloped virus-like particles presenting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enhance immunity and may provide better protection against viral variants.

Lipid nanoparticle delivers treatment to a cancer cell.

Researchers Develop a CRISPR-Based Therapy That Penetrates Solid Tumors

Jennifer Zieba, PhD | Oct 10, 2022 | 3 min read

By packaging lipid nanoparticles with elements that decrease the fibrous nature of solid tumors, researchers can deliver CRISPR therapies in a more efficient manner.

An immunoglobulin, also known as an antibody, floating in solution.

Shining a Light on Mass Photometry

The Scientist and Refeyn | 3 min read

Mass photometry is an interferometric scattering-based technique offering researchers unprecedented characterization of biomolecular complexes and oligomerization in physiologically-relevant situations.

Salmonella (pink) invading a human epithelial cell (yellow)

Modified Salmonella Revs Immune Response, Combats Tumors in Mice

Natalia Mesa, PhD | Feb 3, 2022 | 5 min read

When coated with positively charged particles, the bacteria shuttled antigens out of tumors and activated the immune system, a study finds.

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Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain

Asher Jones | Mar 30, 2021 | 5 min read

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

Exosomes, microvesicles, and apoptotic bodies: The three major types of extracellular vesicle.

Extracellular Vesicles: Applications and Potential

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences | 1 min read

Explore why extracellular vesicles are attractive candidates for new therapeutic approaches.

Infographic: Building Bacteria to Fight Cancer

Simone Schuerle and Tal Danino | Apr 1, 2020 | 3 min read

Researchers are engineering microbes to deliver therapeutics specifically to tumors, maximizing the treatments’ efficacy while minimizing side effects.

Bacteria as Living Microrobots to Fight Cancer

Simone Schuerle and Tal Danino | Apr 1, 2020 | 10+ min read

Autonomous, living microrobots that seek and destroy cancer are not as futuristic as one might imagine, thanks to a fusion of robotics and synthetic biology.

Getting More Lateral Flow Test Sensitivity with Nanoshell Probes

The Scientist and nanoComposix | 3 min read

Silica-gold nanoshells highlight how good probe design can boost assay performance.

Air Pollution Tied to Brain Cancer: Study

Emily Makowski | Nov 13, 2019 | 2 min read

Inhaling combustion-produced particles may lead to the development of brain tumors.

Light-Activated Nanodevices Control Cells

Ruth Williams | Sep 1, 2019 | 3 min read

DNA-coated gold nanorods enable cells to be activated by light without genetic manipulation.

Infographic: Optogenetics Without Genetic Engineering

Ruth Williams | Sep 1, 2019 | 1 min read

DNA-loaded nanoparticles that respond to infrared light provide an alternative way to control cell behavior.

Nanoparticles Let Mice See Near Infrared Light

Abby Olena, PhD | Feb 28, 2019 | 4 min read

Researchers injected the retinas of mice with nanoparticles that bound to photoreceptors and converted near-infrared light to green light that the animals could see.