Sentences with phrase «like nanoparticles»

«The potential therapeutic value of this finding is important because we could deliver MIR506 directly to pancreatic cancer cells using technologies like nanoparticles and exosomes,» Zhang said.

These cells can go in and fix the damaged tissue inside, almost like nanoparticles.

Not exact matches

They may ask you specific questions about ingredients, like GMOs, animal feed, antibiotics, nanoparticles, fragrance disclosure or the country of origin of your ingredients.

Scientists at the University of Florida Particle Engineering Research Center and personal products manufacturer Kimberly - Clark recently found an answer by coating silica nanoparticles with copper ions, a potent odor - fighting combination that could be used in powders and spritzes, mixed with cat litter, or embedded in products like garbage bags.

The plastic nanoparticle attracted the toxin and fit it like a cast, neutralizing it.

Lanza also designed the nanoparticles to carry targeting molecules that home in on and bind to cancer cells that carry the complementary receptor, like a lock and key.

When they soaked the bacteria in a solution of the nanoparticles and heated the mixture, the beads, rods and crescents stuck to the bacteria, like so many Lucky Charms marshmallows clinging to the underside of a wet spoon.

The first, called bio-bar-code assays, relies on nanoparticles designed to attach themselves to specific disease - causing proteins; these will vastly improve a doctor's ability to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's in their early stages and to identify pathogens like anthrax.

What about skin creams like sunblocks that contain nanoparticles?

«We need to design nanoparticles that will, like a lock - and - key mechanism, travel through the body and interact only with the diseased cell surface,» says Marth.

«The nanoparticles behaved like grains of sand being concentrated on a beach by crashing waves,» said Kelly.

Shukla hopes to further develop the nanoparticles to work against HIV, which like HSV - 2 also has positively charged proteins embedded in its outer envelope.

Further discoveries and patents led to WGM biosensors capable of gauging the mass of viruses, proteins and other nanoparticles by sending them into spacecraft - like orbit around the micro-bead, thanks to a photonic «tractor beam» caused by the resonating light.

The clay nanoparticles would spread out like sheets of paper scattered across a floor and keep air molecules from escaping, which kept the balls firm for an unusually long time.

That revolution in medical diagnostics could be made possible by products like the Verigene system, which uses DNA - coated gold nanoparticles to identify telltale proteins and important genes.

The new study suggests that a similar technique could be used to attract local anesthetic - containing nanoparticles to specific areas, as an alternative to local anesthetic block — like that used for foot and ankle surgery, for example.

Wang's technology uses nanoparticles that are shaped to fit like a lock - and - key to either THC or to reagents attached to a surface.

Nanoparticles are usually either hydrophobic — water - repelling, like oil — or hydrophilic, water - like, said Feng Wang, a post-doctoral researcher who shared first author - duties with Luo.

Then, to prevent droplets from getting trapped in the valleys, the team decorated the surface with glass nanoparticles coated with water - repellent Teflon - like molecules.

«Eventually we'd like to have a cocktail of two or three or four nanoparticles optimized against the principle protein toxins,» Shea says.

Shikuan Yang explained: «First we need to use noble metal nanoparticles, like gold.

At the UPV / EHU's Polytechnical College of San Sebastian they are working with particles that act like quantum dots, specifically with cadmium and selenium composite nanoparticles.

The work built off a seminal finding by Gao and colleagues, published in 2007 in Nature Nanotechnology, showing that nanoparticles, long believed to be biologically and chemically inert, could in fact possess enzyme - like properties.

Instead of simply applying an antibiotic to the teeth, they took advantage of the pH - sensitive and enzyme - like properties of iron - containing nanoparticles to catalyze the activity of hydrogen peroxide, a commonly used natural antiseptic.

Scientists are working with particles that act like quantum dots, specifically with cadmium and selenium composite nanoparticles.

She said Sánchez - Quiles's paper is not the first to recognize the murky water produced by commercial use of nanoparticles like TiO2.

Hearts are promising organs for the new technology because introducing nanoparticles into the wide - open spaces of the organ's atria and ventricles presents less of a challenge than incorporating the tiny magnets all throughout more solid structures like brains or livers, according to Kelvin Brockbank of Clemson University and Tissue Testing LLC, one of the authors of the paper who spoke to reporters during a 28 February teleconference.

«The nanoparticle is like a taxi carrying two important passengers,» Prof. Satchi - Fainaro continues.

«People have looked at the effects of nanoparticles on intestinal cells before, but they tend to work with really high doses and look for obvious toxicity, like cell death,» said Mahler.

Like lipoprotein nanoparticles, the MIT team's new lipopeptide particles are spheres whose outer membranes are composed of long chains with a fatty lipid tail that faces into the particle.

Modeled after platelets — cells that circulate in the blood and help stop bleeding by forming clots — the nanoparticles are less than 100 nm wide and made of synthetic polymers stuck together like a ball of wet sand.

Meanwhile, as the nanoparticle moves, it changes the width of the gap and, like tuning a guitar string, changes the frequency at which the plasmons resonate.

Because the plasmons are confined to the tiny gap, they are more sensitive than light is for sensing the motion of small objects like the gold nanoparticle.

They then attached acid molecules to the nanoparticles, forming rows of nodes (like lights lining the sides of airport runways) that strongly attract water.

If fluorescent nanoparticles were embedded in the glass pipettes, the unique luminescence of the hybrid glass could act like a torch to guide the pipette directly to the individual neurons of interest.»

Viewed under an electron microscope, the gold nanoparticles and nanowires appear fused together like berry clusters on a branch.

Because the nanoparticles are so small, the components often don't stay together and instead quickly separate, like oil and vinegar.

NOSHING ON NANO Nanoparticles can make foods like jawbreaker candies brighter and creamier and keep them fresh longer.

This strategy led to the discovery of NIR luminescence and also paves the way for other types of nanoparticle alloys that are useful not only in imaging, but in applications like catalysis for the industrial - scale conversion of fossil fuels into fine chemicals.

For example, some metallic nanoparticles convert light into plasmons, waves of electrons that flow like a fluid across a particle's surface.

The drug to be delivered is then stuffed inside the nanoparticle cage like the meat in a ravioli.

Plasmons are waves of electrons that slosh like a fluid across the surface of tiny metallic nanoparticles.

«What we have shown is that nanoparticles of inorganic materials, just like the organic materials like early amino acids, can not only self - assemble, but can do so in a way that exhibits chirality,» said Nicholas Kotov, the Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering and a professor of chemical engineering, materials science and engineering and molecular science and engineering at U-M.

Furthermore, the scientists found that by adjusting variables like the molecular weight of the fluorine rubber, they could control the distribution and population of nanoparticles, while the presence of surfactant and heating accelerated their formation and influenced their size.

«Depending on relative energy separation, the system can be tuned to behave more like PCA or more like the CdSe nanoparticle,» says Castellano.

Now their research has leaped forward: «Research on mice can not directly translate to humans, so we wanted to test if these nanoparticles work on large animals, like dogs, rabbits and monkeys.

Just like the pollen grain observed by Brown, the nanoparticle constantly collides with the molecules surrounding it and these random interactions occasionally push the nanoparticle over the barrier.

The biomarkers stick to the antibodies on both and act like glue, causing the silver nanoparticles to accumulate on the outside of the magnetic particles.

Then, they etched the nanoparticles off the film; the resulting interconnected pores — called «mesopores» because of their size — cause the otherwise stiff material to behave somewhat like a sponge.

People are trying to use new materials like plastics and nanoparticles.