Sentences with phrase «uses nanoparticles»

New portable water filter uses nanoparticles to remove biological and heavy metal pollutants

Researchers designed a new lithium - ion battery system that uses nanoparticles that swell to store more energy without increasing the size of the battery.

The new technology, dubbed «solar steam», uses nanoparticles submerged in water to convert the sunlight into heat.

One of the major obstacles to transplant medicine may soon melt away, thanks to a technique that uses nanoparticles to rapidly rewarm delicate frozen tissues.

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.

On / off switching of hydrogen production was achieved using the nanoparticle catalyst because it could be easily separated from its organosilane substrate by filtration.

«For years, researchers have focused on delivering more chemotherapy drugs into cancer cells using nanoparticles, without targeting the root of drug resistance,» He said.

To address this challenge, our research group is using nanoparticles not only to deliver more chemotherapy drugs to the target site within cancer cells, but also to compromise the function of the efflux pumps and thereby significantly improve safety and efficacy of cancer therapy.»

Dionne is now cooking up other creative ways to use these nanoparticles.

The researchers also use nanoparticle catalysts to optimize the soap structure for foaming ability and other cleaning capabilities.

Rubner used nanoparticles made of silica, the same material glass is made of, to create a coating with a rough surface.

Now, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have used nanoparticles to successfully deliver a new therapy to glioma cells in the brains of rats, prolonging their lives.

When Gao joined Koo's lab in 2013, he proposed using these nanoparticles in an oral setting, as the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide produces free radicals that can kill bacteria.

Using nanoparticles shortens diffusion length, enhancing the capability of fast charging and discharging.

Using nanoparticles designed and screened for endothelial delivery of short strands of RNA called siRNA, the researchers were able to target RNAi to endothelial cells, which form the linings of most organs.

To demonstrate the potential for treating lung disease, the researchers used the nanoparticles to block two genes that have been implicated in lung cancer — VEGF receptor 1 and Dll4, which promote the growth of blood vessels that feed tumors.

To develop subunit vaccines for other diseases, scientists have tried targeting them to lymph nodes using nanoparticles to deliver them, or tagging them with antibodies specific to immune cells in the lymph nodes.

This natural defense process has been mimicked by the Mainz - based team of chemists using nanoparticles of cerium dioxide.

The investigators used the nanoparticle plus the iRGD to deliver irinotecan in a robust animal model for pancreatic cancer that closely mimics human disease.

They found a way to block it using a nanoparticle - carried small interference RNA, which enables the skin to heal faster.

More researchers are using nanoparticles to deliver lethal toxins specifically to cancer cells, leaving regular cells unharmed.

In 1996, he introduced the concept of using nanoparticles as atoms and synthetic DNA — the blueprint of life — as a chemically programmable bond to make designer materials based upon the ability of the particles to recognize one another through sequences immobilized on their surfaces.

Some sun screens, for example, use nanoparticles to block harmful ultraviolet rays.

Ramesh Raliya, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher, and Pratim Biswas, PhD, the Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, both at the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, are addressing this issue by using nanoparticles to boost the nutrient content and growth of tomato plants.

«These findings open up new opportunities for using nanoparticles as a platform for combination therapies,» said Yu - Ying He, an associate professor of medicine and dermatology at UChicago who is familiar with the work.

Researchers at University West in Sweden have started using nanoparticles in the heat - insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat.

Now scientists are able to get the antibodies they specifically desire by using nanoparticles that connect antigens, the active parts of a vaccine, with molecules that stimulate the immune system.

Using nanoparticles with payloads of drugs to target specific tissues in the body is nothing new, Cheng said.

«In our research, we use nanoparticles - the liposomes we have created with TRAIL protein - and attach them to natural killer cells, to create what we call «super natural killer cells» and then these completely eliminate lymph node metastases in mice,» said King.

«Many current approaches use nanoparticles to deliver RNAi drugs into cells,» said Steven F. Dowdy, PhD, professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the study's principal investigator.

At a time when gene therapy has been revived as a potent form of cancer treatment, a new approach would use nanoparticles, rather than viruses, to deliver strands of DNA or RNA to tumors.

«The ability to target tumors is one of the primary reasons for using nanoparticles as therapeutics to treat solid tumors.»

School of Allied Health Sciences» Steen Madsen is exploring new treatment methods for primary brain tumors — tumors that originate in the brain — using nanoparticles and lasers.

The team used nanoparticles to carry the CRISPR components, eliminating...

We've used these nanoparticle supersoaps to print tubes of water that last for several months.»

Bicontinuous structured liquids with sub-micrometre domains using nanoparticle surfactants by Caili Huang, Joe Forth, Weiyu Wang, Kunlun Hong, Gregory S. Smith, Brett A. Helms & Thomas P. Russell.

Using nanoparticles, Yale researchers have developed a drug - delivery system that could reduce organ transplant complications by hiding the donated tissue from the recipient's immune system....

Robert Reed [University of Arizona] and colleagues note that food and drink manufacturers use nanoparticles in and on their products for many reasons.

«When you deliver it using a nanoparticle vehicle, you essentially modify the pharmacokinetics of the drug molecule because it is now attached to the particle.

With all the excitement about using nanoparticles to deliver medication (drugs), there hasn't been much mention of removing these nanoparticles once they've served their purpose.

Buyers will be able to choose from nine exterior colors, including two different matte - grey looks and a new AMG Alubeam Silver finish that uses nanoparticle paint pigment to create a finish that mimics the appearance of liquid metal.

A new study from Duke University has managed to convert carbon dioxide into fuel by using nanoparticles and light.

The proposed hazardous materials ordinance amendment states: «The proposed amendment to Title 15 requires all businesses that manufacture or use nanoparticles to submit a written report of the current toxicology of the nanomaterials reported, and methods for safe handling, monitoring, containing, disposing, and tracking the inventory, thus assisting with prevention and mitigation of releases».

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The method involves tagging a molecular drug delivery vehicle with synthetic DNA that can then be used to see how cancerous tumors are responding to specific treatments (the drugs themselves are placed into these tagged nanoparticles).

Phase I funding — which allows up to $ 250,000 for an academic idea, such as decoding the genetic sequence of a protein or studying targeted drug delivery by using magnetic nanoparticles — is available from federal funding and foundations.

Cambridge, MA — February 6, 2017 — Aura Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing a new class of therapies to target and selectively destroy cancer cells using viral nanoparticle conjugates, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the investigational new drug application (IND) for the company's lead program, light - activated AU - 011 in ocular melanoma (OM).

Cambridge, MA — December 21, 2017 — Aura Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing a new class of therapies to target and selectively destroy cancer cells using viral nanoparticle conjugates, announced today that it closed a $ 30 million Series C financing.

Cambridge, MA — March 30, 2017 — Aura Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing a new class of therapies to target and selectively destroy cancer cells using viral nanoparticle conjugates, announced today that it has enrolled and dosed the first patient in its Phase 1b clinical trial of light - activated AU - 011, an investigational, first - in - class targeted therapy in development for the treatment of ocular melanoma, a rare and life - threatening disease.

Metal oxides such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are increasingly being used in sunscreens and cosmetics in the form of nanoparticles — microscopic particles of matter measured on the nanoscale.

Antimicrobials such as nanoparticles of silver or titanium dioxide can be used in packaging to prevent spoilage of foods.