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Therapeutic Delivery – News and Features

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News

Microplastic-Fed Mice Develop Glucose Intolerance

According to Amy Parkhurst, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis, micro- and nanoplastics could be damaging our livers and increasing our chances of developing glucose intolerance.
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News

Insect Protein Boots Out Bacteria, Blocking Infection

A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results demonstrating the material’s potential for preventing medical implant infection.
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News

Engineered Platelets Expand the Possibilities for Targeted Drug Delivery

A new method for targeted drug delivery uses chemically tagged platelets, offering fast, efficient treatment with minimal long-term drug presence.
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Industry Insight

Are We Close to a Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure?

Learn how CD34+ stem cells may help heart attack patients recover. A look at cutting-edge cell therapies and what's coming next in cardiac care.
Lipid nanoparticles containing mRNA vaccine.
News

“Stealthy” Lipid Nanoparticles Avoid the Immune System To Deliver mRNA

A new material developed at Cornell could significantly improve the delivery and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines – used to fight COVID-19 – by replacing a commonly used ingredient that may trigger unwanted immune responses in some people.
A collection of different pills under a microscope, representing the identification of new drug combinations.
News

Cancer Therapy Drug Combination Prolongs the Life of Mice

Taken together, rapamycin and trametinib were found to extend the lifespan of mice by around 30 percent and work better than either of the drugs alone.
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News

Nano-Biosensor Lets Scientists Monitor Drugs in the Body in Real Time

The Blood In situ Tracking (SENSBIT) system remained fully functional for up to a week when implanted directly into the blood vessels of live rats.
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News

Nano-Scale Biosensor Lets Scientists Monitor Molecules in Real Time

Scientists have engineered a new type of sensor to monitor substances in the body over long stretches – measuring reactions for up to a week after being implanted in living rats.
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News

Nasal Spray Gene Therapy Can Better Target the Lungs and Airway

Researchers have developed a new gene therapy that can be delivered using a nasal spray, ensuring that the therapeutic is efficiently delivered to where it is needed in the lungs and airway.
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News

Method That Reveals the Structure of Lipid Nanoparticles Could Improve Drug Delivery

Scientists demonstrated a new cryogenic mass spectrometry approach for depth profiling frozen tiny lipid nanoparticles to reveal the layers and orientation of the constituent molecules. This method could be used to help improve drug delivery.
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