drug delivery

Artificially-intelligent Robot Scientist ‘Eve’ could boost search for new drugs

Eve, an artificially-intelligent ‘robot scientist’ could make drug discovery faster and much cheaper, say researchers

An end to the medicine dropper for eye injuries?

For years, treating scratches and burns to the eyes has usually involved dropping medicine onto

Responsive material could be the ‘golden ticket’ of sensing

A new responsive material ‘glued’ together with short strands of DNA, and capable of translating

Louisiana Tech researchers use 3D printers to create custom medical implants

Breakthrough technology creates materials infused with cancer-fighting drugs, antibiotics A team of researchers at Louisiana

Carnegie Mellon Chemists Create Nanofibers Using Unprecedented New Method

The work offers a promising new way to fabricate materials for drug delivery and tissue

DNA pyramids, made with gold (Au) trackers and the germ-killer actinomycin D, are a potential new weapon in fighting bacterial infections. Credit: American Chemical Society
Using DNA to build a better, safer drug-delivery tool

Bacterial infections usually announce themselves with pain and fever but often can be defeated with

MagnetoSperm performs a flagellated swim using weak oscillating magnetic fields.
Here Come the “Brobots”

Sperm-Inspired Robots Controlled by Magnetic Fields May be Useful for Drug Delivery, IVF, Cell Sorting

Early tests of the “nanodaisy” drug delivery technique show promise against a number of cancers. Image credit: Ran Mo.
‘Nanodaisies’ Deliver Drug Cocktail to Cancer Cells

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed daisy-shaped, nanoscale structures that are made predominantly of anti-cancer drugs

The image shows a nanoballoon before (left) and after (right) being hit by a red laser. The laser causes the balloon to pop open and release the anti-cancer drugs directly at a tumor. Credit: Jonathan Lovell - See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2014/04/005.html#sthash.d1lfumAc.dpuf
Fighting cancer with lasers and nanoballoons that pop

New drug delivery method targets cancer cells – not the entire body – and limits

In this schematic representation, a hydrated polymeric nanoparticle is exposed to near-infrared light. The NIR heats pockets of water inside the nanoparticle, causing the polymer soften and allowing encapsulated molecules to diffuse into the surrounding environment.
Good Vibrations: Using Light-Heated Water to Deliver Drugs

This discovery represents a major innovation Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Skaggs

Electronically controlled drugs could minimize side effects

  Potential side effects of many of today’s therapeutic drugs can be downright frightening —

New injectable material could enable targeted drug delivery, embedded sensor tech

The system can lock its payload in place and control how it is released A

New Technique Targets Specific Areas of Cancer Cells with Different Drugs

Researchers have developed a technique for creating nanoparticles that carry two different cancer-killing drugs into

First plant-based ‘microswimmers’ could propel drugs to the right location

The scientists conclude that the microswimmers show great promise for future biomedical uses In the

Nanorobot for Transporting Drugs in the Body

The first step has been taken towards developing a nanorobot that – in the long