Nanobiotechnology

Nanochip device may treat traumatic muscle loss

Futurity: Technology that can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells now shows promise as a treatment for traumatic muscle loss, a study with rats shows. Tissue nanotransfection is a minimally invasive nanochip device that can reprogram tissue…

Nanoparticles in Medicine—Microbots to Blood Clots

IEEE Spectrum: As nanotechology burrows into an increasing number of medical technologies, new developments in nanoparticles point to the ways that treatments can today be nanotechnologically targeted. In one case, would-be end effectors on microrobots are aimed at clearing up cases…

Algae-Based Microrobots Deliver Antibiotics within Lungs

Medgadget: Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a microrobot system to treat bacterial pneumonia. The microrobots consist of living algal cells that can swim very effectively in biological fluids, allowing them to navigate throughout the lungs…

Granular Hydrogels for Improved Bioinks

Medgadget: Researchers at Penn State have developed a granular hydrogel that contains both hydrogel microparticles and self-assembling nanoparticles, and which could be highly suited for bioprinting purposes. The concept involves the nanoparticles becoming adsorbed onto the hydrogel microparticles and reversibly…