Enlarge (credit: Corr et al. 2018) In 1545, freshly refitted to carry a greater number of heavy cannon, the warship Mary Rose sailed into battle against a French fleet north of the Isle of Wight. The debate over what happened next is still heated, but the most accepted version is that the added weight of […]
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How gold nanoparticles may make killing tumors easier
Enlarge / Nanoparticles (black dots) sit in the remains of a cell they’ve helped kill. (credit: University of Michigan) One of the ways to kill a cancer is to cook it, since heat can kill cells. The trick, of course, is to only cook the cancer and not the surrounding tissue. To do this, you […]
Nanoparticles fool your body into allowing organ transplants
Organ transplants are frequently life-saving, but they remain a gamble when your body can reject the new organ well after the initial surgery. Yale researchers have discovered a clever solution to this: prevent your body from noticing the organ until it settles in. They’ve developed a drug delivery system that uses nanoparticles to slowly supply […]