Small interfering RNAs—or siRNAs—hold promise to treat tumors, through their ability to specifically knock down oncogenes that promote tumor growth without the toxicity that accompanies chemotherapy.

Tiny robots built from biomolecules and nanoparticles have long promised a more precise way to deliver drugs, run chemical ...

Within an international collaboration of 30 scientists, TU/e professors Jan van Hest and Willem Mulder are working on nanotechnological research to accurately stimulate the immune system. The TU/e ...

Small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, hold promise to treat tumors, through their ability to specifically knock down oncogenes that promote tumor growth, without the toxicity that accompanies ...

Scientists at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have engineered polymer-based nanoparticles that form with a simple temperature shift. The team reports ...

Polymer vesicles, commonly termed polymersomes, are self-assembled, hollow nanostructures formed from amphiphilic block copolymers. They mimic the compartmentalised architecture of biological ...

An international team of researchers has developed miniscule, self-propelled devices that mimic the way cells move. These “nanoswimmers” cross the blood–brain barrier highly efficiently, and could ...

Artificial cells created in the laboratory offer a wide range of potential applications. Until now, however, their ...

Compared to liposomes, polymersomes of block copolymers (BCPs) possess enhanced stability, along with compromised bilayer permeability. Though polyion complex vesicles (PICsomes) from oppositely ...