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A simple pulse of light can control the activity of a molecule at a specific location without affecting surrounding cells, thereby limiting unwanted side-effects.

Scientists Create ‘Light Switch’ for Precision Drug Delivery

Categories Health, Technology

From top left: Biologist Bryan Hsu with immunologist Liwu Li. Bottom left: Zachary Baker, a doctoral student in the Hsu Lab, and research assistant professor Yao Zhang from the Li Lab.

Biologists transform gut bacteria into tiny protein pharmacies

Categories Health

Riccardo Rampado & Prof. Dan Peer

Scientists Hack Body’s Natural Highway to Deliver Drugs Straight to the Gut

Categories Health, Technology

Brain barrier-crossing conjugates enable the systemic delivery of large therapeutic molecules to the brain.

New Method Delivers Medicine Past Brain’s Natural Defense Shield

Categories Brain & Behavior

A zinc-air microbattery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.

Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Sound waves

New Drug Delivery Method Hits the Bullseye

Categories Health, Technology

Using a microscopy image and graphic rendering, the artists illustrate a minimal synthetic cell that can sense a directional chemical cue and self-organize in response.

‘Synthetic’ cell shown to follow chemical directions and change shape, a vital biological function

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans, Technology

Colored SEM image of a microrobot made of an algae cell (green) covered with drug-filled nanoparticles (orange) coated with red blood cell membranes. Scale bar: 2 µm.

Microrobots Deliver Cancer-Fighting Drugs Directly to Lung Tumors, Boosting Survival in Mice

Categories Health, Technology

Dr. Shyh-Dar Li and Dr. Jiamin Wu

Oral insulin drops offer relief for diabetes patients

Categories Health, Technology

Foam containing gene therapy components is placed in a lab dish.

Medicated foam could make gene therapies more accessible

Categories Health, Technology

Extracellular vesicles are small bubbles that cells can send to each other to exchange information. Image: Getty Images

Harnessing Cell Communication Bubbles for Targeted Cancer Treatment

Categories Health

L687 induces intracellular uptake of ASO through intracellular Ca2+ influx

New Compound Unlocks Cancer Cells for Targeted Gene Therapy

Categories Health

stripy liquid

Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids

Categories Physics & Mathematics

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