Vaccinations at a Tattoo Parlor
Tatooed Cool Optical Illusions German scientists have demonstrated that the tattoo needle may be a more effective way of delivering vaccines than the standard injections. In tests on mice, the tattoo...
View ArticleThe Beetle as Muse
Beetle Power The bombardier beetle spits out a dangerous jet of venom to ward off predators, and scientists are now figuring out how it expels the toxic stuff. According to an article in April's issue...
View ArticleNeural Stem Cells Don't Need to Be Surgically Implanted: You Can Just Snort Them
Say Hello To My 300,000 Little Friends Researchers found that snorting a large sample of stem cells through the nasal cavity will deliver a portion of them to the brain intact, ready to treat...
View ArticleSelf-Regulated Morphine Delivery for Wounded Warfighters
Safer Pain Relief Wounded soldiers could soon administer their own morphine without watchful medics U.S. Army Medics still use morphine to relieve the pain of wounded soldiers on the modern...
View ArticleScientists Devise A Means For Human Bodies To Break Down Carbon Nanotubes
White Blood Cells The enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO) found in certain white blood cells can break down carbon nanotubes into harmless water and carbon dioxide, opening the door to myriad medical devices...
View ArticleInhalable Local Anesthesia Could Replace Painful Needles at the Dentist
Inhalable Local Anesthesia Could Render That Needle Obsolete Your dentist may soon be moving from needle drugs to a snort-able variety. Researchers have found that local anesthesia delivered through...
View ArticleWorld's First DNA-Based Logic Gates Could Lead to Injectable Bio-computers
DNA Using DNA-based logic gates that behave like their electronic equivalent, we could someday engineer complex injectable computers that could monitor and treat our bodies from the inside. ynse via...
View ArticleSystem For Predicting How Nanoparticles Affect the Human Body Could Save Us...
Nanoscale Ferromagnetic Particles Nanoparticles possess lots of interesting properties that are only partially understood. That can be a problem when we introduce them to biological systems where they...
View ArticleCinnamon Could Replace Harsh Chemicals To Produce Gold Nanoparticles,...
Cinnamon Nanotubes? Cinnamon can be used as a replacement for toxic chemicals in the production of gold nanoparticles, scientists say. aziatische-ingredienten.nlA humble spice found in nearly every...
View ArticleVideo: Nanorockets Could Deliver Drugs Within the Body
Nanorockets in Your Body Wikimedia Commons The idea of nanorockets zipping around your body delivering drugs sounds a little Osmosis Jonesy, but German researchers have developed a less toxic fuel...
View ArticleInjectable Sponges Can Expand Inside The Body To Deliver Drugs
Moldable, Injectable Sponges Left: A fully collapsed square-shaped cryogel rapidly regains its original memorized shape, size, and volume upon hydration. Right: Photos show the placement of a cryogel...
View ArticleNeural Stem Cells Don't Need to Be Surgically Implanted: You Can Just Snort Them
When surgeons need to deliver a payload directly to a patient's brain, it usually involves a rather invasive procedure that opens the skull and leaves the delicate grey…
View ArticleSelf-Regulated Morphine Delivery for Wounded Warfighters
Medics still use morphine to relieve the pain of wounded soldiers on the modern battlefield, but have to watch out for morphine reducing breathing and blood pressure to…
View ArticleScientists Devise A Means For Human Bodies To Break Down Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes may not be so bad for you after all. Past studies have suggested that carbon nanotubes are biopersistent -- that the human body cannot break them down -- but…
View ArticleInhalable Local Anesthesia Could Replace Painful Needles at the Dentist
Your dentist may soon be moving from needle drugs to a snort-able variety. Researchers have found that local anesthesia delivered through an inhalable nasal spray quickly…
View ArticleWorld's First DNA-Based Logic Gates Could Lead to Injectable Bio-computers
We've got computers that run on a single iodine molecule and transistors made of just a handful of atoms, so why not create electronic components out of tiny strands of DNA?
View ArticleSystem For Predicting How Nanoparticles Affect the Human Body Could Save Us...
Almost exactly one year ago, two Chinese women earned the distinction of becoming the first humans to be killed by nanotechnology, after nanoparticles in a paint used in…
View ArticleCinnamon Could Replace Harsh Chemicals To Produce Gold Nanoparticles,...
A humble spice found in nearly every kitchen could yield a safer, simpler way to produce gold nanoparticles, according to a new study. Researchers say the cinnamon-infused…
View ArticleVideo: Nanorockets Could Deliver Drugs Within the Body
The idea of nanorockets zipping around your body delivering drugs sounds a little _Osmosis Jones_y, but German researchers have developed a less toxic fuel that might make…
View ArticleInjectable Sponges Can Expand Inside The Body To Deliver Drugs
A new class of gel-based sponges can be molded to any shape, soak up drugs or stem cells, shrink down and be injected into the body, where they inflate to their original…
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