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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...

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The 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...

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Neural 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...

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Self-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...

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Scientists 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...

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Inhalable 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...

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World'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...

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System 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...

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Cinnamon 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...

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Video: 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...

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Injectable 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...

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Neural 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…

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Self-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…

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Scientists 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…

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Inhalable 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…

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World'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?

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System 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…

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Cinnamon 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…

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Video: 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…

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Injectable 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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