News tagged with microcapsule
New 'microcapsules' put more medication into the bloodstream to treat disease
May 27, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body’s ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a “nano-hybrid ...
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Tiny capsules deliver drugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 12, 2009 |
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A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide drug delivery that targets diseased cells without harming the rest of the body, according to a team of chemical engineers. This ...
New polymer coatings prevent corrosion, even when scratched
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self-healing coatings being developed at ...
NEC Develops E-paper Enabling A3 and A4 Screen Displays with Multitiling
Oct 27, 2008 |
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NEC LCD Technologies today announced the successful development of multiple sizes (A3 and A4 equivalent) of electronic paper (e-paper) modules using the microcapsule electrophoresis system (see note 1).
Toward perfumed-clothing: Fabric-friendly 'microcapsules' hide unpleasant body odors
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Researchers in Portugal are reporting development of a new type of "microcapsule" filled with perfume and embedded in fabric for production of scented suits, socks, undergarments and other clothing.
Chemical signaling may power nanomachines
Mar 31, 2008 |
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In a finding that could provide controlled motion in futuristic nanomachines used for drug delivery, fuel cells, and other applications, researchers in Pennsylvania report that chemical signaling between synthetic ...
Carnegie Mellon researchers to develop new drug delivery system
Nov 02, 2007 |
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Carnegie Mellon University’s Stefan F. Zappe is using adult neural stem cells to develop a new stem cell-based drug delivery therapy that may ultimately help treat a variety of inherited genetic disorders like Hunter syndrome.
What's in your microcapsule? Tattoo ink -- and more
Jul 09, 2007 |
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In her Brown University laboratory, Edith Mathiowitz makes tiny particles coated in polymers. These microcapsules, some as small as the point of a pin, can carry medicines, genes, paints, pesticides – any ...
Fresh polymer coat offers diabetes hope
Mar 23, 2007 |
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More than 12 million people worldwide are afflicted with Type I diabetes, an autoimmune disease in which insulin-producing pancreatic islets are damaged, thereby impeding the body’s ability to regulate glucose concentrations ...
Rice student earns top Texas nano honors for nanoparticle assembly study
Jan 30, 2006 |
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The Nanotechnology Foundation of Texas has awarded Rice University doctoral student Vinit Murthy its 2006 George Kozmetsky Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Nanotechnology. The award includes a $5,000 prize.
New 'self-exploding' microcapsules could take sting out of drug delivery
Jan 03, 2006 |
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Belgian chemists have developed "self-exploding" microcapsules that could one day precisely release drugs and vaccines inside the human body weeks or even months after injection. The study, by researchers at Ghent University ...
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