Researchers say nanoparticles could help engineer the spleen – a more promising long-term survival site than the liver – into a transplant hub.

Wenzhou Medical University researchers have reimagined the spleen as a viable site for islet transplantation, enabling long-term diabetes control without the burden of full immunosuppression ...

Nanoparticle-cell interface enables electromagnetic wireless programming of mammalian transgene expression by Ingrid Fadelli, Phys.org ...

Learn how nanoparticles cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and explore their potential in treating neurological disorders through targeted drug delivery.

Insulin spray could soon end the need for diabetes injections How does the oral insulin delivery system work? Insulin pills are equipped with nanocarriers which are nanoparticles measuring just ...

Nanoparticle being taken up by human cells, Hunt et al. 2024 Nature Nanotechnology "Our team is very excited to see if we can reproduce the absent hypoglycemia results seen in baboons in humans as ...

So, Jingjing Yang, Shaochun Tang, Yujun Song and colleagues wanted to design such a system, using biodegradable “nanoscavengers” that could potentially restore insulin sensitivity and treat type 2 ...

For type 1 diabetics, it's imperative that they maintain healthy blood glucose levels to avoid complications. Researchers have developed a self-adjusting nanoparticle-based insulin that may go ...

Designing such lipid nanoparticles that can target hard-to-reach organs, such as the heart or pancreas, could revolutionize treatment options for a wide range of conditions.

Steric hindrance and electrostatic interactions often prevent the subsequent development of clinically relevant nanoparticles to the in vivo stage. Researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Materia ...

Producing dry insulin nanoparticles through spray drying may open the door to dosage forms such as oral tablets or bioadhesive films.