Northwestern Medicine scientists in the laboratory of Stephen Miller, Ph.D., professor emeritus of Microbiology–Immunology, have identified the cellular and molecular mechanisms required for the ...

Antimicrobial nanoparticles are materials with exceptional antimicrobial properties, capable of controlling bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Thanks to their unique physicochemical attributes, ...

A nanoparticle’s safety is often determined by its toxicity on the human body. Toxicity can be defined in several ways, and it is not only the toxicity of the nanoparticle that is important but also ...

Researchers at Mount Sinai Health System and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have developed a new drug delivery approach that uses nanoparticles to enable more effective and targeted delivery ...

Nanotoxicology is an essential discipline within nanotechnology focused on assessing the potential hazards that nanoparticles can pose to the environment and human health. Given their nanoscale size, ...

Fragranced candles, sprays, and cleaners may smell pleasant, but new science shows they generate harmful nanoparticles that linger in the air and affect your health. Fragranced consumer products, such ...

Researchers at MIT have just developed a new lipid nanoparticle that super-enhances the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccine in mice to a hundred times its stand-alone effectiveness, thus offering ...