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DNA origami could allow for 'autonomous' delivery

Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute are using the method to develop self-assembling, self-destructing drug delivery vessels.

Charge-changing nanoparticles can help kill resistant bacteria

Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital may have found a nanotechnological solution to drug-resistant bacteria.

Nanodelivery could revive failed cancer treatment, 'forgotten' drugs

Thanks to a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina, an abandoned cancer drug might get a second chance.

'Green' nanoparticles get drugs across blood-brain barrier

Researchers at the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital are taking a cue from the body's natural delivery method to get drugs across the blood-brain barrier.

Researchers develop 'smart' nanostructures for drug delivery

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and Brown are developing self-assembling nanostructures that can break apart on their own to deliver drugs.

'Chemo bomb' nanotechnology effective in halting tumors

Researchers at Case Western University have developed a novel way of getting chemotherapeutic drugs into cancer cells.

Nano treatment could prevent cerebral palsy

Researchers from NIH believe that using a nanodevice to deliver drugs to the brain could be the key to preventing CP.

Nanotech-boosted drug lessens cerebral palsy symptoms in rabbits

A nanotechnology-enhanced, anti-inflammatory drug successfully treated newborn rabbits with cerebral palsy, government and university researchers say.

Nanosyringe could help treat brain tumors

A discovery by researchers at Rice University and the Methodist Neurological Institute could help deliver chemo drugs to brain tumor cells.

'Hitchhiking' gold nanostars can sneak into cancer cells

Researchers at Northwestern University are touting some positive results for an inventive drug delivery method.