February 19, 2021
(Washington Post) Scaling up production of formerly niche substances such as lipid nanoparticles for a global vaccine drive has been among the most complex challenges facing the Biden administration as it aims to ramp up the frustratingly slow provision of … Read More
December 4, 2020
(STAT News) – While the first two Covid-19 vaccines relying on messenger RNA technology speed toward regulatory approval in the U.S., it’s worth remembering the vehicle that gets them where they need to go in the body. Lipid nanoparticles are … Read More
October 24, 2019
(Newsweek) – The results of a clinic trial suggest medical nanotechnology could lead to new effective treatments for celiac disease and a rash of other ailments. The treatment, called CNP-101/TAK-101, was developed at Northwestern University. It utilizes microscopic nanoparticles in … Read More
October 14, 2019
(Psychology Today) – This post is offered as a concise overview of important advances in artificial intelligence that will soon impact the way mental health care is practiced in day to day clinical settings. The result will be more individualized … Read More
September 16, 2019
(Knowable Magazine) – Instead of Doctor Who, this enterprise envisions something more like a real-life version of Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 movie novelized by Isaac Asimov. In that story scientists shrank a submarine (with people inside) to the size of … Read More
September 4, 2019
(The Atlantic) – Lethal, largely autonomous weaponry isn’t entirely new: A handful of such systems have been deployed for decades, though only in limited, defensive roles, such as shooting down missiles hurtling toward ships. But with the development of AI-infused … Read More
June 21, 2019
NanoEthics (vol. 12, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Giving Voice to Patients: Developing a Discussion Method to Involve Patients in Translational Research” by Marianne Boenink, Lieke van der Scheer, Elisa Garcia, and Simone van … Read More
June 19, 2019
Science and Engineering Ethics (vol. 24, no. 6, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Food Warden: An Exploration of Issues in Distributing Responsibilities for Safe-by-Design Synthetic Biology Applications” by Zoë Robaey, Shannon L. Spruit, and Ibo … Read More
May 22, 2019
(The Conversation) – One nanometre is one billionth of a metre. Chemical and physical interactions at the nanoscale are way smaller than our eyes can see. Medicines, tiny sensors, fast computers and food science are all ways we can put … Read More
May 3, 2019
(Science) – Car crashes, battle wounds, and surgeries can leave people with gaping holes in soft tissue that are often too large for their bodies to repair. Now, researchers have developed a nanofiber-reinforced injectable gel that can rebuild missing muscle … Read More
