Microneedle-coated polymer particles rubbed onto the skin increase the delivery of medication by up to 37-fold
Read article: Tiny biodegradable stars enhance drug delivery to the skin
A creative spin on MRI technology measures the amount of drug delivered to a brain tumour
Read article: Breaking in: how ultrasound smuggles drugs past the blood–brain barrier
A thin coating that hides transplanted donor cells from the body’s immune system could enable a novel therapy for type 1 diabetes
Read article: Encapsulated islet transplants restore blood sugar control in diabetic mice
New technique could allow for the scalable production of vascular tissue networks for regenerative medicine
Read article: Artificial blood vessels grow with the help of mechanical forces
Integrated technologies from Mirion Medical can help physicists introduce theranostics into the clinic
Read article: Theranostics: building the bridge between nuclear medicine and radiation oncology
Experiments reveal how the electrical and thermal components of tumour treating fields contribute to glioblastoma cell death in clearly different ways
Read article: Decoupling electrical and thermal mechanisms could optimize brain tumour therapy
GeV-scale bremsstrahlung from an electron accelerator can be used to produce copper-64 and copper-67
Read article: Leftover gamma rays produce medically important radioisotopes
Low-level radiofrequency therapy inhibited the growth of glioblastoma cells and demonstrated clinical benefit in a patient with brain cancer
Read article: Tumour-specific radiofrequency fields suppress brain cancer growth
A mid-infrared femtosecond laser tuned to the collagen absorption peak can ablate pancreatic cancer while preserving healthy pancreatic tissues
Read article: Resonant laser ablation selectively destroys pancreatic tumours
Self-assembling microrobots can be magnetically delivered, manoeuvred and retrieved after targeted delivery of their therapeutic cargo
Read article: Magnetically controlled microrobots show promise for precision drug delivery
