nanoparticles
Nanoparticle targets tumor-infiltrating immune cells, flips switch telling them to fight
Jan. 21, 2019—A team of Vanderbilt University bioengineers announced a major breakthrough: designing a nanoscale particle that flips on cells' defenses to fight cancer.
The ‘shine’ in gold particles has a new use – finding defects
Jul. 10, 2018—Researchers have developed a technique of infusing tiny gold nanoparticles into plastic polymer used in 3D printed materials. With this method, the gold nanoparticles "light up" and can find defects.
Vanderbilt investigator lands Stand Up To Cancer grant for “smart” nanoparticles cancer research
Apr. 3, 2017—John Wilson, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received an Innovative Research Grant from Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Wilson is among 10 early-career scientists to receive the grant awards focused on immuno-oncology.
Team to explore using nanoparticles to fight cancer
Sep. 24, 2015—Three Vanderbilt researchers have received a federal grant to study the use of nanoparticles to deliver potential therapies for breast cancer that has spread to the bone.
New nanoparticle enhances success rate of coronary artery bypass grafts
Jun. 18, 2015—A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center surgeons and biomedical engineers has developed a nanoparticle delivery system that may significantly improve the success rate of coronary artery bypass grafts.
New form of crystalline order holds promise for thermoelectric applications
Nov. 14, 2014—Scientists at Vanderbilt and ORNL have discovered a new form of crystalline order that could make better thermoelectric devices.
Biodegradable scaffold may spur wound healing
Dec. 19, 2013—Biomedical and chemical engineers at Vanderbilt University, working with a pathologist, have constructed a sponge-like, biodegradable tissue “scaffold” that releases an enzyme-blocking molecule to indirectly activate endogenous pathways and enhance tissue regeneration and wound healing.
Cancer nanomedicines on target
Sep. 13, 2013—Therapeutic nanoparticles may offer a powerful new way to image and treat cancer at the same time.
New technique maps twin faces of smallest Janus nanoparticles
Sep. 26, 2011—Vanderbilt chemists have developed the first method that can rapidly and accurately map the surfaces of tiny particles that possess two chemically distinct faces. The findings have broad potential applications ranging from drug delivery to video displays.