A mere 10 years ago, who would have thought that a small wearable device would turn walkers into avid data crunchers, obsessively tracking their daily steps — let alone start a company based on such a possibility?Eric Friedman“Well, part of being an...
Sticky nanoparticles that deliver drugs precisely to their targets — and then stay there — could play a crucial role in fighting ovarian and uterine cancers.Image of cancer cells (green) taking up fluorescently labeled nanoparticles (red), demonstrating...
Mechanical forces are a critical part of essential cellular behaviors, from muscle contraction to cell division. Exactly how they generate those forces, however, isn’t entirely understood. An artificial cellular environment and a photosensitive drug have...
An immunotherapy drug delivery system created at Yale that can carry multiple drugs inside a tiny particle is heading toward its first phase of clinical trials for a possible new treatment for cancer.A cutaway illustration of the nanogel developed by...