Yu Ying Clarrisa Choong,Hong Wei Tan,Deven C Patel et al.
Yu Ying Clarrisa Choong et al.
3D printing enables on-demand solutions for a wide spectrum of needs ranging from personal protection equipment to medical devices and isolation wards. This versatile technology is suited to address supply-demand imbalances caused by socio-...
Chemistry and materials science for a sustainable circular polymeric economy [0.03%]
可持续循环聚合物经济的化学和材料科学
Vânia G Zuin,Klaus Kümmerer
Vânia G Zuin
Chemistry plays a determining role in every stage of the plastic life cycle. We reflect on the challenges and limitations of plastics - their sheer abundance, chemodiversity and imperfect recoverability leading to loss of material - and on ...
Jan-Georg Rosenboom,Robert Langer,Giovanni Traverso
Jan-Georg Rosenboom
Bioplastics - typically plastics manufactured from bio-based polymers - stand to contribute to more sustainable commercial plastic life cycles as part of a circular economy, in which virgin polymers are made from renewable or recycled raw m...
Ariane Vartanian
Ariane Vartanian
The 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting was a hybrid event for the first time, featuring both an in-person meeting in Boston and a virtual meeting held separately. Nature Reviews Materials speaks to Gopal Rao, Chief Editor of...
Mandana T Manzari,Yosi Shamay,Hiroto Kiguchi et al.
Mandana T Manzari et al.
Progress in the field of precision medicine has changed the landscape of cancer therapy. Precision medicine is propelled by technologies that enable molecular profiling, genomic analysis, and optimized drug design to tailor treatments for i...
Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines [0.03%]
结合植物分子农业和材料研究开发下一代疫苗技术
Young Hun Chung,Derek Church,Edward C Koellhoffer et al.
Young Hun Chung et al.
Biologics - medications derived from a biological source - are increasingly used as pharmaceuticals, for example, as vaccines. Biologics are usually produced in bacterial, mammalian or insect cells. Alternatively, plant molecular farming, t...
Roberta Lock,Hadel Al Asafen,Sharon Fleischer et al.
Roberta Lock et al.
The convergence of tissue engineering and patient-specific stem cell biology has enabled the engineering of in vitro tissue models that allow the study of patient-tailored treatment modalities. However, sex-related disparities in health and...
Nebulized lipid nanoparticles [0.03%]
雾化脂质纳米粒
Christine Horejs
Christine Horejs
An article in Nature Biomedical Engineering reports an in vivo workflow for the design of lipid nanoparticles to efficiently deliver mRNA to the lungs via nebulization. ...
James P K Armstrong,Irene de Lázaro,Natalie J Kirkland et al.
James P K Armstrong et al.
Scientists have reacted to COVID-19 restrictions by organizing virtual seminars and journal clubs to maintain engagement. We reflect on our experiences and lessons learned from organizing such initiatives and highlight how, far from being t...
Taskeen Iqbal Janjua,Yuxue Cao,Chengzhong Yu et al.
Taskeen Iqbal Janjua et al.
Silica nanoparticles have entered clinical trials for a variety of biomedical applications, including oral drug delivery, diagnostics, plasmonic resonance and photothermal ablation therapy. Preliminary results indicate the safety, efficacy ...