nanoparticles

A study published in Nature reports lipid nanoparticles engineered to carry large RNA payloads and target specific tissues, delivering stronger genome editing results in living organisms. The work addresses a key bottleneck in delivering bulky gene-editing RNA payloads safely to target organs. Researchers say the approach could broaden therapeutic applications of in vivo gene editing, though clinical translation remains ahead.

Researchers have used time-resolved X-ray scatter microscopy to reveal multiscale transitional flow in anisotropic nanoparticle suspensions, according to a study published in Nature. The technique captures how these suspensions behave across different length and time scales as they transition between flow regimes. Findings could inform work on complex fluids in materials science and industrial processing.

Researchers report that nanoparticles made from a single material can perform multiple biomedical functions at once: heating cells, protecting them and delivering stimulation. The finding could simplify the design of nanoparticles for medicine, where combining several materials is usually required to achieve heat therapy, cellular protection and stimulation in a single platform.