There are few reminders of old age more regular that downing a colorful collection of pills and vitamins every morning. In order to design next-generation drug delivery systems -- vitamins of the ...

Microparticles (MPs) are small plasma membrane-derived vesicles that can expose molecules originating from their parental cells. As vectors of biological information they are likely to play an active ...

Researchers designed tiny particles that can be implanted at a cancer tumor site, where they deliver two types of therapy: heat and chemotherapy. Patients with late-stage cancer often have to endure ...

Heart disease is one of the most common pathological conditions in the human body. Cardiac tissue can be damaged through any number of means, including genetic predispositions, lifestyle choices, and ...

In this interview, we speak to Morteza Sarmadi from MIT about his labs latest research that developed microparticles able to deliver self-boosting vaccines for viruses such as COVID-19, and how this ...

Microparticles (MPs) are small membrane-bound vesicles that are emerging as important elements in the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases owing to their pleiotropic effects on thrombosis, vascular ...

Orbis Biosciences’ Optimµm Platform delivers microparticulate dosage forms with controlled-release and taste-masked properties in a single manufacturing step. Orbis Biosciences’ Optimµm Platform, an ...

Vitamin A deficiency is the world's leading cause of blindness, and in severe cases, it can be fatal. About one-third of the global population of preschool-aged children suffer from this vitamin ...

Significant progress has been made recently in our understanding of microparticles (MPs). MPs (also called microvesicles) are small (0.1–1 μm) membrane fragments shed primarily from blood and ...

Pesticides used to shield crops from damaging insects have the unintended effect of killing pollinators such as bees. Researchers have now made consumable microparticles that resemble pollen grains as ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most vaccines, from measles to Covid-19, require a series of multiple shots before the recipient is considered fully vaccinated. To make that easier to achieve, MIT researchers have ...

Engineers have developed microparticles made of a biocompatible polymer that can deliver a payload at different time points and could be used to create 'self-boosting' vaccines. Most vaccines, from ...