A class of ultrasmall fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles developed at Cornell is showing an unexpected ability to rally the immune system against melanoma and dramatically improve the ...

Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have become integral to numerous industrial and biomedical applications due to their unique physicochemical properties. However, the increasing production and application ...

When designing a nanoparticle-enabled drug delivery system, many intersecting considerations must be taken into account, such as the target location of the drug payload, the method of delivery, uptake ...

In a study published in OncoImmunology, researchers from the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University have created a therapeutic vaccine that mobilizes the immune system to target ...

There are a number of techniques currently used by the pharmaceutical industry for particle size determination. However, most of these are applicable in a visible particle range (> 25 μm) and are ...

Diagram showing the functionalization of a metal oxide nanoparticle with various organic molecules, including trimethoxysilane, amine, phosphonic acid, carboxylic acid, dopamine, and cysteine. This ...

Recent findings reveal Cornell prime dots can activate the immune system against melanoma, improving cancer immunotherapy efficacy via TME reprogramming.