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HTTP:: New Viewing Method Tracks Nanoparticles Going in Cells
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Undoubtedly, in future medical therapies, synthetic nanoparticles will play an essential role. Already, developments in technology allow for these materials to be used as carriers for drug and vaccine molecules, and further advancements will see them being employed more often in hospitals around the world. One of the requirements that would allow their use to spread is the ability to track them wherever they go, and this objective can now be achieved thanks to the efforts of a German team. Nanoparticles are even able to carry genes wherever they are required, and tend to be very precise. This means that, if they are meant to go to the kidneys, they will arrive there and nowhere else. However, it's understandable that doctors need to ensure this is the case 100 percent of the time. The new, highly sensitive microscopic technique was developed by a research group from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich. The experts were led by Professor Christoph Brauchle, and they a!
lso cooperated with Technische Universitat Munchen expert Dr. Christian Plank for the study. The new observation method works both in real-time, and at high spatial-temporal definitions, which means that the researchers using it can get a very good idea of what the nanoparticles they inject are actually doing in the body. Up un...
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