SIAT Research
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Aug 23, 2022Scientists Develop Novel Anti-Coronavirus Nanomaterial with Broad Spectrum and High EfficacyThe study was published in Nature Nanotechnology on August 22nd. A joint research team led by Dr. LI Yang from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a nanomaterial that could potentially be us... -
Aug 23, 2022Research Develop Blood-Brain Barrier Permeable Nanoparticles for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate PB`s neuroprotective properties and restoration of mitochondrial function of microglia for AD treatment," said Dr. YU Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease that leads to insidious deterioration of brain functions and is considered the sixth leading cause of death in the world. Current tre... -
Aug 23, 2022Researchers Develop New Smart Material with High-Efficiency and Durable Photo-Induced Charge Regeneration Capability"Our robust and biocompatible PICS not only provides insight into the development of new smart interface materials and microfluidics," said Dr. DU, "but also brings new possibilities for chemical a... Manipulating droplet plays vital roles in fundamental research and practical applications from chemical reactions to bio-analysis. As an intriguing and active format, light control of droplets, typ... -
Aug 01, 2022Carbon Oxide Gas Boosting Photothermal Therapy under Mild TemperatureGas therapy is an emerging and promising field, although there have some report on combination of gas therapy with photo therapy for cancer. The interaction between gas and biological process might... Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a safe cancer hyperthermia strategy that utilizes photothermal conversion agents (PCAs) to convert light energy into heat to ablate cancer cells.On one hand, high-temp... -
Jul 21, 2022"Healthy Underweight" Individuals Topple Research ExpectationsThese scientists focused on individuals with very low BMI and obtained results that contradicted their assumptions about metabolism in low BMI individuals. Their findings were published in Cell Met... Obesity is a major global health problem, and most research to date has focused on studying those with the highest body mass index (BMI). However, a research group in China is taking a different ap... -
Jul 04, 2022Researchers Propose a New Live-attenuated Influenza A Vaccine ApproachThe team proposed a new live-attenuated influenza vaccine approach— generating proteolysis-targeting chimeric (PROTAC) influenza A virus as a live-attenuated vaccine by utilizing the endogenous ub... A promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza, is the use of attenuated, live viruses as vaccines.However, the usefulness of traditional live-attenuated ... -
Jul 04, 2022Efficient Extraction of Exosomes by Label-Free and Biocompatible On-Chip Magnetic SeparationThe researchers constructed a label-free on-chip magnetic separation system based on the principle of negative magnetophoresis Exosomes are lipid-bilayer nanoscale membrane particles (typically <200 nm in size) secreted by numerous cell types. Since exosomes exhibit a naturally derived composition and function as intercell... -
Jun 27, 2022Albumin-Consolidated Dyes: NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging Probes for Brain ImagingThe results showed that the quantum yields of three kinds of albumin-based probes with fluorescence emissions ranging from the visible (400–650 nm) to the NIR-II region were at least 10% higher, a... Fluorescence imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 1,000-1,700 nm) as an important tool for fundamental and clinical research has been greatly developed in the last decade due to its ...