Zooming in on Nanoparticles
The Afonin Nanotech Lab was featured in the Biomedical Beat blog from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institute of Health (NIH).
The post entitled “Science Snippet: Zooming in on Nanoparticles” features an explanation of nanoparticles and their biomedical benefits to treat cancers, fight iron deficiencies, treat fungal infections and more.
A video from the Alfonin Lab highlights how nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) are used in immunotherapy to communicate with the innate immune system and launch a protective response. NANP can be folded in different shapes and be used as a molecular language to dictate the scale of the response from the immune system to fight infection and disease.