Bacteria-mimicking particles may help treat infectious diseases

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Unique particles modified to mimic bacteria may provide a better means of treating infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis. Assistant Professor Joshua Reineke of the South Dakota State University Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and his team modified microparticles, known as metal organic frameworks (MOFs), developed by a research group in France. Other researchers have explored MOFs as a drug-delivery system to […]

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Biomaterial particles educate immune system to accept transplanted islets

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By instructing key immune system cells to accept transplanted insulin-producing islets, researchers have opened a potentially new pathway for treating type 1 diabetes. If the approach is ultimately successful in humans, it could allow type 1 diabetes to be treated without the long-term complications of immune system suppression. The technique, reported June 4 in the journal Nature Materials, uses synthetic […]

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