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17-Dec-2024

Nano drug delivery system heralds safer era for drug development

University of Melbourne
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of University of Melbourne researchers from the Caruso Nanoengineering Group has created an innovative drug delivery system with outstanding potential to improve drug development.

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

Australian Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council

17-Dec-2024

New virtual reality-tested system shows promise in aiding navigation of people with blindness or low vision

NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new NYU Tandon School of Engineering study offers hope for people who are blind or have low vision (pBLV) through an innovative navigation system that was tested using virtual reality. The system, which combines vibrational and sound feedback, aims to help users navigate complex real-world environments more safely and effectively.

Journal

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies

17-Dec-2024

Advertisers beware: How privacy-preserving policies adopted by companies like google could reduce ad effectiveness

American Marketing Association

Privacy-preserving policies that shorten the retention period of consumer data can reduce ad variety in multi-product ads, possibly leading to increased within-category satiation and diminished cross-category complementarity, ultimately negatively impacting ad performance and platform revenues.

Journal

Journal of Marketing

17-Dec-2024

Worsening heat waves pose unique risks to people living with neurodegenerative disease

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As 2024 is set to end as Earth’s hottest year on record – breaking the previous record set in 2023– a UCLA Health researcher says people living with neurodegenerative diseases will be uniquely vulnerable to worsening heat waves because of a higher risk of heat-related complications.

Journal

JAMA Neurology

17-Dec-2024

New book ties together an improbably effective career in probability

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Book Announcement

University of Virginia professor Roman Krzysztofowicz was drawn to the emerging field of systems engineering early in his career. Now known for pioneering work in modeling high-stakes decision making, he has authored a textbook synthesizing his research across the years.

17-Dec-2024

Developing artificial intelligence tools for health care

Weill Cornell Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

Reinforcement Learning, an artificial intelligence approach, has the potential to guide physicians in designing sequential treatment strategies for better patient outcomes but requires significant improvements before it can be applied in clinical settings, finds a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and Rockefeller University researchers.

17-Dec-2024

Peptide-guided nanoparticles deliver mRNA to neurons

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Penn Engineers have modified lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — the revolutionary technology behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines — to not only cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) but also to target specific types of cells, including neurons. This breakthrough marks a significant step toward potential next-generation treatments for neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Journal

Nano Letters

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, U.S. National Science Foundation, American Cancer Society