Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop light-activated nanoparticles that target tumors, heat cancer cells, and spare healthy tissue.

A team of scientists from Harvard Medical School and Duke University has created a new kind of tissue that can change heart activity using only light—no wires, no surgery, no harm. This groundbreaking ...

A team led by Guosong Hong at Stanford has figured out how to switch on a light source deep inside a living animal without ...

A team has re-engineered immune cells with a light-activated switch that modulates protein function and cellular behavior. When exposed to blue light, the cells change shape, infiltrating solid tumors ...

Light can be used to activate drugs in specific parts of the body through photopharmacology. This innovative approach involves modifying the chemical structure of a drug by adding a light-activated ...

Representative video clip of photocontrolled locomotion of zebrafis. Vehicle (black trace) treated animals show lower swimming activity and nearly absent photoresponses compared to intact ones.

A new method of precisely targeting troublesome cells for death using light could unlock new understanding of and treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases, University of Illinois ...

Rendering a drug effective or ineffective in a flash at the appropriate location—this is the focus of research in photopharmacology. The goal is to develop drugs that can be switched on and off with ...

Effective cancer treatment often depends on whether therapeutic drugs can reach their intended targets inside tumor cells. For many widely used anticancer drugs, the cell nucleus is the key site of ...

Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed an innovative use for nanotechnology in the field of cancer research. Their multidisciplinary team, led by Biology Associate Professor Mazin Magzoub, is ...