Research Highlights 2016-2018

Nanowerk
1 March 2018

In new work, reported in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ("Nanohydrogel formation within halloysite lumen for triggered and sustained release"), researchers from Kazan Federal University and the University of Palermo show that a hydrogel can be confined within the cavity of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) by means of an easy strategy.

American Pharmacists Association
6 June 2017

The article "Paclitaxel Encapsulated in Halloysite Clay Nanotubes for Intestinal and Intracellular Delivery" presents the possibility of forming tablets using the natural clay nanotubes halloysite, loaded with anti-cancer drug paclitaxel. It showed obvious toxicity of the drug-loaded nanotubes in relation to the cancer cells. Halloysite drug composites can be employed for tablet compression where halloysite serves a dual purpose of being a drug delivery vehicle and as a novel tablet excipient.

SPIE
13 March 2017

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering can be used as an alternative approach for evaluating the toxicity of nanoparticles in single living cells, bypassing the complications faced by conventional cytotoxicity assays.

ГАЗЕТА.RU
16 February 2017

Биологи из КФУ получили качественные 3D-изображения поверхности кутикулы почвенной нематоды с помощью атомно-силовой спектроскопии.

Чердак: наука, технологии, будущее
24 January 2017

С помощью сканирующего зондового микроскопа получено изображение кутикулы тела нематоды C. elegans в ее естественной среде обитания.

Российский научный фонд
26 January 2017

Изучение нематод C. elegans имеет большое прикладное значение, так как они широко используются в биомедицинских исследованиях — скрининге лекарственных средств или оценке токсичности.

OPTEC
26 December 2016

Группа исследователей под руководством Равиля Фахруллина из ИФМиБ КФУ провела исследование и визуализацию наноструктуры кутикулы нематод C. elegans методами атомно-силовой микроскопии.

ГТРК Татарстан
23 November 2016

Предотвратить экологическую катастрофу и лечить людей помогут киборги. Казанские ученые сегодня работают над созданием клеток, которые смогут защитить здоровые, поддержать больные. Еще одно средство должно доставить лекарства в очаг недуга. Основу его нашли недалеко. Под ногами.

Nanowerk
16 November 2016

Scientists from Kazan Federal University report for the first time the effective imaging of the nanoscale structure of C. elegans nematodes' cuticle using atomic force microscopy operating in PeakForce Tapping mode.

Nanowerk
20 September 2016

The researchers show that surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) can be used as an alternative nanotoxicity evaluation method.

Nanowerk
22 July 2016

A nanoshell 'smart dress' for oil-degrading bacteria.

EurekAlert
22 July 2016

Cell encapsulation allows fabricating live microbial cells with magnetic nanoparticles onto cell walls, which mimics natural magnetotactic bacteria. For this study researchers from Kazan Federal University and Louisiana Tech University chose Alcanivorax borkumensis marine bacteria as a target microorganism for cell surface engineering with magnetic nanoparticles.

Open Nanofabrication
22 July 2016

Scientists performed cell surface engineering with magnetic nanoparticles on marine bacteria.

ScienceDaily
22 July 2016

The modified polyelectrolyte-magnetite nanocoating was applied to functionalize the cell walls of oil decomposing bacteria Alcanivorax borkumensis.

Nanowerk
29 April, 2016

Scientists from Kazan Federal University demonstrated the enhancement of mechanical strength, higher water uptake and thermal properties in chitosan-gelatine-agarose hydrogels doped with halloysite used as the materials to produce tissue engineering scaffolds.

PHYS.ORG
2 May, 2016

Scientists from Kazan confirm the great potential of chitosan-agarose-gelatine nanocomposite porous scaffolds doped with halloysite in tissue engineering.

Science Newsline
29 April, 2016

Clay Nanotube-biopolymer Composite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering are presented by scientists from Kazan Federal University.

ScienceDaily
29 April, 2016

Scientists from Kazan Federal University presented a novel halloysite-doped biopolymer tissue engineering scaffold.

EurekAlert
29 April, 2016

Scientists combined three biopolymers, chitosan and agarose (polysaccharides), and a protein gelatine, as the materials to produce tissue engineering scaffolds and demonstrated the enhancement of mechanical strength (doubled pick load), higher water uptake and thermal properties in chitosan-gelatine-agarose hydrogels doped with halloysite.

Государственная телерадиокомпания "Татарстан"
23 Марта 2016

Нанотрубки галлуазита помогут исцелиться от недугов. Сотрудники лаборатории "Бионанотехнологии" Казанского федерального университета рассказали об уникальных свойствах этого вещества и перспективах его применения в медицине.