/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1623/all en /newsroom/channels/news/lighting-way-improved-biomaterials-332253 <p>Researchers from �㽶��Ƶ believe that they have found a way to improve the development of biomaterials that could be instrumental in drug delivery, tissue regeneration, nano-optics and nanoelectronics.</p> Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:55:23 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 271828 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cautionary-tale-researchers-working-selective-drug-delivery-297044 <p>Many studies indicating that DNA nanostructures can enter cells more readily than simple DNA strands are flawed, according to researchers at �㽶��Ƶ. In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal <i>ACS Central Science, </i>the McGill scientists demonstrate that many DNA cage nanostructures aren’t taken up by cells to a significant extent.</p> Fri, 10 May 2019 18:46:15 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 161961 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/hanadi-sleiman-cj-li-awarded-killam-research-fellowships-287069 <hr /> <div>McGill chemistry professors <a href="/chemistry/faculty/hanadi-sleiman"><strong>Hanadi Sleiman</strong></a> and <a href="/chemistry/faculty/cj-li"><strong>Chao-Jun Li</strong></a> are among the six recipients of this year’s Killam Research Fellowships. The two-year fellowships, awarded to exceptional researchers working on groundbreaking projects of broad significance, are valued at $70,000 a year.</div> <div> </div> Mon, 07 May 2018 23:08:15 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 39501 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/using-dna-strands-design-new-polymer-materials-283461 <p>�㽶��Ƶ researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands – a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising field of “soft robotics.”</p> <p>In a study published in <em>Nature Chemistry</em>, the researchers describe a method to create asymmetrical polymer particles that bind together in a spatially defined manner, the way that atoms come together to make molecules.</p> Mon, 18 Dec 2017 21:56:12 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 32803 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/backyard-pool-chemical-nanomaterial-259330 <p><b><i>By Chris Chipello, <a href="/newsroom">McGill Newsroom</a></i></b></p> <p>Could a cheap molecule used to disinfect swimming pools provide the key to creating a new form of DNA nanomaterials?</p> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:17:13 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25406 at /newsroom /newsroom/hanadi-sleiman Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22994 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/printing-press-nanoparticles-257609 <p>Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic and chemical properties, which scientists are seeking to put to use in a range of new technologies, from nanoelectronics to cancer treatments.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:55:23 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25060 at /newsroom