Collaborative research explores why llamas could change the future for HIV diagnostics
New interdisciplinary research from LCN-based i-sense explores the potentially important role llamas and camelids could play in developing tools to detect early stage HIV. HIV currently affects more than 34 million people worldwide and is constantly evolving, which...
Creating Crystals from Gold
Scientists from the LCN have revealed how materials such as gold can help create protein crystals. The team hope their findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, could aid the discovery of new medicines and treatments. The Lead author; Professor Naomi...
DNA-based nanocontainers for drug delivery
Scientists from the LCN have engineered a novel nanoscale drug delivery vehicle which can be tuned to release a range of cargos. The drug delivery system consists of self-assembled DNA nanopores embedded in nanometre-sized ‘bubbles’ known as polymersomes. Polymersomes...