New post from NIGMS Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

The Latest Post PECASE Honoree Elizabeth Nance Highlights the Importance of Collaboration in Nanotechnology Nanoparticles have been used to treat disease for decades, but scientists are now learning more about how they move through human tissue. Presidential award recipient and NIGMS grantee Elizabeth Nance is enlisting minds across different scientific fields. In doing so, she hopes to solve the challenge of using nanoparticles to target the right site within the body to increase the effectiveness of treatments for newborn brain injury. Continue reading In Case You Missed It Optogenetics Sparks New Research Tools Optogenetics is a common tool used to control the way brain cells move and communicate through light. But now NIGMS-funded researchers are working with this technology in new and inventive ways. Continue reading