Breakthrough Technologies

Intranasal Mn3O4 nanozymes reprogram microglial inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease

Significance  Reference Xie J, Cao K, Liu L, Zhang L, Yang Y, Gong H, Luo H. Mn3O4 nanozyme-based anti-inflammatory therapy modulates microglial phenotype by downregulating TLR4/NOX2 expression and further alleviates Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Theranostics. 2025;15(15):7467-7488. doi: 10.7150/thno.112213.  

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Multispecific gp120 Recognition by Gold Nanoparticle–Based Artificial Antibodies

Significance    Figure legend: Multispecific artificial antibody created by grafting the CDRs of different antibodies onto the same gold nanoparticle via a unique goldization technology (a), which resembles the humanization technology (b).   Reference Sun Y, Ni R, Liu YY, Wang H, Cao A. Towards Multispecific Anti-Gp120 Artificial Antibody. ChemMedChem. 2025;20(15):e202500287. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202500287.

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A “blind T cells” model explains why most immunotherapies fail in cancer treatments

Significance   Scheme 1. A “Blind T Cells” Model to Rationalize the Ineffectiveness of Immunotherapies, and a Strategy to Reverse Ineffectiveness of Immunotherapies via Combination of the In Situ Generated Whole Cancer Cell Vaccine by NIR-I/-II/-III/-IV PDT with Immunomodulator Anti-OX40. [Image credit: ACS Nano. 2025;19(41):36129-36147. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c04323]. References [1]. Shanmugam M, Chiang CS, Hwang KC. 2240 nm NIR-IV Photodynamic Therapy Can …

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