Weaving peptide nanonets to fight bacterial infections Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have engineered self‑assembling peptides that trap fast‑moving Gram-negative bacteria, preventing their escape and helping to control…

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Tandem-controlled lysosomal assembly of nanofibres induces pyroptosis for cancer immunotherapy - Nature Nanotechnology Controlled synthesis of supramolecular structures within lysosomes holds promise for cancer imaging and treatment. The authors introduce a programmable assembly strategy to generate fluorescent nanofi...

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Tandem-controlled lysosomal assembly of nanofibres induces pyroptosis for cancer immunotherapy.

"The study introduces a programmable assembly of #nanofibres in cell lysosomes, enabling targeted tumor accumulation & inducing pyroptosis for cancer imaging & #immunotherapy."