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A Promising Finding in Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease
After years of research on novel nano drugs for Alzheimer's disease, a research team led by Professor Chang, Jin from Tianjin University has constructed a novel targeted and high-efficiency nanosystem for combinational therapy of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Such multifunctional synergetic nanosystem can be a new candidate to achieve highly efficient combination therapy for AD.AD is commonly known...
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New Tech Makes Membranes Breathable
Recently, an improved type of mixed-matrix membrane materials has been developed by the Atmospheric Environment and Bioenergy Team from Tianjin University, a great breakthrough in the exploration of capturing carbon dioxide through membrane separation. The relevant outcome was published as the cover article onGreenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, an authoritative journal worldwide.Greenhous...
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Review Paper on Progress in DNA Functional Materials Published
Recently, Professor Yang Dayong from the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology published a review paper entitled “DNA functional materials assembled from branched DNA: design, synthesis and applications” in Chemical Reviews (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00294). PhD candidate Dong Yuhang and Dr. Yao Chi were co-first-authors.DNA, namely deoxyribonucleic acid, is the c...
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TJU Researchers Find New Way to Inhibit Tumor
Associate Professor Li Nan’s group from the School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology reported a boosted photocatalytic activity induced NAMPT-regulating therapy to simultaneously inhibit tumor proliferation, migration, and inflammation, offering a new point of view for cancer therapy with low side effects and high therapeutic efficacy. The research result was published on Biomaterials ...
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Research Progress on Iron-Mediated Soil Carbon Cycling
Dr. Chunmei Chen from Tianjin University’s School of Earth System Science together with her collaborators from University of Georgia, Iowa State University and University of Delaware, have demonstrated that iron-mediated organic matter decomposition in humid soils can counteract its protection and their research result has been published in the journal Nature Communications under the title of ...
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Researchers Develop Universally Autonomous Self-healing Elastomer
Synthetic materials that can mimic self-healing natural tissues such as skins and muscles are now widely applied to e-skin, wearable electronic devices, and artificial muscles, significantly improving materials’ lifetime, robustness and safety.However, it is very challenging to develop autonomous self-healing materials for applications in harsh conditions such as at ultralow temperatures, in s...
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