As the prevalence of glaucoma continues to rise, clinicians and researchers are confronted with an age-old problem: how to reduce risk factors and preserve vision in glaucoma. Current management options revolve around a validated paradigm—intraocular pressure reduction. Active investigations to improve drug delivery efficacy and surgical outcomes are flourishing. This article aims to provide th...

Nanotechnology is a rapidly expanding field seeking to utilize nano-scale structures for a wide range of applications. Biologically derived nanostructures, such as viruses and virus-like particles (VLPs), provide excellent platforms for functionalization due to their physical and chemical properties. Plant viruses, and VLPs derived from them, have been used extensively in biotechnology. They ha...

Quantitative imaging and measurement of cell–substrate surface deformation by digital holography Xiao Yu a , Michael Cross b , Changgeng Liu a , David C. Clark a , Donald T. Haynie b & Myung K. Kim a a Digital Holography and Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA b Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Department of Physics, Univ...

Oliver Rácz1,2,4, Ján Lepej3, Bertalan Fodor2, Katarína Lepejová4, Peter Jarčuška5, Anna Kováčová6 and the Hepameta Study Group 1Šafárik University, Medical School, Department of Pathological Physiology, Košice, Slovakia 2Miskolc University, Faculty of Healthcare, Department of Nanobiotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, Hungary 3Institute of Nuclear and Molecular medicine, Košice, Slovakia 4C...

Genetic engineering (GE) by transgenesis has three main application areas: medicine, agriculture and bioremediation of the environment. In all three areas, transgenic crop plants, livestock, microorganisms and viruses are used. In the future we will increasingly be confronted also with transgenic trees, insects, fish species, and viruses. A development towards multi-transgenic, ‘stacked’, const...

In this work, the use of magnetic force microscopy (MFM) to acquire images of magnetic nanostructures in liquid environments is presented. Optimization of the MFM signal acquisition in liquid media is performed and it is applied to characterize the magnetic signal of magnetite nanoparticles. The ability for detecting magnetic nanostructures along with the well-known capabilities of atomic force...