For the first time, a team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBER-BBN) has demonstrated the potential for using translating nanoparticles to facilitate communication between different types of cells and microorganisms. Their study could have applications in numerous fields, from medicine

–for preventing and treating cancer– to agriculture – for the development of new pest protection strategies. Their findings have been published in the Nano Letters journal.

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