About Lorna Stimson

Lorna gained her PhD from the University of Durham and went on to carry out post-doctoral research at the University of Patras and the Helsinki University of Technology, spending almost a year as a visiting researcher at the University of Western Ontario. Her research focussed on theoretical studies of soft matter, most recently in a computational biophysics group. She has worked for Wiley for more than five years. As the is Deputy Editor of Advanced Healthcare Materials, Lorna was responsible for the launch of this new journal in January 2012 and has recently be appointed to be Deputy Editor of Advanced Materials (ISI 2011 IF 13.877) too.

Micro- and Nanoengineering of Biomaterials for Healthcare Applications

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The future of nano and micromaterials for healthcare, described by Ali Khademhosseini and Nicholas Peppas as part of an Advanced Healthcare Materials special issue.

Nanocarriers for Therapeutic Delivery

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Nanocarriers for encapsulation, delivery, release, and accumulation of drugs are reported in a Special Issue of Advanced Materials.

Growing a Tumour in a Pearl Drop

Cancer cell spheroids growing within a liquid marble.

Living cells within a liquid marble can form aggregate structures know as cancer cell spheroids that can be used as model tumours.

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Deceptive Viruses Trick Their Way Into Cells

Functionalized virus penetrates cell

Biomineralization-based virus shell engineering for functional modification of viruses to be used in cancer virotherapy or for vaccines

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Explosive Delivery Vehicles for Endosomal Release

Drug-delivery platform passes through the cell membrane

Photo-induced endosomal release of drugs from a colloidal mesoporous silica platform using singlet oxygen to breakdown lipid envelopes.

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Rapid Virus Detection through Immobilization on Nanomaterials

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Proof-of-concept localization of the Hendra virus demonstrates point-of-care detection of viruses to facilitate better control of epidemics.

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Rapid Microfluidic Sorting for On-chip Capture and Analysis of Single Cells

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On-chip culturing and molecular profiling of captured cancer cells using a low-cost, rapid microfluidic cell sorter device

Comparing MRI Contrasts

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Gossuin, Sandre, et al. describe the design of magnetic nanoparticles with optimised relaxivity for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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New disinfectants to fight E. coli

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New disinfectants fight E. coli and related strains using metal-organic frameworks, leading to fewer by-products and increased efficiency.

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