Tuesday - September 16, 2025
State Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Saturday September 06, 2025 ( 3 items )  

CRISPR's efficiency triples with DNA-wrapped nanoparticles
EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * CRISPR's efficiency triples with DNA-wrapped nanoparticles * * CRISPR gene-editing machinery could transform medicine but is difficult to get into tissues and disease-relevant cells * New delivery system loads CRISPR machinery inside spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanoparticles * Particles entered cells three times more effectively, tripled gene-editing efficiency, and decreased toxicity compare  more

First 'perovskite camera' can see inside the human body
EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * First 'perovskite camera' can see inside the human body * * Nuclear medicine imaging, like (SPECT), scans the body's interior to track organ function or detect disease * Current tools for nuclear medicine imaging are expensive and difficult to manufacture * New tool captures sharp, high-resolution signals of fine features at a fraction of the cost Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, l  more

UL Solutions Enables Sustainable Innovation and Compliance with Life Cycle Assessment Services
NORTHBROOK, Illinois, Sept. 4 [Category: BizLaboratory Sciences] -- UL Solutions, a company that says it delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, issued the following news release: * * * UL Solutions Enables Sustainable Innovation and Compliance with Life Cycle Assessment Services * NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Sept. 4, 2025 -- UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS), a global leader in applied safety science, today announced its life cycle ass  more