Dr. Zhen Gu

Jan 6, 2015

‘Flying Carpet’ technique uses graphene to deliver one-two punch of anticancer drugs

An international team has developed a drug delivery technique that utilizes graphene strips as “flying carpets” to deliver two anticancer drugs sequentially to cancer cells. 

May 27, 2014

‘Nanodaisies’ deliver drug cocktail to cancer cells

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed daisy-shaped, nanoscale structures that are made predominantly of anti-cancer drugs and are capable of introducing a “cocktail” of multiple drugs into cancer cells. 

May 13, 2014

New method sneaks drugs into cancer cells before triggering release

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug delivery method that essentially smuggles the drug into a cancer cell before triggering its release. 

May 7, 2014

Gu receives Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award

Dr. Zhen Gu, assistant professor in the Joint NC State/UNC Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received the 2014 Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award from NC State’s chapter of Sigma Xi. 

Mar 11, 2014

New technique uses ATP as trigger for targeted anti-cancer drug delivery

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a new technique that uses adenosine-5’-triphosphate (ATP), the so-called “energy molecule,” to trigger the release of anti-cancer drugs directly into cancer cells. 

Feb 17, 2014

Gu receives award from American Diabetes Association

Dr. Zhen Gu, assistant professor in the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, recently received the Junior Faculty Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). 

Feb 9, 2014

New research could eliminate insulin injections for diabetics

Dr. Zhen Gu, assistant professor in the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, and his team have developed a network of nanoscale particles that can be injected into the body and releases insulin when blood-sugar levels rise. 

Jan 27, 2014

New technique targets specific areas of cancer cells with different drugs

Researchers at NC State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a technique for creating nanoparticles that carry two different cancer-killing drugs into the body and deliver those drugs to separate parts of the cancer cell where they will be most effective. 

Nov 21, 2013

Ultrasound, nanoparticles may help diabetics avoid the needle

A new nanotechnology-based technique for regulating blood sugar in diabetics may give patients the ability to release insulin painlessly using a small ultrasound device, allowing them to go days between injections.