Cell-derived extracellular vesicles are important intercellular communicators involved in many biological processes and diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases, but, thus far, how they navigate within complex extracellular matrices has been poorly understood.
Researchers have unveiled a set of gloves that contain pressure sensors with the aim of helping doctors check tumours during routine examinations. The gloves are made up of composite nanofibres of carbon nanotubes and graphene, can measure pressure in 144 places around the glove, and are transparent and bendable, whilst being sensitive enough to detect small pressure changes within an artificial blood vessel.