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Using CRISPR to Cure Hemophilia
Hemophilia
Hemophilia A has been a prospective target for gene therapy since that field arose a quarter of a century ago. [MORE]
Exosomes Induce Self-Healing Heart
Exosomes, first identified in 1987, are vesicles that all cell types release from their plasma membranes to induce changes in [MORE]
Transforming Skin Cells to Brain Tissue for Autism Research
Human Brain Organoid
Yale University neuroscientists have grown brain “organoids” from induced pluripotent stem cells, converted from skin cells of autism [MORE]
Musical Medical Magic
Paramusical Ensemble
Just three years ago, news broke that a Massachusetts woman with “locked in” syndrome was able to think her [MORE]
Bloodless Testing of Glucose
Finger Glucose Sensor
The personal glucometer was a disruptive technology when it first appeared more than 40 years ago. Since then, [MORE]
Light-Activated Chemotherapy
Photostatins are molecules that respond to blue light by changing their shape. Knowing this, chemists at Ludwig-Maximillans University in Munich [MORE]
“Tauopathy” as a Consequence of Repeated Concussions
Tau Protein
Football players who have sustained repeated concussions, soldier suffering from traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s patients seem to have [MORE]
New Platform for Cancer Epigenetic Profiling
Epigenetics
Biostatisticians at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Harvard University have collaborated to create a new “co-expression” analysis of cancer, on [MORE]
Microarray Testing for Chemotherapy Cocktails
Microarray
Tumor stem cells drive a mass’s growth and isolating those cells is a means for testing the probability that a [MORE]
3-D Printing of a Beating Heart, Almost
3D Printed Beating Heart Cells
Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine continues to turn out some of the most astonishing [MORE]
Soft Robotic Microsurgery
Micro-Tentacle
The next generation of surgical robots will have means for finer control in delicate procedures. To that end, engineers at [MORE]
Important Indicators of Healthcare Businesses
Population Health
While Tagline mainly looks for science and technology news, economic trends in the healthcare sector can advance, retard, cushion [MORE]
A Protein Called “TOPLESS”
TOPLESS Protein
Why would a biomedical research institute, focusing on cancer, conduct research on plant proteins? The answer explains why the [MORE]
Immunotherapy for ALL
Healthy Human T Cell
At the beginning of the 20th century, British physician Sir Almoth Wright predicted that the doctor of [MORE]