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Clot-Busting Nanodevice
Blood Clot
Ever wonder why an announcement for a new drug or device often says that it may take another five [MORE]
Induced Schwann Cells for Peripheral Nerve Repair
Schwann Cells
The first bacterium shown to cause a human disease was Mycobacterium leprae—the pathogen that invades the Schwann cells which [MORE]
Predictive Genomics: Stanford’s PRECOG for Cancer Outcomes
Data Base
“Prediction of Cancer Outcomes from Genomic Profiles” is what Stanford’s Cancer Institute calls its database that integrates expression profiling [MORE]
Making Devices Easier to Swallow
MIT Gastric Devices
Relying on a novel elastic polymer gel, biomedical engineers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a [MORE]
Microfluidics Device for DNA Testing
Paper Machine
Quoting directly: “The ‘Paper Machine,’ as the researchers behind the project call it, is a microfluidic device made out [MORE]
Printing “Smart Skin”
Skin
Some stories are fetching just because they are so fetching. This is one of those, about electrical engineers at Georgia [MORE]
Illumina and You as an App
Illumina Gene Sequencing Machines
In what seems like a gigantic opportunity for product liability lawyers, sequencer-maker Illumina plans to launch a [MORE]
Novel Material for “Self-Assembling Arteries”
Self-Assembling Tissue
You’ll have to go to the September 28th issue of Nature Chemistry to find out which peptides and proteins [MORE]
Direct to Consumer Liquid Biopsy Test for Multiple Cancers
CancerIntercept Liquid Biopsy
Pathway Genomics (San Diego, CA) is the first company to offer liquid biopsy screening tests for multiple cancers [MORE]
A New and Improved CRISPR
CRISPR Cas9
Those in the know must be saying “CRISPR-Cas9” is “so yesterday.” This remarkable gene editing technology has shot like [MORE]
Miniorgan Produces Insulin in the Omentum
Greater Omentum
In a thrilling definition of “natural,” biomedical researchers at the University of Miami’s Diabetes Research Institute have engineered a [MORE]
Implantable Biosensor for Cancer Monitoring
Cancer Monitoring Sensor
How can imaging tell if a tumor is enlarging from malignant growth or getting bigger because of an [MORE]
Photonic PCR
Quoting directly: “UC Berkeley bioengineers have developed a technology that can make millions of copies of a single gene in [MORE]
Automated Stem Cell Production
DNA Replication
For emphasis, this piece is simply noted: Researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute have created [MORE]