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Implantable Bio-Hybrid Device: An Artificial Kidney
Fissell Microchip for Artificial Kidney
In a soda-can sized container, engineers at Vanderbilt University have placed fifteen computer chips and a [MORE]
Optical Data Transfer at 1.124 Terabytes Per Second
Comcast cable subscribers supposedly receive internet transmission speeds of between 105 and 150 mbps (i.e. megabites/second). Verizon Fios has the [MORE]
The Microfluidics “Revolution”
Droplet Chip Photo Wang-Lab- JHU
By now, bio-medical laboratories should have moved to storage their mass spectrometers, flow cytometers, and blood [MORE]
Indium Tin Oxide Biosensor for Haptoglobin Inflammation Indicator
Haptoglobin is a glycoprotein involved in the body’s antibacterial and anti-inflammatory responses, but also implicated in an autoimmune disorder of [MORE]
Genomic Studies of Lifestyle
The Human Genome Project
Predictive genomics is still in its infancy, but genome wide association studies of diseases, like lung cancer, [MORE]
CRISPR meets the Digenome
Multiplex Digenome Seq
Thinking about the prospects of CASPR-Cas9 gene editing might bring to mind the title of Irving Stone’s biography [MORE]
Implantable Biosensor for Continuous Multi-Sign Monitoring
Profusa Biosensor
Profusa, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) has developed tiny implantable sensors (3-5 mm long, 500 microns in diameter) which can [MORE]
Magnetic Nanoparticle Strips for Acquiring Blood Biomarkers
High Precision Assay
With a strip test that resembles those for pregnancy or urine glucose, scientists in Moscow have invented a [MORE]
Microfluidics Device Mimics Placental Barrier
Placental Anatomy
The human placenta experiences considerable shear forces as it passes nutrients, water, oxygen, cells, and waste products between the [MORE]
Correcting CRISPR Cas9’s Off-Targeting
Rice University CRISPR-2
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing relies on a targeting sequence of RNA and the cutting endonuclease Cas9. In the targeting [MORE]
The Genetics Behind Prions
This piece is a touching story about young husband and wife researchers at the Broad Institute working on the genetics [MORE]
Detecting Nerve Impulses from Outside the Body, at Room Temperature
Optical Magnetometre
Before this gets too exciting, realize that this piece refers to measuring the sciatic nerve impulse of a frog’s [MORE]
Glucose Sensing Breathalyzer
Glucose-Sensing Breathalyzer
Several stories about glucose-sensing breathalyzers have come to Tagline over the past few years. They all have certain things [MORE]
Biopsy Robot
Dutch engineers at the University of Twente are experimenting with combined MRI and ultrasound imaging to guide a biopsy robot. [MORE]