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Mass Producing Livers
Bioengineered Mini Liver Buds
Using a custom designed micro-well cell plate that has a film which nourishes liver stem cells, researchers [MORE]
Ultrasound Imaging Needle
Optical Ultrasound of the Heart
For the first time, it has become possible to make live images from inside the heart [MORE]
Telemed on Wheels
Mobile Stroke Unit
“The golden hour” is a term referring to the time-window a stroke victim has when treatment is most [MORE]
Engineered Cells to Kill Cancers
Engineering Non-Immune Cells to Kill Cancer Cells
Though it has only been tested in cell culture, researchers at ETH Basel Switzerland [MORE]
Collagen Ink for 3-D Bioprinting
Biopriniting of CMA Scaffolds
Biochemists at Rutgers University have shown how to 3-D print scaffolds for tissue culture and regenerative medicine [MORE]
Making Gold Nanoparticles that Behave as One
Ultramonodisperse Gold Nanorods that Behave as Clones
Quoting directly: “A special laser system is able to induce billions of gold nanoparticles [MORE]
Technology in the Short Run and the Long Run
Artificial Intelligence
Every week this newsletter has a piece that was hardly imaginable a decade ago. Then, there’s always a question [MORE]
Stem Cells from Amniotic Fluid
Harvesting Cells from Amniotic Fluid
During a caesarian delivery, amniotic fluid is treated as a waste product, while it’s actually a [MORE]
A Health “Snapshot” in Sweat
Portable System to Analyze Sweat
Swiss engineers have built a tiny (one centimeter squared) biomarker analyzer that uses sweat as its [MORE]
Mouse Intestines Grown from Stem Cells
Model of Intestine Grown from Stem Cells
Tufts University scientists have created an organ-on-a-chip model of mouse small intestines. Cells in [MORE]
MUSE Microscope Uses UV Light for Diagnosis
MUSE Sebaceous Gland
“MUSE” means Microscopy with Ultraviolet Surface Excitation,” and it is a new way of doing histology without the [MORE]
An Injectable Gel for Regenerating Damaged Hearts
Injectable Gel Regenerates Cardiomyocytes
After a severe heart attack, cardiomyocytes, which maintain heartbeat, do not regenerate, at least until now. Researchers [MORE]
Keeping Stem Cells in Place for Heart Damage Repair
Using Magnets to Heal Myocardial Cells
The previous piece is about protecting stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes so they survive when transplanted. This [MORE]
Pill Bottles That Can Order Their Own Refills
3D Printed WiFi
This piece isn’t really about a self-reordering pill bottle, but it could be, based on what University of [MORE]