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Nanowire Brush Collects Cancer Biomarkers in Urine
Extracellular Vesicle Capture
Last week, we had a piece from Aalto University in Finland about a plasmonic biosensor that detects exosomes [MORE]
A Skin Patch against Antibiotic Resistance
Large Scale Model of Antibiotic Microneedle Patch
Oral antibiotics are absorbed through the intestines, and because not all of the drug [MORE]
Gene Editing without Cutting DNA
Gene Editing
Salk Institute scientists have demonstrated how it’s possible to use two genetically engineered AAV vectors that result is altering [MORE]
AI Applied to Cancer
Berg Researcher Processes Samples for Study
The US Defense Department is funding a big data study of breast cancer. The work [MORE]
Magnetic Micro-Robots in Medicine
Microrobots
Collaborating Chinese and British scientists have developed magnetic micro-robots from spirulina algae with a magnetic coating, and delivered them to [MORE]
Unintended Sensor Discovery
DNA Detection Device
Imagine a combination electrophoresis box, nanopore sequencer and microfluidics device all in a very, very tiny package and [MORE]
Lab of the Future
BioBright Smart Lab
What would the amalgamation of microfluidics, robotics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning do for laboratory research? [MORE]
Computer Vision in Healthcare
Triton Real Time Blood Loss Monitor
This piece has an interesting nugget about computer vision in healthcare—how Gauss Surgical (Los Altos, [MORE]
Preserving Liquid Biopsy Samples with a Glycoprotein
Microfluidics
Circulating tumor cells, captured in microfluidic devices, die off in a few hours; so means of preserving them is a [MORE]
Human Immunity to Cas9 Proteins
CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing
Stanford researchers have reported troubling news about CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. Their report “demonstrates that there are pre-existing humoral [MORE]
Implantable Thread of islet Cells for T1D
Thread-Reinforced Alginate Fiber for Islets enCapsulation (TRAFFIC)
In animal studies, Cornell University scientists have developed a nanoporous polymer thread that strings [MORE]
Prosthetic Hand that Plays Piano
Ultrasound Prosthetic Fingers
Georgia Tech engineers have used an ultrasound detector to produce a prosthetic hand with high resolution electromyography. They [MORE]
Plasmonic Biosensors
Plasmonic Biosensor Detects Diseased Exosomes
As is said, disease is “written in blood.” In this piece, the “writing” is in exosomes—those [MORE]
Silk Nanowires in Medicine
Silk Threads Created by New Process
Synthetic silk generally has not been used in medical applications because of its chemical residues. [MORE]