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Regenerating Brain Tissue
Brain tissue regenerated in mice after stroke
Using an alginate hydrogel infused with vascular endothelial growth factor and other agents, researchers [MORE]
The American Gut Project
Digestive system
In 2012, the University of California at San Diego’s internal review board approved a crowd funded microbiome project that [MORE]
Heat-Activated Immunotherapy
Heat-sensitive genetic switch for T cell
Georgia Tech bioengineers have developed means to control T-cells activity in cancer therapy. They introduced a [MORE]
Computer Designed Regenerative Heart Valves
Computer-designed customized regenerative heart valve
For children born with defective heart valves, repair solutions are limited, mainly because a prosthesis has [MORE]
Color Blindness and Blood Vessel Formation
Cone cell
Achromatopsia (aka cone rod dystrophy) is a form of colorblindness that can be partial or total. In studying the [MORE]
A Portable 3-D Printer for Wound Repair
Portable 3D skin printer
Using a “hand held skin printer that resembles a white-out tape dispenser—except that tape roll is replaced [MORE]
“A Self-Condensation Cell Culture”
Self-condensation cell culture
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Yokohama City Universityreport a new process called “self-condensation cell culture.” Quoting directly, “We [MORE]
How New Blood Vessels Form
Endothelial cells
Last week, MAIN had a piece about an Indiana University process for growing stem cells into endothelial cells that [MORE]
“Plug and Play” Modular Devices
Plug and play diagnostic devices
MIT’s “Little Devices Lab” has created a modular approach for making simple and inexpensive diagnostic devices [MORE]
Small CT Machine for Point-of-Care
InReach Cone Beam CT System for Extremity Imaging
Since 1967 when Sir Godfrey Hounsfield introduced the first commercially viable CT scanner, [MORE]
Best Known Genes
TP53 – one of the “popular” genes
Maybe medical research is another “Me Too” movement. In a survey of 40,000 Pub [MORE]
Measuring Serotonin
Serotonin
Only two things can really make you happy…..serotonin and dopamine….., so read a T-shirt at a neurobiology conference in Stockholm. [MORE]
“Obscure Technologies” in the Future of Healthcare
Car seat with embedded sensors
According to this piece which focuses on nanotechnology as a driver of a second wave of [MORE]
Customized Electronics Printed on the Hand
3D Printing on a real hand
“In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, low-cost [MORE]