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Quick and Cheap, Brain-in-a-Dish
UCSD Slice of human brain organoid
In addition to animal models and single cells, drug researchers have organoids derived from reprogrammed [MORE]
Revenge of the Germs
Staphylococcus_epidermidis
This month marks the centennial of The Great War’s ending. But it also recalls the “Great Influenza” when somewhere between [MORE]
Stem Cells into Functional Liver Tissue
Stem cell derived liver cells
Five years ago, researchers reported success in growing liver “buds” (organoids) from stem cells, and three [MORE]
Patient-Specific Heart Mapping Sensors
Mapping catheter for identifying source of AF
To treat atrial fibrillation, interventional cardiologists need to know where aberrant electrical signals are [MORE]
Regenerating the Body’s Blood Vessels and Ducts
3D printed blood vessels
Regenerating blood vessels from stem cells implanted on an artificial scaffold has been demonstrated, but this piece, [MORE]
Building a Synthetic Microbiome
Genetic signal transmission system
Quoting directly: “Researchers from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have created [MORE]
A Robot Crawling in the Stomach
Stomach robot
Using a silicone material embedded with magnetic particles, engineers at the City University of Hong Kong have built a [MORE]
Prototype for 3-D Printed Bionic Eye
Prototype for bionic eye
Following past success with bionic skin and a bionic ear, engineers at the University of Minnesota have [MORE]
Bioengineered Lungs Transplanted into Pigs
UTMB researchers transplant bioengineered lung
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston) have shown that they could, in pigs, [MORE]
MIT’s Physiome-on-a-Chip
MIT Physiome-on-a-Chip
The human body has nearly 80 organs (depending on their definitions). Knowing how a drug interacts with these different [MORE]
New Materials for 3-D Printing; Medical
TLIF spine spacer
FibreTuff (Toledo, OH) compounds cellulose with two thermoplastics and processes them into a powder for 3-D printing. With [MORE]
Prospects for CRISPR in the Clinic
Ex vivo CRISPR infographic
It is now more than a quarter century since the first authorized gene therapy clinical trial took [MORE]
T-Cell Engineering via Non-Viral Gene Editing
Genetically reprogrammed human T cells
Viral vectors have been the workhorses of gene transfer since the 1980s, but they always have [MORE]
Dental Value of Hydrogel that Stimulates Angiogenesis/Dentinogenesis
Root canal hydrogel
Root canal treatment kills a tooth. But researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have demonstrated how [MORE]