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Improved CRISPR-Cas9 Delivery to the Liver
CRISPR Cas 9 and biodegradable lipid nanoparticles
“The lipid nanoparticles described in the study encapsulate messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding Cas9. Once [MORE]
Patient-Ordered Medical Tests
At home lab tests
The one thing about American healthcare that needs no further proof is that it’s expensive—indeed, the most [MORE]
Mapping Rheumatoid Arthritis
RA- early diagnosis with imaging
Oxygenated blood absorbs infrared light in a way (glows brighter) that reveals inflammation indicative of rheumatoid [MORE]
How Peripheral Nerves Regenerate
Repair of neurons
Injury to the nerves of the arms and leg—i.e. the peripheral nervous system—regenerate in a complicated process of [MORE]
Cell Lifespan within Organs
Isotope imaging of aging Pancreatic cells
“Age mosaicism” is the term researchers at the Salk Institute use describe their findings about [MORE]
3D Printed Air Sacs Mimic Lungs
3D printed lung air sac
Using technology named “Stereolithographic Apparatus for Tissue Engineering” a Rice University lab has 3D-printed a life-like [MORE]
Smart Body Area Network Architecture Standards
Smart body area network
In 1987, the European Telecommunications Institute established a standards protocol that allowed systems in different European countries [MORE]
Gene Editing with CRISPR-Cas14
Gene editing
The founder of Mammoth Biosciences (South San Francisco, CA) explains in this piece the advantages of using the Cas-14 [MORE]
How CRISPR Works
CRISPR-Cas9- how it works
This piece is a video TED talk featuring Jennifer Doudna talking about how she co-invented the CRISPR-Cas9 [MORE]
Printing Tissues in Space
Bone print
Travel to Mars and back is a timeframe of years. So what happens if a medical emergency, like burns [MORE]
Regenerating a Younger Gut
Interaction between stem cells and Paneth Cells (red)
The “fountain of youth” was a myth, but there is a fountain of [MORE]
Shrinking Carbon Nanotubes
Multi walled nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes have a wide range of applications in medicine from artificial muscles and artificial retinas to heart [MORE]
Using Microgels to Maintain Cell Viability
Encapsulating cells in microgels
Keeping stem cells alive after being injected into a body has been a problem because the immune [MORE]
Medical-Grade Non-Contact Temperature Sensor
Melexis MLX90632
This is not an endorsement for Melexis’ (Ypres, Belgium) non-contact temperature sensor, but it does support much of the [MORE]