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Proteomics of Aging
Zombie cells
Even if extending life expectancy doesn’t require our willing suspension of disbelief, figuring out the molecular biology of aging [MORE]
Repurposing Drugs against Cancer
Repurposed medications
MAIN does not ordinarily carry drug-related news, but in this case, repurposing existing drugs to previously unknown targets really [MORE]
The Present and Future of Neurostimulation
Neural Implants
“Engineers have concocted dust-sized brain implants, electrodes that climb nerves like a vine, electrodes made from flexible materials such [MORE]
Photoacoustic Imaging of Blood Vessels
Photo acoustic imaging
“Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea have developed a new photoacoustic imaging system [MORE]
Bioprinted Functional Liver Organoid
Creating liver organoids with 3D printing
“Using human blood cells, Brazilian researchers have succeeded in obtaining hepatic organoids (“mini-livers”) that perform [MORE]
Connectomics
Wiring diagram of fruit fly
“Connectomics is the process of attempting to create a three-dimensional map of every neuron in a [MORE]
Ultra-Miniaturized Endoscope
Images from lensless computational microendoscope
A collaboration between optical engineers in Boston and Baltimore have designed a minimally invasive, lens-free, computational [MORE]
Drug Delivery via Red Blood Cells
Functionalized red blood cells for drug delivery
“[R]esearchers at McMaster University in Canada have developed a way of emptying red blood [MORE]
Breaking Down Ingestible Devices
MIT Light trigger breaks down ingestible medical devices
In this piece, MIT engineers “describe the development of a modular and tunable [MORE]
Healthcare’s Smart Buildings
Smart building technology
For example, “Humber River Hospital is an affiliate of the University of Toronto and Queen’s University. The facility [MORE]
Ohio’s Gene Therapy Hub
Research and development BioOhio
“Bolstered by academic research at Columbus’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital along with public and [MORE]
Optical Sensor Detects Cancer Cells in Urine
Detecting cancer cells in urine
In searching for a protein associated with human tumor progression, researchers at the University of Twente [MORE]
First Artificial Neuron
Artificial neurons
“A team of international researchers has achieved a world-first breakthrough, decades in the making, creating artificial neurons with the [MORE]
Smallest Multi-Sign Wearable Monitor
Multi-Vital ECG Sensor
An adhesive bandage about the width of a quarter and two dimes is a mind’s eye picture of [MORE]