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CRISPR’s Thirteen Different Cas 9 Cutting Enzymes
Crispr Cas9 molecular scissors
Computational biologists at the Institute for Basic Science (Daejeon, South Korea) have identified thirteen different variations of [MORE]
Fat-Derived Stem Cells and Nanostimulators for Peripheral Artery Disease
Nanostimulators for tissue repair
Stem cells that are injected into body tissues are short lived. To advance tissue regeneration, “. . [MORE]
Whole Head Magnetoencephalography
MEG helmet
For neuroimaging, engineers at the University of Nottingham have designed a helmet with sensors that combine optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs), [MORE]
A Wearable for COVID-19 Detection and Surveillance
Philips Biosensor BX100. a
Royal Philips has had its “Biosensor BX100” FDA approved for detecting COVID-19, based on monitoring heart beat [MORE]
Saline + Albumin in Diluted Plasma Reverses Aging in Mice
Mice grew significantly more new muscle fibers, shown as pink “donut” shapes
From bioengineers at the University of California Berkeley: “using [MORE]
Nonischemic Heart Preservation for Transplantation
Nonischemic heart preservation
Cardiothoracic bioengineers at Lund University have developed a device that better sustains “blood” flow in a transplantable heart [MORE]
Medically Induced Coma vs. Suspended Animation
Induced suspended animation
When you are sitting around the lab between major projects, give some thought to a bizarre thought: how [MORE]
First Hairy Human Skin Organoid
Small hair-growing skin model in lab
Thinking about the problem of hair loss and how to model its biology, researchers at [MORE]
Restoring Hearing Loss from a Genetic Mutation (Mice)
Base editing for restoring hearing in mice
From Harvard researchers: “[We] used base editing methods to treat a mouse model of [MORE]
Microfluidic Device for Assessing Blood Clotting
Microfluidic device by Jain and team to help detect blood clots
Engineers at Texas A & M University have built a [MORE]
Electrogenetic Control
Implant and circuit board for electronic insulin release
Swiss bioengineers show how an electronic device can release insulin in the body: [MORE]
Trouble Shooting Gene Therapy
Gene therapy via viral vector
Making safe and serviceable viral vectors for gene therapy has many challenges—from empty to overfilled AAV [MORE]
The Dark Side of COVID-19 Antibody Testing
COVID-19 antibody testing
Here’s the rub; the world awaits an accurate diagnostic for COVID-19, but in the rush to meet the [MORE]
A Microrobotic “White Blood Cell”
Robotic white blood cells deliver drugs directly to cancer cells
Max Planck Institute bioengineers have built microparticle drug-delivering artificial white blood [MORE]