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Digital Guidance for the Blind
Theia-digital guide for the blind S
In Greek mythology, Theia, the “far shining one,” was the Mother of the Sun. So [MORE]
Micro-3D Imaging for Blood Vessels
Ultrathin 3D printed endoscope imaging an artery
“A team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide and University of Stuttgart [MORE]
Lab-Made Mimic of SARS-CoV-2
Lab researcher
In order to engineer a virus that mimics SARS-CoV-2 without causing COVID-19’s severe symptoms, virologists at Washington University in [MORE]
Telemed’s Virtual Waiting Rooms
Telemedicine consult
“Social distancing,” because of COVID-19, may have been the need telemedicine was waiting for. Almost everything in a medical [MORE]
The Man in the Iron Lung
The man in an iron lung
Paul Alexander was one of the earliest “baby-boomers,” and when he was six years old, [MORE]
Myc Transcription in Regenerating Damaged Heart
The Myc Transcription Factor
One of the curiosities of cancer research is why heart tissue is so much less likely to [MORE]
Quantum Imaging Diagnostics
Heart conduction system
From scientists at University College London: “Surgery to treat atrial fibrillation effectively cuts the wires to prevent a [MORE]
First Non-Symptomatic Test for COVID-19
COVID testing
Two months ago: “FDA’s authorization of the first diagnostic test to be used for anyone, regardless of whether they [MORE]
Laser Printed Blood Vessels
Blood vessels 3D printed with sugar
Imagine a 3D filigree submerges in a mixture of cells and hydrogel. The filigree is [MORE]
Successful Transplant of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in a Baby
Human ES cell-derived hepatocytes
The National Center for Child Health and Development (Tokyo Japan) announced a successful “bridge” treatment using stem [MORE]
Automated Flow Chemistry for Protein Synthesis
Muscle protein synthesis signaling cascades
“MIT chemists have devised a protocol to dramatically reduce the amount of time required to generate [MORE]
Is SARS-CoV-2 Becoming More Infectious?
Scripps-Research-Choe-Farzan-Coronavirus-Spike-Mutation
As SARS-CoV-2 passes through millions of human genomes, selection pressure is evolving a sturdier spike protein that makes the virus [MORE]
A BBB Chip
YongTae Kim with Blood brain barrier chip
Bioengineers at Georgia Tech have created a microfluidic chip representing the human blood-brain-barrier. Accordingly, [MORE]
Sensor-Imbedded Clothing for Monitoring COVID-19
Nanowear sensor-imbedded clothing for COVID
“New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health Systems and Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York are working with [MORE]