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Technology Review’s 10 best of 2021
10 Breakthrough technologies
TR’s ten “breakthrough technologies of 2021” come from many fields, but they all could impact medical research and [MORE]
Another Win for CRISPR
CRISPR therapy for rare blood diseases
“Back in 2019 the first CRISPR human clinical trials kicked off in the United States. [MORE]
Renin Cell Baroreceptor Controls Blood Pressure
Renin cell barorecptor control for blood pressure
From researchers at the University of Virginia: “we elucidated the structure and location of [MORE]
Infusion Medicine and PPE Delivered by Drone
Medical deliveries by drone
“According to an iQ Healthtech news release, North Carolina’s Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s central campus will [MORE]
Fat, Inflammation and Insulin Insensitivity
White adipose tiissue
“We [Karolinska Institute] provide a spatial map of human WAT [white adipose tissue] organization and demonstrate that the [MORE]
Photoacoustic Device for Assessing Lymph Nodes
Transparent ultrasound transducer
“[We, electrical engineers at South Korea’s Pohang University] demonstrate a non-ionizing, cost-effective, handheld photoacoustic finder (PAF) fully integrated [MORE]
A Blood Test for Schizophrenia
Machine learning approach and blood test for predicting risk of schizophrenia
“A team of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine [MORE]
Overview of Automating Gene and Cell Therapies
The future of genetic medicine
“There are now 22 cell and gene therapies of various kinds approved in the U.S.” This [MORE]
Detecting Gliomas in Spinal Fluid, Plasma and Urine
Free DNA in plasma and urine
“We [University of Cambridge] determined the glioma-derived DNA fraction in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), plasma, and [MORE]
An Insulin Switch
Synthetic switch into insulin
“To test the functional coupling between insulin’s “hinge opening” and receptor activation, we [Indiana University] inserted an [MORE]
Heart Organoids Screen for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Inhibiting Drugs
Human embryonic stem cells derived cardiomyocytes screen SAR-CoV-2
“We [University of Cambridge] outline a screening platform using human embryonic stem cell-derived [MORE]
Freeze-Dried Cells in the Mail
Freeze-dried mouse sperm sent by mail
Reproductive biologists at the University of Yamanashi (Japan) “recently sent mouse sperm that was freeze-dried [MORE]
Genetics-Based Blood Test for Glaucoma
Testing for glaucoma
“A new genetics-based blood test for glaucoma is 15 times better than current methods at identifying high-risk individuals [MORE]
Understanding “Fine Grain Differentiation” in the Liver
Embryos and core signaling pathways
Success with growing artificial organs depends on understanding the signaling pathways that cause cell development at [MORE]