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Methylation of the Brain’s Residential Immune Cells
Cryopreserved microglial cells
From neuroscientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai: “We found that human microglial cells have [MORE]
“Hello World,” from an ALS Patient Using a Neuroprosthetic
Synchron Stentrode brain computer interface
“Philip O’Keefe, a 62-year-old amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient in Australia recently became the first person [MORE]
Movano Ring, et al, for Biomonitoring
Movano health tracker
“The Movano Ring clearly has the $300 Oura Ring in mind with this claim, noting that its ring [MORE]
Sensor for Cardiac Disturbance
Pop-up electronic sensors detect malfunctioning cells
“UC San Diego engineers developed a powerful new tool that directly measures the movement and [MORE]
Bioink for 3D Printing Tissues and Organs
3D Bioprinted tissue
From Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School: “Printing at low temperatures has the added advantage that it can [MORE]
Thought-to-Text Brain-Computer Interface
Brain computer interface
“Blackrock Neurotech, a medical technology company based in Salt Lake City, created a suite of brain-computer interface systems [MORE]
Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring
Know Labs glucose monitor use Bio-RFID instead of finger sticks
Seattle-based “Know Labs’ glucose monitors are both powered by its Body-Radio [MORE]
Logic-Gated Gene Therapy
Logic-Gated Gene Therapy
“Borrowing a concept from computation, scientists at ETH Zurich created genetic “logic gates” that can differentiate between tumor [MORE]
UK Biobank’s Huge Data Release
UK BIOBank.
“This is the biggest [200,000] release of whole genome sequencing data in history. The UK Biobank is also planning [MORE]
Same Day Diagnosis of Blood Infections
OneSeq Dx
“OneSeq Dx [in Boston] processes blood samples using ultra-high enrichment (at the level 109) to extract high yields of [MORE]
Seeing Synapses at Work
Visualizing synaptic plasticity
“We [neuroscientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins] have developed a suite of innovative methodologies that break through these [MORE]
Stem Cells to Embryoids
Induction of Rosette-to-Lumen stage embryoids
“Blastocyst-derived stem cell lines were shown to self-organize into embryo-like structures in 3D cell culture environments. [MORE]
Improving Brain Scans
Funky Helmet Enhances MRI Brain Scans
“A team of engineers and radiologists at Boston University created a helmet that can dramatically [MORE]
Twin Prime Editing in Gene Therapy
New prime editing system inserts entire genes
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard . . . describes “ [MORE]