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Bridging Neurodegeneration
Creating a Scaffold for Nerves
Within neurons, a protein “bridge” exists that connects the energy producing mitochondria and the calcium storing [MORE]
Nerves of Steel (almost)
Liquid Metal Nerves
Liquid metal is an alloy of gallium, indium and selenium which takes a fluid phase at body temperature [MORE]
Cochlear Implants Enable Gene Therapy for Auditory Nerves
Regenerated Auditory Nerves
Electroporation is one method of gene transfer, but it is limited by the number of cells it [MORE]
Perspective on Wearable Sensors
Rock Health: Future of Wearables
In some ways, the market for wearable biosensors resembles the “dot com” bubble—a tremendous expansion of [MORE]
Mapping the Metabolome
Metabolomics
Wellcome Trust’s Sanger Institute at Cambridge University, has released an open access map connecting 145 genetic regions (and their variations) [MORE]
Keeping Stem Cells in Place
Hydrogel Polymers and Stem Cells
Encasing stem cells in hydrogel before injecting them at a site of bone repair keeps the [MORE]
Diffuse Optical Tomography
Digital Optical Scanner (DOT)
“Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is a new brain scanning technology developed by a team at the [MORE]