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A Patch of Nanorods and Spheres to Treat Tumors
Triple Attack Hydrogel Cancer Patch
MIT bioengineers have developed a patch of nanoparticles that can be attached to a tumor or [MORE]
Simulating the Physician-Patient Relationship
RWJF Role Play Discussing Antibiotics
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding a series of virtual conversations between a physician and [MORE]
Implantable Bioscaffolds for Muscle Regeneration
Healing Muscle Injury
Regenerative medicine research physicians have successfully implanted bioscaffolds (i.e. extracellular matrix derived from pig bladder tissue) in 13 [MORE]
Miniature Ultraviolet-Visible Light Spectrometers
Analytical UvVis
Our most faithful correspondent, Dr. Don Nagy, sent this piece about the engineering issues in miniaturizing spectrometers which researchers [MORE]
Photopharmacology and Optogenetics
Optogenetics
A greater share of research interest in cell signaling is devoted to the receptors on the outer surface of the [MORE]
Lens-Free on-Chip Microscopy for Diagnosing Gout
Uric Acid Crystals
If people don’t die before reaching their hundredth birthday, they enter an especially healthy demographic cohort except for [MORE]
Fertility Tracking Bracelet
Ava Fertility Tracker
A woman’s “fertility window,” when conception can happen is only about 6 days out of 28, and only [MORE]