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Regenerating Natural Hearing
Ear Hair Cells and Progenitors
Age-related hearing loss most often results when the tiny cilia hairs of the cochlea break down. [MORE]
Nanotube Electrodes for Brain Implants
Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube
Most brain implants are made of metal wires, which can work but are not ideal. They can kill [MORE]
A Synthetic Cardiac Stem Cell
Synthetic Cardiac Stem Cells
University collaborators in North Carolina and Henan, China have created a synthetic cardiac stem cell that has [MORE]
Gene Therapy’s Breakout
CRISPR-Cas9 Mode of Action
September 14, 1990 was the first FDA approved human clinical trial for gene therapy. The patient, then [MORE]
The Forensic Necrobiome
Forensic Science Lab
Establishing a time of death is crucial in murder investigations. But that can be particularly difficult if a [MORE]
World’s First Portable Whole-Body CT Scanner
Body Tom Portable CT
As this piece describes it: “BodyTom, the world’s first portable, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner, is a multi-departmental [MORE]
Comparing Sequencing Platforms Using the Same Tumor Tissue
Foundation Medicine (Cambridge, MA) and Guardant Health (Redwood City, CA) both have genomic sequencing platforms for genomic cancer. Foundation analyzes [MORE]