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Artificial Testicles
Israeli lab grows proto-sperm from stem cells
“Israeli scientists believe they’ve found a way for male mice without sperm to produce [MORE]
Taping Nerve Ends Together
FDA clearance for surgical nerve-repairing tape
“When a peripheral nerve is injured or severed and requires surgery to repair, the standard [MORE]
AlphaFold’s Database of 200m Protein Structures
AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe
“AlphaFold is the singular and momentous advance in life science that demonstrates the [MORE]
Continuous Real Time imaging of internal Organs
Tiny ultrasound stickers a breakthrough in continuous real-time imaging
“Engineers at MIT have designed a tiny sticker that can deliver continuous [MORE]
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Aging research isn’t longevity
“Since it opened in 1999, researchers at the institute have produced a variety of discoveries, perhaps the [MORE]
Millirobots for Drug Delivery
Stanford engineers develop tiny robots to bring health care closer to precisely targeted drug delivery
From Stanford University: “This new “spinning-enabled [MORE]
Organoids to Gastruloids
An early human embryo
“In 2020, a collaborative group of researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) and the Hubrecht Institute [MORE]
SHERLOCK for RNA Editing
CRISPR-Cas13 editing could offer new avenues for treatment
Scientists at the Broad Institute, who were involved in the technology of CRISPR [MORE]
Nanoparticles to Prevent Transplanted Organ Rejection
A microscopic image of endothelial cells treated with drug-loaded nanoparticles
Preventing organ rejection because of an immune response to a transplant [MORE]
An Algorithm for Arrhythmias
Trust and the machines getting ready to play doctor
There is a high hurdle in applying artificial intelligence to clinical diagnostics—i.e. [MORE]
3-D Printed Artificial Heart
3D-printed artificial heart beats just like the real thing
This piece is about a soft artificial heart that mimics a normal [MORE]
Skin Regeneration with “Minimally Polarized Functional Units”
Reinventing tissue regeneration, one layer at a time
According to a regenerative medicine company, Polarity TE (Salt Lake City, UT), minimally [MORE]
Metabolomics in Personalized Medicine
Metabolomics
“You have tens of thousands of genes, of which tens of thousands will be expressed – and you also have [MORE]
Altering Gene Expression with Gold Nanorods and an NIR Laser
Altering Gene Expression with Gold Nanorods and an NIR Laser
Japanese scientists have used lipid coated gold nanorods to deliver a [MORE]