“Bridged Nucleic Acid” as a Guide for Gene Editing
B-DNA
A synthetic guide molecule appears to increase the targeting accuracy in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, according to a research group at [MORE]
Cardiac Assessment with a Smartphone
Smartphone-Based Heart Rate Monitoring App
“A smartphone application using the phone’s camera function performed better than traditional physical examination to assess [MORE]
Sensored Socks for Diabetic Feet
Siren Diabetic Socks
A San Francisco company, “Siren,” has introduced a sensored sock for monitoring foot temperature as an indicator of [MORE]
Lab Automation for Urine Analysis
Laboratory Automaton
“TLA (Total Laboratory Automation) has vastly changed the workflow for urine cultures. As an example, plates no longer sit [MORE]
Wearable Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
Wearable Brain Scanner New MEG Helmet
Magnetoencephalography is a technology that measures electrical transmission within the brain based on tiny (i.e. [MORE]
A “Culture Mold” for Growing Heart Cells
Lab Made Cardiomyocytes
Inducing early stem cells to become a specific tissue cell type is no easy business, but a research [MORE]
A Gene and Cell Therapy “Factory” in Houston
Gene Therapy
Following closely on the news that the world’s first commercial factory (30,000 sq. ft.) for the production of induced [MORE]
A Tooth Sensor Measures Sugar, Salt and Alcohol Intake
Tooth Sensor
“Researchers at Tufts University have developed an amazing new sensor, only 2 millimeters on a side, that can be [MORE]
A Highly Accurate Stroke Detector
Cerebrotech Visor
Even within the so-called “golden hour,” stroke detection currently gets low marks. But a California company claims to have [MORE]
Metabolic Profiling for Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Elevated levels of prostate specific antigen followed by prostate biopsies have long been the standard for determining prostate cancer, [MORE]
“MELISA,” Cell-Phone Based Immuosorbent Assay
MELISA test
The Mobile Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (MELISA) is a means that “accurately measures progesterone levels, a key hormone that [MORE]
Memory Enhancing Brain Prosthetic
Memory Stimulation Brain Implant
At Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center epilepsy treatments include implanting electrodes in the brain which can stimulate [MORE]
Hydrogel Drug Delivery for Arthritis
Flare Response Hydrogel for Arthritis
People might out-live cancer and heart attacks, but they’re not likely to out-live arthritis. To deal [MORE]
Liver Regeneration
Telomerase
An adult’s liver can fully regenerate its original mass from as little as 25% of its remaining undamaged or diseased [MORE]
Lab-on-a-Fiber Technology
Lab On Fiber Analyst Royal Society of Chemistry
First it was lab-on-a-chip, and then lab-on-skin. Now Scottish researchers report on an [MORE]
Automatic Breast Density Measurement
MAMMOMAT Revelation
Quoting directly: “Siemens Healthineers has just received FDA clearance for its MAMMOMAT Revelation. It is the first mammography system [MORE]
Bacterial Cellulose for Artificial Tissues?
Bacterial Cellulose Bio-fabrication as Ear
“BC [bacterial cellulose], one of the purest forms of nanocellulose, is produced at the interface between [MORE]
World’s First Commercial iPSC Factory
Human iPS Cells Colonies
On March 22, the Sumitomo Dainippon Manufacturing Plant for Regenerative Medicine opened the first commercial factory for [MORE]
A Gel after Cancer Surgery
Dendritic Cell Revealed
A gel of biodegradable sugar and drugs that activate dendritic cells has been shown in animal studies to [MORE]
Super Accurate Photonic Biosensors
Whispering Gallery Mode Biosensing
Biophysicists at New York University, who pioneered the concept of “Whispering Gallery Mode” [WGM] of silicon bead [MORE]
The Incredible Bebionic Mytoelectric Hand
Micromo Faulhaber Bebionic Hand
“The Bebionic myoelectric prosthesis weighs about as much as a natural hand (0.88 – 1.32 lbs) and [MORE]
More on 4-D Printing
4D Printing Time Lapsed
Engineers at George Tech and Singapore University of Technology and Design have built a 4-D printer: “The [MORE]
Intercellular Artificial Organelles
Artificial Organelle
In many gene therapy trials, viral vectors transform producer cells. But from the beginning, researchers knew viruses were not [MORE]
Using A.I. for Routine Examinations
Artificial Intelligence in China
On a trip to China a few years ago, I saw a line of people at a [MORE]
Injectable Hydrogel for Diabetic Ulcers
Rice University Graduate Student Nicole Carrejo Analyzes a Sample of K2(SL)6K2
Treating diabetic foot ulcers is an art left behind. Little [MORE]