Digital Guidance for the Blind
Theia-digital guide for the blind S
In Greek mythology, Theia, the “far shining one,” was the Mother of the Sun. So [MORE]
Micro-3D Imaging for Blood Vessels
Ultrathin 3D printed endoscope imaging an artery
“A team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide and University of Stuttgart [MORE]
Lab-Made Mimic of SARS-CoV-2
Lab researcher
In order to engineer a virus that mimics SARS-CoV-2 without causing COVID-19’s severe symptoms, virologists at Washington University in [MORE]
Telemed’s Virtual Waiting Rooms
Telemedicine consult
“Social distancing,” because of COVID-19, may have been the need telemedicine was waiting for. Almost everything in a medical [MORE]
The Man in the Iron Lung
The man in an iron lung
Paul Alexander was one of the earliest “baby-boomers,” and when he was six years old, [MORE]
Myc Transcription in Regenerating Damaged Heart
The Myc Transcription Factor
One of the curiosities of cancer research is why heart tissue is so much less likely to [MORE]
Quantum Imaging Diagnostics
Heart conduction system
From scientists at University College London: “Surgery to treat atrial fibrillation effectively cuts the wires to prevent a [MORE]
First Non-Symptomatic Test for COVID-19
COVID testing
Two months ago: “FDA’s authorization of the first diagnostic test to be used for anyone, regardless of whether they [MORE]
Laser Printed Blood Vessels
Blood vessels 3D printed with sugar
Imagine a 3D filigree submerges in a mixture of cells and hydrogel. The filigree is [MORE]
Successful Transplant of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in a Baby
Human ES cell-derived hepatocytes
The National Center for Child Health and Development (Tokyo Japan) announced a successful “bridge” treatment using stem [MORE]
Automated Flow Chemistry for Protein Synthesis
Muscle protein synthesis signaling cascades
“MIT chemists have devised a protocol to dramatically reduce the amount of time required to generate [MORE]
Is SARS-CoV-2 Becoming More Infectious?
Scripps-Research-Choe-Farzan-Coronavirus-Spike-Mutation
As SARS-CoV-2 passes through millions of human genomes, selection pressure is evolving a sturdier spike protein that makes the virus [MORE]
A BBB Chip
YongTae Kim with Blood brain barrier chip
Bioengineers at Georgia Tech have created a microfluidic chip representing the human blood-brain-barrier. Accordingly, [MORE]
Sensor-Imbedded Clothing for Monitoring COVID-19
Nanowear sensor-imbedded clothing for COVID
“New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health Systems and Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York are working with [MORE]
Remotely Activated Neurodiscs for Neuron Stimulation
Nanodiscs
“Using magnetic modeling and electron holography, we predict and experimentally demonstrate magnetic vortex states in an array of colloidally synthesized [MORE]
Metabolic Test for Urinary Tract Stones; Results in 30 Minutes
SLIPS technology urine testing for kidney stone patients
Penn State University bioengineers report that “we demonstrate SLIPS-LAB (Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surface [MORE]
3D Printing a Human Heart Pump
3D Printed heart
“Scientists at the University of Minnesota have 3D printed a beating heart muscle ‘pump’ consisting of pluripotent stem [MORE]
A Vaccine Against Aging
CD153 vaccine
Osaka University School of Medicine: “Here, we show the long-lasting effect of using CD153 vaccination to remove senescent T [MORE]
Atomic Imaging of Tooth Enamel
Finding tiny chemical flaws in tooth enamel
Materials scientists as Northwestern University had experience with atom probe tomography, while those at [MORE]
A More Precise CRISPR
Improved CRISPR Cas9
Off targeting has always been a problem for the otherwise remarkable CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. To improve the [MORE]
Analytik Jena Lab Equipment Webcasts
German laboratory company Analytik Jena, offers video webinars which may be useful in training entry level scientists. “Nucleic acid extraction, [MORE]
A Breathalyzer for COVID-19
Canary COVID-19 breathalyzer
South African scientists will start field testing a breathalyzer that could become an inexpensive and rapid way to [MORE]
Breath Analysis for COVID-19
Flu detector
In a matter of months, research labs around the world have come up with an enormous number of innovations [MORE]
27 Blood Biomarkers of COVID-19
Blood proteins could help predict severity COVID-19
From the Francis Crick Institute and the Charite Hospital in Berlin: “The researchers refined [MORE]
Artificial Eye Sees in 3D
Structure of EC eye
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology report its development of an electrochemical bionic eye that images [MORE]