Growing Up Kidney Podocytes
Mature kidney podocyte
Winston Churchill’s comment that Russia is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” might equally apply [MORE]
Simultaneous Label-Free Autofluorescence Multi-Harmonic Microscopy (aka SLAM)
SLAM-Microscopy
University of Illinois scientists have developed this microscopy system which uses precise light pulses to simultaneously produce images from multiple [MORE]
Drinkable Electronic Sensors
Drinkable electronic sensors
Swiss scientists have designed microsensors that are tiny enough to pass into the blood stream and congregate at [MORE]
An Inexpensive Trap for Diagnosing Prostate Cancer
PC3 prostate cancer cell
Chinese engineers have used a common frosted glass microscope slide as the basis for an inexpensive diagnostic [MORE]
Hand-Held Robotic Drill for Most Delicate Surgery
Cochlea surgical drill
Though the Brunels became the first family of British civil engineers by drilling the River Thames Tunnel in [MORE]
Cell Free RNA Blood Test for Premature Birth
Infant blood test
Building on research in Denmark, Stanford University biologists identified cell free RNA in mothers’ blood that can indicate [MORE]
Synthetic T Cells
T Cells
According to this piece, researchers at UCLA’s dental school were able to create soft, flexible microparticles that mimic functional [MORE]
“Cell Sliding” in Organ Regeneration
Chiral cell sliding drives left-right asymmetric organ twisting
Developmental biologists at Osaka University recently announced an important finding relative to organ regeneration: [MORE]
Printing Bone Implants of PEKK
3D printer of PEKK implants
Just as dentists can now 3-D print teeth in practices, independent surgical centers may soon begin [MORE]
A Wearable for Opioid Withdrawal
Drug Relief by DyAnsys
The market for solutions to opioid addiction is growing, to say the least. One response to that [MORE]
Body Powered Devices
Self-powered pacemaker fueled by piezoelectric energy harvester
A pacemaker needs only fifty-millionths of a watt to function; a smartphone can run [MORE]
The First MRI-Guided Neurosurgical Robot
Robot prototype operating within MRI environment
Metal objects used in surgeries are incompatible with the magnetic field of MRI imaging. To work [MORE]
Even Smarter Bandages
Smart bandage to monitor chronic wounds
pH is an important factor in wound healing. Normally healing wounds have pH levels between [MORE]
Photoinduced Cycloisomerization
Synthesizing carbocyclic 5-8-5 fused-ring-systems
Florida State University biochemists have used UV light to synthesize the carbocyclic ring that should be useful in [MORE]
Reading Brainwaves from Inside the Skull
Neuro chip
“Researchers at Purdue University have now developed a brain-reading implant that’s incredibly small and that doesn’t need any on-board batteries [MORE]
X-ray, Nanobubble Delivery of Anticancer Chemo
Dr. Wei-Deng researching nanobubbles
“Nanobubbles,” aka liposomes, have shown usefulness in drug delivery before, but their limitation has been in tissue [MORE]
Detecting Alzheimer’s Decades Earlier
Beta amyloid plaque
Misfolded amyloid beta, forming plaques, has long been suspected as a key to understanding how Alzheimer’s disease causes [MORE]
A “Smart Stent” that Monitors Arterial Conditions
UBC smart stent
Electrical and computer engineers at the University of British Columbia have created “the first angioplasty-ready smart stent.” “[They] modified [MORE]
Capturing Tumor Cells on a Magnetic Wire
Magnetized wire captures tumor cells
Stanford University bioengineers have designed a method for capturing circulating tumor cells in the blood stream. Their approach [MORE]
A Genome in a Day
DNA
In living cells, a special polymerase named “terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase” (TdT) adds about a thousand nucleotides per second to a [MORE]
Nanocrystals and Microparticles to Treat Osteoarthritis
Treating osteoarthritis
The ancient Greeks who coined the phrase “misery loves company” may well have been talking about osteoarthritis—an affliction that [MORE]
Printing Muscles and Tendons
Microplate for printing muscles and tendons
Using 3-D bioprinting and a novel microplate, biochemical engineers in Zurich and Basel were able to [MORE]
Automated Cell Culture
eVOLVER
With a relatively inexpensive set up, a bioengineer at Rice University built an automated cell culture prototype that controlled timing, temperature [MORE]
A Regenerative Bandage
Regenerative bandage promotes wound healing
Sores for a diabetic take longer to heal than with a non-diabetic person. For that situation, [MORE]
IoT for the research laboratory
Internet of things
The Internet of Things (IoT) suggests that it is possible to integrate any number of devices or information [MORE]