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Genetic Screening of Organoids

CRISPR-LIGHT tool for genetic screening tool for organoids
CRIPSR-Lineage Tracing at Cellular resolution in Heterogeneous Tissue (CRISPR-LICHT) is the term researchers [MORE]

Stranger than Fiction–Brain Organoids that “Think”

Human brain organoids
A neuroscience lab at University of California-San Diego “. . . has connected organoids to walking robots, modified [MORE]

Flow Monitor for Hydrocephalus Shunts

 
Flow sense hydrocephalus monitor
Rhaeos (Evanston, IL), a spinout from Northwestern University, specializes in addressing hydrocephalus, and this piece describes its [MORE]

Micro-Electrode Chip for Determining Nerve Transmission

Dual-mode microelectrode array (DM-MEA) system
From bioengineers in Basel and Zurich, Switzerland: “We report on a dual-mode high-density microelectrode array, which [MORE]

Newly Discovered Taste Cell

New type of tastebud
Researchers at the University of Buffalo report this: “Currently, it is thought that taste cells are primarily [MORE]

 Mr. RFS’s Brain

Visual agnosia in patient RFS
You may remember Oliver Sacks’ 1985 book “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” [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]

Magnetically Powered Bioelectronic Implants

Magnetoelectric film on top of rice
From Rice University neuroengineers: “The neural stimulator draws its power from magnetic energy and is [MORE]

Whole Head Magnetoencephalography

MEG helmet
For neuroimaging, engineers at the University of Nottingham have designed a helmet with sensors that combine optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs), [MORE]

COVID and Neurological Disorders

Necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy
COVID-19’s symptoms are still sorting out, but perhaps its most frightening manifestation is acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy.  In [MORE]

A Better Brain-Machine Interface

Schematic of the CMOS chip integrated with the microwire bundle
In this piece British, American and Swiss bioengineers “. . . [MORE]

Connectomics

Wiring diagram of fruit fly
“Connectomics is the process of attempting to create a three-dimensional map of every neuron in a [MORE]

Are Brain Organoids Accurate Models?

Human brain organoid
“. . . [A] stem cell biologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and his team demonstrate [MORE]

An Injectable Neural Stimulation Electrode

Kip Ludwig holds syringe with injectrode
Neuromoduation, via electrical stimulation, is a technique for treating seizures, chronic pain, depression, and opioid [MORE]