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“Blinking” Cellular Paint for Microscopy

qPAINT
Most people wouldn’t quickly associate “democratization” and molecular labeling, but then, researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute aren’t like most people. [MORE]

Engineering New Insulin Producing Cells

Insulin Producing Mini Stomachs
Scientists at Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute have induced pluripotency in stomach cells of diabetic mice and caused [MORE]

Light Activated Suturing

Light and Dye Close Wounds
Using Rose Bengal dye and a light in the green wavelength, researchers at the University of [MORE]

Microfluidics Device for DNA Testing

Paper Machine
Quoting directly: “The ‘Paper Machine,’ as the researchers behind the project call it, is a microfluidic device made out [MORE]

A New and Improved CRISPR

CRISPR Cas9
Those in the know must be saying “CRISPR-Cas9” is “so yesterday.” This remarkable gene editing technology has shot like [MORE]

“Tauopathy” as a Consequence of Repeated Concussions

Tau Protein
Football players who have sustained repeated concussions, soldier suffering from traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s patients seem to have [MORE]

New Platform for Cancer Epigenetic Profiling

Epigenetics
Biostatisticians at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Harvard University have collaborated to create a new “co-expression” analysis of cancer, on [MORE]

A Net-Like Brain Implant for Neuronal Monitoring

Injectable Electronic Brain Implant
Imagine an injectable neural device that unfurls over a large area of the brain and provides a [MORE]

Advance in Gene Editing

Genome Editing
From the beginning of gene therapy, the chief limiting issue was the means for delivering a therapeutic gene. Since [MORE]

Kidney Structures from 3-D Printing

3D Printed Capillaries
Printing organs does not appear to be on the near term horizon, but persistently 3-D printing is moving [MORE]

“Smart Ink” Microbatteries

Microbatteries
Battery size has a limiting effect on a number of implantable and wearable devices. To address this, a Harvard lab [MORE]

Long Term Survival of ESC’s for Parkinsonism

Ole Isacson
For some time it has been suspected that embryonic stem cells, transplanted to the substantia nigra of Parkinson’s [MORE]

Printing Blood Vessels

3D Printing Blood Vessels
They call it “ink,” but actually it’s a gelatin-based material that forms extracellular matrix and micro vessels, [MORE]

Extending the Life of Implanted Nanoelectronics

3D Nanoelectronic Scaffolds Neural Tissue Interface
Nanoelectronics present many attractive possibilities for medical use—for example, sensors imbedded in prosthetics that can [MORE]