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Injectable, Resilient Hydrogels

Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords
“When tested in biomimetic perfusion bioreactors, the hydrogels maintain physical integrity under [MORE]

Soft and Sweet Brain Implants

Sugar needle brain implant
“A softer implant would help to reduce tissue irritation, but poses challenges in terms of manufacturing and [MORE]

Super Sutures

Bioinspired tough gel sheath for sutures
“Inspired by tendon endotenon sheath, we (engineers at McGill University) report a versatile strategy to [MORE]

AI Predicts Neurodegenerative Disease from a Blood Sample

AI analyzes blood to predict neurodegenerative diseases
“A new study published today illustrates that artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of blood samples [MORE]

Measuring Heat of Drug-Target Interaction

Chemistry Lab
Chemical reactions almost always generate heat, and knowing that biochemists at McGill University have applied isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) [MORE]

Magnetoactic Bacteria Delivers Drugs to Tumors Hypoxic Locations

In 1993, researchers found an unusual micorganism in the waters of Rhode Island’s Petaquamscuff estuary. It was unusual in that [MORE]

High Fidelity DNA/Gold Particle Nanostructures

Gold Nanoparticles
Chemical engineers at McGill University in Montreal have reported a means for making nanoparticles that have high fidelity targeting [MORE]

Nano DNA Traps for Drug Delivery

Nano Cages
Biochemists at Montreal’s McGill University are experimenting with nano “cubes,” made of DNA and coated with lipid-like molecules, that [MORE]

Intubation Robot in Clinical Trials

Kepler Intubation System
Surgical patients under full sedation typically have a breathing tube inserted to manage their airways.  Inserting that [MORE]