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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]

Polymer Brush Hypersurface Photolithography

4D printer recreates the complexity of cell surfaces
“Gene chips,” those photolithograph devices that print stacks of DNA base sequences as [MORE]

3D Printed “Hyperelastic” Bone

Hyperelastic human spine bone
“Hyperelastic bone is a “3D-printed synthetic scaffold,” consisting mainly of bone mineral (hydroxyapatite) plus a widely used, [MORE]

Spherical Nucleic Acids for Immunotherapy

Spherical nucleic acid
“Researchers from Northwestern University have leveraged machine learning to aid in the design of nanomedicines for immunotherapy. They [MORE]

Sweat Patch Diagnostics

Sensor to measure chemical contents in sweat
Sweat is a diagnostic fluid, with varying levels of chloride, glucose, and lactate.  To [MORE]

Why Clinical Genetics Lags

Much of the Genome has not been studied
It’s true in most fields that new research largely reinforces prior discoveries.  That’s [MORE]

Bioelectronic Medicine, A Beginning

Biodegradable device for nerve regeneration
A recent Nature Medicine article, titled “Wireless bioresorbable electronic system enables sustained nonpharmacological neuroregenerative therapy,” describes [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]

Huntington’s RNAs Inhibit Cancer Growth

3D Image of Hungtington Gene
Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that the trinucleotide repeats (TNRs) associated with Huntington’s disease also [MORE]

A New Kind of “Tissue Paper”

Tissue Paper Made From Organs
In a multistep process (see the video), biochemists at Northwestern University have taken animal tissues, minced [MORE]

Attacking Brain Tumors with Liquid Polymer Nanoparticles

Glioblastoma Cells
In an example of “customized nanomedicine,” cancer researchers at Northwestern University constructed lipid nanoparticles carrying four siRNAs aimed at [MORE]

A Synthetic Ovary Allows Sterilized Mice to Give Birth

Order of Changes in Ovary
In fertility studies of mice, bioengineers at Northwestern University have determined that the architecture of a [MORE]

Monitoring Macular Degeneration with a Contact Lens

Detect Ultrasound with Light
Optical ultrasound detection is a new aspect of photoacoustic imaging, and comes from engineers at Northwestern University. [MORE]

Personalized Medical Devices—3-D Printed Biodegradable Stents

3D Printing Customized Stents
Today’s arterial stents are made from either metal or plastic. They come in different sizes, and the [MORE]