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Rapid iPSC-CM Maturation on Surfaces Mimicking Native Cardiac Microenvironment

November 1, 2022 | | Posted in Newsletter

Cardiac ultrastructure inspired matrix induces advanced metabolic and functional maturation o human cardiomyocytes
“Here, we [biomedical engineers at the University of [MORE]

Piezoelectric Patch Assists Cartilage Regeneration

April 12, 2022 | | Posted in Newsletter

Piezoelectric Scaffold Boosts Cartilage Regeneration
“A team of researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a biomaterial scaffold that generates [MORE]

Controlling Cellular Organization in 3D Printing

July 27, 2021 | | Posted in Newsletter

Controlling cellular organization in bioprinting
Bioengineers at the University of Connecticut (and collaborators) present “a rapid, simple, and cost-effective approach is [MORE]

Printing Tissue Inside a Wound

May 12, 2020 | | Posted in Newsletter

Replacing tissue inside wounds
“. . . [R]esearchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a bioprinter that deposits a biocompatible [MORE]

A Bandage that Delivers Drugs for Diabetic Wound Healing

May 12, 2020 | | Posted in Newsletter

Smart bandage can deliver drug independently
“The smart bandage,” from University of Connecticut engineers,  “is equipped with wirelessly controlled mini needles. [MORE]

Biosensor Detects HER-2 Breast Cancer in 15 Minutes

January 22, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

3D printer makes biosensors to detect breast cancer protein in blood.
University scientists in Connecticut have built a microfluidics device that [MORE]

A Biodegradable Sensor for Measuring Brain Swelling

March 6, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Biodegradable-Piezoelectric-Pressure-Sensor-
Scientists at the University of Connecticut’s Institute for Regenerative Engineering and Institute for Materials Science, “have created a biodegradable pressure [MORE]

Biological Supercapacitors

July 11, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

Supercapacitor
Supercapacitors are, in effect, rechargeable batteries, but a biological supercapacitor is a tiny (1micrometer thick) device that holds a charge [MORE]

Advantages of Hand-Held Nanopore Sequencers

December 8, 2015 | | Posted in Newsletter

MinION Setup
We’re seeing more and increasingly favorable reports about Oxford Nanopore’s “MinION” hand-held DNA sequencer. This piece says: “As a [MORE]

Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

April 24, 2012 | | Posted in Newsletter

Since 1929, the Jackson Laboratory on Mt. Desert Island, ME has been breeding strains of mice—now more [MORE]