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An Inhaled Hydrogel Forms a Barrier against COVID

An inhaled bioadhesive hydrogel to shield non-human primates from SARS-CoV-2 infection
“In this work, we [researchers in the UNC/NCSU joint department [MORE]

Defining the Shape of Proteins

Scientists study how proteins change shape inside cells
From the University of North Carolina School of Medicine: “The scientists’ new “binder-tag” [MORE]

Post-Surgical Gel Prevents Tumor Recurrence

Post-surgery healing gel
A collaboration between researchers at UCLA, UNC and two Chinese universities has “developed an in situ formed immunotherapeutic [MORE]

Synthetic Beta Cells in a Patch Treatment for Diabetes

Artificial Beta Cells
Biomedical engineers in North Carolina (UNC–NCSU) have developed artificial pancreatic beta cells that automatically secrete insulin as needed.   [MORE]

A Synthetic Cardiac Stem Cell

Synthetic Cardiac Stem Cells
University collaborators in North Carolina and Henan, China have created a synthetic cardiac stem cell that has [MORE]

Mapping DNA Repair in the Human Genome

DNA Repair
An unfortunate reality of cancer is that means for killing tumor cells (chemotherapy and radiation) can also cause more [MORE]

Iontophoresis, Drug Delivery by Electrical Waves

Iontophoresis
If you recall electrophoresis experiments from your high school biology class, you’ve seen how ions in an electrical current can [MORE]

Diagnosing Ciliopathies

Cryo-Electron Tomography Reveals Ciliary Defect
Cilia are the nano-antennea that cells use for sensory perception. About twenty genetic ciliopathies are known [MORE]

Vitamin B2 in Two Photon Polymerization for Implantable Devices

NC State 3-D Printing Riboflavin
To treat milder forms of the degenerative eye disease keratoconus ophthalmologists apply a few drops [MORE]

“PAM50” Test Kit for Recurrent Breast Cancer

Personalized cancer treatment depends upon subclassifications of patients’ diseases, such as breast cancer’s sub groups: luminal A, luminal B, [MORE]

Aiming to Regenerate Intestinal Immunity

While polio is close to being the second human disease to be eradicated, knowledge of it is useful for [MORE]

Nanolithography for Biosensors

Several developments have come forward recently in designing parallel channel microfluidic chips that can be used as biosensors.  This [MORE]

Biodegradable Stents

Chemical & Engineering News recently reported that chemists at UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University have developed easy-to-make [MORE]

Promising Biomarker for Early Lung Cancer Detection

In the transition of loose connective tissue, known as mesenchyme, into epithelial cells of the lung, DNA methylation can silence [MORE]