POSTS TAGGED AS University of Oxford

3D Bioprinting of Brain Tissue

Oxford researchers develop 3D-printing  method that shows promise for repairing brain injuries
“Here, we [at the University of Oxford] use a [MORE]

Silk for Nerve Repair

Spider, silkworm silk combined to create new nerve-repairing material
“For the first time, researchers have combined two kinds of silk to [MORE]

Blood Test for Early Metastatic Diagnosis

Metabolomic Biomarkers
“Here, we [University of Oxford researchers] hypothesized that biomarkers within the blood metabolome could identify cancers within a mixed [MORE]

AI Outperforms Doctors in Predicting Heart Conditions

Echocardiogram
“In a human versus AI study, researchers found that the technology was much more effective at predicting which coronavirus patients [MORE]

MRI Mapping of Carotid Artery Plaque to Predict Stroke

MRI Based on T2 Mapping
An MRI scan can determine the size of a plaque in the carotid arteries, but cannot [MORE]

3-D Droplet Bioprinter

3-D Droplet Bioprinter Developed by Bayley Group
3-D printing has been used for some time to create artificial scaffolds upon which [MORE]

Synthetic Retinas

Fundus Photograph Normal Retina
Ever wonder how to make an artificial retina? If so, Oxford University scientists say how it’s done: [MORE]

A Robot with Real Human Tissue

Robot
It’s an interesting idea—to build a mechanical robot with sheets of lab grown human skin stretched over large anatomical areas. [MORE]

Prospects for “Modular Vaccines”

Isopeptide Bonds
Virus-like particles are self-assembling multiprotein structures that mimic viruses. They actually could be useful as “modular vaccines” if it [MORE]