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Computer Assisted Design for Nano Drug Delivery

Computer Model UPenn
Cell surfaces “flutter” to thermal fluxuations, according to researchers in this piece. And, that undulation influences how well [MORE]

Placenta-on-a-Chip

Placenta-on-a-Chip
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a “placenta-on-a-chip” device that mimics the functions of this complex and little [MORE]

Microscopic Liquid Crystal Lens

Liquid Crystal Forms Compound Lens
Liquid crystals are often associated with electronic displays and cell membranes. But they are widely employed [MORE]

Nanoparticles to Prevent Tooth Decay

Nanoparticles to Prevent Tooth Decay
Research groups in the US and China, respectively, have found that nanoparticles containing farnesol (a natural [MORE]

Telemedicine for Blinding Disease

Retinopathy of Prematurity
About half of all premature babies, born at or before 30 weeks gestation, suffer vision damage called “retinopathy [MORE]

Stroke Map for Telemedicine

Stroke Map
Health demographers at the University of Pennsylvania have mapped out the geography of annual stroke incidence (800,000) and mortality [MORE]

Gene Therapy that Prevents HIV/AIDS

Modifiying T Cells
Gene therapists at the University of Pennsylvania have used a gene editing technique (zinc finger technology) to induce [MORE]

Transcriptome Profiling in a Single Living Cell

Eberwine Nature Methods image
It is assumed that cells behave differently in vivo and in vitro, but a University of Pennsylvania [MORE]

Stem Cell Model of Pancreatic Cancer

Invasive lesion PDAC
“We were able to predict the appearance of cellular features and protein markers in the intermediate stages [MORE]

Sensor Measures Glucose in Saliva

Diabetes Sensor
Detecting glucose is saliva is difficult because the concentration levels are far less than that in blood.  However, researchers [MORE]

Printing Living Organs

U Penn 3D Printer Tissue
One of the problems in growing organs in tissue culture is creating the vascularization that [MORE]

Simplifying POC Microfluidic Devices

Mirofluidics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a simplified microfluidics prototype that uses a squeezable pouch to propel [MORE]

Ultrathin Brain Sensor

Brain Electrodes
Surgery can be the only option for epileptics with uncontrolled seizures, but knowing which location in the brain [MORE]

Leukemia Trial Brings New Hope from Gene Therapy

Purple Cells – New Leukemia Treatment
This piece reports a gene therapy success against chronic lymphocytic leukemia for three patients [MORE]