POSTS TAGGED AS Wyss Institute

Novel Biomaterial Supports Local Angiogenesis

Biomaterial promotes perfusion after ischemia
Living body tissues, when deprived of oxygen (ischemia), die, becoming ulcerous or gangrenous; consequently, restoring blood [MORE]

A Chip that Models the Human Gut

Intestine chip
Human cells that line the intestines, and the bacteria that live in that region have conflicting needs for oxygen.  [MORE]

Artificial Proximal Tube

Bioprinted proximal tubule of the kidney
In 3D bioprinted “living renal devices” (i.e. artificial nephrons), engineers have to mimic two functions [MORE]

3-D Printed Heart Valves

Custom sizer in 3D printed heart valve
A collaboration between bioengineers at Harvard, the University of Washington and Max Planck Institute [MORE]

Promoting Vascularization in Kidney Organoids

Culturing kidney organoids under flow
To make muscle cells from human stem cells, mechanical stress, causing stretching and contraction, has to [MORE]

Building a Synthetic Microbiome

Genetic signal transmission system
Quoting directly:  “Researchers from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have created [MORE]

Growing Up Kidney Podocytes

Mature kidney podocyte
Winston Churchill’s comment that Russia is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” might equally apply [MORE]

Wyss’ Organ-on-a-Chip for Modeling Influenza

Organ-on-a-Chip
It has been 99 years since the great influenza pandemic that killed many more people than had died in World [MORE]

Harvard’s Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery

Soft Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Exam
Quoting directly: “We were able to design a device that can lie flat when the [MORE]

Soft and Stretchy Wearable Monitors

Soft Flexible Sensor Fabric
Lots of wearable sensors now exist, but this piece describes the advantages of making them from stretchable [MORE]

Ultrasound Triggered Chemotherapy

Nanoparticles Loaded with Chemotherapy
Quoting directly: “To improve the low efficacy and toxic side effects of chemotherapies that rely on this [MORE]

DNA Nanoswitches

DNA Nanoswitches Wyss Institute
By attaching binding molecules to one strand of double stranded DNA, it is possible to see, using [MORE]

Transcranial Near-IR Spectroscopy for Locked-In ALS

Oxygen Sensor Locked-in-Syndrome
Can a “locked-in” patient suffering from advanced ALS enjoy life? The question seemed imponderable until Wyss Institute bioengineers [MORE]

Multiregional Brain-on-a-Chip

Brain on a Chip
A bioengineering group at Harvard has built a brain-on-a-chip that models the neural connectome. This microfluidics device [MORE]