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Hand Held PCR Device
MYRTA – handheld device for PCR
Lincoln, Nebraska “Materials and Machines Corporation (MatMaCorp) has introduced its new handheld device MY Real-Time [MORE]
“Lab-in-a-Capsule” Pill
Ingestible to diagnose GI disorders
Progenity, a San Diego biotech, is “developing the PIL Dx diagnostic capsule to analyze samples from [MORE]
mRNA Therapy for Neuronal Death
mRNA to treat neuronal death
“Ischemic neuronal death causes serious lifelong neurological deficits; however, there is no proven effective treatment that [MORE]
Exome-eluting Stent
Smart Stent coatings release drugs to help healing
Stent engineers at North Carolina State University have “ made a new kind [MORE]
Implantable Oxygen Monitor
Monitoring deep tissue oxygenation
University of California electrical engineers “present a minimally invasive system to monitor deep-tissue O2 that reports continuous [MORE]
Single RNA Injection Reverses Rare Form of Blindness
Single injection reverses blindness
“A Penn Medicine patient with a genetic form of childhood blindness gained vision, which lasted more than [MORE]
Tooth Regeneration
Tooth regeneration in mice
Rare genetic disorders can cause the failure of a few teeth to develop (hypodontia), many (oligodontia) or [MORE]
President’s Budget Request for New Health Innovation Agency (ARPA-H)
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
Hippocrates had an aphorism for government budget wrangling: “Life is Short, Art long, Occasion sudden [MORE]
CRISPR’s On-Off Switch
CRISPR Off On switch
MIT and University of California at San Francisco have developed a process that better controls CRISPR gene [MORE]
Super Sutures
Bioinspired tough gel sheath for sutures
“Inspired by tendon endotenon sheath, we (engineers at McGill University) report a versatile strategy to [MORE]
Heart Patch for Therapeutic Angiogenesis
To address oxygen deprivation in the heart, chemical engineers in South Korea “. . . developed a bioengineered mussel adhesive [MORE]
Implantable Drug and Biomarker Sensor
Tattoo made of gold nanoparticles revolutionizes medical diagnostics
“Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a novel type of [MORE]
3D Printed Bioreactor for Organoid Culturing
“Researchers at MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed a 3D-printed microfluidic bioreactor that can be used [MORE]
Digital PCR Diagnosis of Cancer
Researchers Mikheikin, Reed, Koeblye developed cheaper system for DNA sequencing
“More accurate but less-costly cancer diagnostics are the Holy Grail of [MORE]