CRISPR “PASTE”
New CRISPR gene-editing system can “drag-and-drop” DNA in bulk
A new technique has been added to the CRISPR gene-editing toolbox. Known [MORE]
Atomic Force Microscopy-Infrared Spectroscopy
AFM-IR ‘sees’ the chemical structure and composition inside cells better than ever
“Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and [MORE]
Bionic Pancreas Automates Insulin Dosage
A bionic pancreas could solve one of the biggest challenges of diabetes
“The bionic pancreas, a credit card-sized device called an [MORE]
Soft Electronic Circuits in a Contact Lens
Metal nanowires in capillaries
Engineers at North Carolina State University report “a micromolding-based method is reported for scalable printing of metal [MORE]
Eye Organoids
Molecular pathology of Usher 1B patient-derived retinal organoids at single cell resolution
“Here, we [pediatric researchers at University College London] analyzed [MORE]
Organoid Topology
Topological morphogenesis of neuroepithelial organoids
“Here we [researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany] [MORE]
Amazon Prepares to Move into Healthcare
Amazon building healthcare
The first retail clinics in the US appeared in 2000, and quickly grew to several hundred. Their number [MORE]
Automated Diagnosis of Lung Diseases
Automated lung disease diagnosis
“Researchers at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS; Paisley, UK) have developed an algorithm that [MORE]
Re-evaluating Hippo Signaling in Normal Organ Growth
Hippo signaling instructs ectopic but not normal organ growth
“Mutations that cause dysregulation of the Hippo signaling pathway are known to [MORE]
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Martin Karplus and J. Andrew McCammon (right) attending a workshop on biomolecular dynamics organized in Sweden 1982
“In 1977, J. Andrew [MORE]
Apple Smartwatch as an ECG
AI assisted ECG reading from Apple Watch
“Mayo researchers interpreted Apple Watch single-lead ECGs by modifying an earlier algorithm developed for [MORE]
Organoids and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Lab-grown brain organoids help researchers explore early stages of human brain development
“Here, we [researchers at the University of California, San [MORE]
“Medical Rejuvenation,” Medical Greed
How scientists want to make you young again.
“Klausner was pitching nothing less than “medical rejuvenation”—a means of taking old animals [MORE]
BodyTrak Technology
New BodyTrak technology monitors human body mechanics in 3D
“In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the ACM on [MORE]
Predicting Immunotherapy Response, Melanoma
Machine learning algorithm predicted, in hindsight, which patients with melanoma would respond to treatment and which would not respond
Researchers “from [MORE]
Gene Therapy for Muscle Loss
Myogenic tissue nanotransfection improves muscle torque recovery following following VLM
“This research work tests tissue nanotransfection (TNT) based gene therapy as [MORE]
Seeing Capillary Flow
Blood plasma markers enable chronic imaging of the microcirculation
“Here, we [researchers at the University of Copenhagen] report an approach for [MORE]
“Intelligent Materials”
Magnetic field–driven particle assembly and jamming for bistable memory and response plasticity
Aalto University (Espoo Finland0 physicists “show plasticity of electroconductivity [MORE]
First Bone Marrow Organoids
Miniature ‘bone marrows in a dish’ to improve anti-cancer treatments
“Scientists from Oxford University and the University of Birmingham have made [MORE]
Molecular Scissors for Dealing with SARS-CoV-
Scientists have used synthetic biology to create artificial enzymes programmed to target the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 and destroy the [MORE]
Startup Examples of Hospital Innovation
Lifepoint Health’s health tech incubator launches 6 new companies
Lifepoint Health (Brentwood, TN) has incubated six startup companies that address automation, [MORE]
Implantable Pump for Brain Tumors
Implantable pump drip-feeds chemotherapy directly into brain tumors
“Researchers at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian have developed an implantable pump [MORE]
Glucose Metabolites Rather than Glucose in T2D
Key cause of type 2 diabetes uncovered
“Glucose metabolites (chemicals produced when glucose is broken down by cells), rather than glucose [MORE]
Tracking Viral Infection, the Movie
Capturing the start point of the virus–cell interaction with high-speed 3D single-virus tracking
“Here we [chemists at Duke University] present an [MORE]
Microgels in Islet Transplantation
FasL microgels induce immune acceptance of islet allografts in nonhuman primates
“We [transplant scientists at Harvard, Georgia Tech and the University [MORE]