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Implantable Sensor to Monitor Crohn’s Disease

First implantable sensor can detect flareups in Crohn’s disease patients
“A team of Northwestern University scientists has developed the first wireless, [MORE]

Bioabsorbable Stickers to Detect Life Threatening GI Complications

Researchers develop small, bioabsorbable stickers to detect life-threatening GI complications
“Leaks of the acidic fluid from the digestive tract into the [MORE]

Functioning Bladder from Baboon Bone Marrow Cells

Functional bladder tissue regenerated using bone marrow cells
“Scientists from Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie [MORE]

Nanoparticles + Antibodies in Treating Allergies

Decorated nanoparticles prevent allergic reaction
“Northwestern University researchers have developed the first selective therapy to prevent allergic reactions, which can range [MORE]

Extracellular Vesicles for CRISPR Delivery

A conceptual depiction of the GEMINI technology for assembling custom gene delivery vehicles
“The first study to successfully use extracellular vesicles [MORE]

Implantable to Sense and Treat Cancer

Unique implantable device can sense and treat cancer
“The funding [from ARPA-H] will support a five-and-a-half-year effort to develop and test [MORE]

Implanted Device Warns of Transplant Rejection

Implant detects early kidney rejection
“A tiny bioelectronic device surgically placed upon a transplanted kidney can detect warning signs of organ [MORE]

Slowing Parkinson’s Disease

Parkin regulates amino acid homeostasis at mitochondria-lysosome (M/L) contact sites in Parkinson’s disease
“Using transcriptomics, metabolomics and super-resolution microscopy, we (neurologists, [MORE]

Tiny Monitor for Cardiac Physiology

Soft, bioresorbable, transparent microelectrode arrays for multimodal spatiotemporal mapping and modulation of cardiac physiology
From a collaboration between Northwestern University and [MORE]

Ultrasound Implantable Allows Passage of the BBB

Implanted Ultrasound lets chemo access brain
“Researchers at Northwestern University have trialed an implanted ultrasound device in patients, which is used [MORE]

An Electronic Polymer for Bioelectronics

Revolutionary Transistor for High-Performance Bioelectronics
“A transdisciplinary Northwestern University research team has developed a revolutionary transistor that is expected to be [MORE]

Growing Mature Neurons

Mature ‘lab grown’ neurons hold promise for neurodegenerative disease
“To create the mature neurons, the team used “dancing molecules,” a breakthrough [MORE]

Long Genes, Long Proteins, Long Life

Aging is driven by unbalanced genes
“Here, we [researchers at Northwestern University] show that transcript length alone explains most transcriptional changes [MORE]

Attacking Brain Tumors with Liquid Polymer Nanoparticles

Nanomedicine opens door to precision medicine for brain tumors
In an example of “customized nanomedicine,” cancer researchers at Northwestern University constructed [MORE]