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Stimulating Muscle Cells to Grow

Muscle stem cells produced using the newly discovered chemical cocktail
A UCLA team “identified a chemical cocktail — a combination of [MORE]

Scaffolds that Deliver Genes to Spinal Cord

Scaffolds that Deliver Genes to Spinal Cord
“As genetic vectors have short lifetimes in vivo, rapid host cell infiltration into scaffolds [MORE]

A Glove that Translates Sign Language to Audio

Translator of sign language into speech
Electrical engineers at Chongqing University in China and UCLA have created a means for translating [MORE]

Microneedles with Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Healing Wounds

Strip of tape with dissolvable microneedles
“. . . researchers [at the Terasaki Institute in Los Angeles, and UCLA] made microneedles [MORE]

Acoustofluidic Salivary Exosome Isolation

Isolating salivary exosomes with acoustofluidic device
On July 23, 1885, former President Ulysses Grant strangled to death due to a squamous [MORE]

Predicting Microbiome Changes

Gut microbiome
Enteroendocrine cells in the human gut secrete serotonin, hormones and other chemicals that send signals to the brain via [MORE]

Stem Cells to T-cells from Artificial Thymic Organoids

T helper cell
Growing tissue organoids seems to be the coming thing for drug testing, but additionally, researchers at UCLA have [MORE]

Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs for Kidney Disease

Nanoparticles deliver medication to kidney
Kidney tissue naturally filters out foreign substances which is why drug delivery is so problematic.  In [MORE]

Regenerating Brain Tissue

Brain tissue regenerated in mice after stroke
Using an alginate hydrogel infused with vascular endothelial growth factor and other agents, researchers [MORE]

Printing Complex Tissues

 
3D Printer Creates Complex Biological Tissues
UCLA engineers have built a 3-D printer that does stereolithography using four different hydrogels. The [MORE]

High-Speed Live-Cell Interferometry

HSLCI Melanoma Cell
A group of scientists from VCU Massey Cancer Center and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a [MORE]

Biological Supercapacitors

Supercapacitor
Supercapacitors are, in effect, rechargeable batteries, but a biological supercapacitor is a tiny (1micrometer thick) device that holds a charge [MORE]

Genetic Screening via a Smartphone

 
DNA Imaging Device on Smart Phone
This piece describes a DNA imaging device, developed at UCLA, which works with a smart [MORE]

AngioVac Removes 2’ Blood Clot

AngioVac
A 62 year old man at the UCLA Medical Center presented a blood clot that stretched 24 inches [MORE]