POSTS TAGGED AS University of Cambridge

Detecting Gliomas in Spinal Fluid, Plasma and Urine

Free DNA in plasma and urine
“We [University of Cambridge] determined the glioma-derived DNA fraction in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), plasma, and [MORE]

Heart Organoids Screen for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Inhibiting Drugs

Human embryonic stem cells derived cardiomyocytes screen SAR-CoV-2
“We [University of Cambridge] outline a screening platform using human embryonic stem cell-derived [MORE]

Lab Grown “Mini-Bile Ducts” for Liver Regeneration

Lab-grown mini bile ducts
“The research [from the University of Cambridge] paves the way for cell therapies to treat liver disease [MORE]

Gold Nanotubes in Treating Mesothelioma

Golden nanotubes deliver drugs to treat cancer
From University of Cambridge: “Gold nanotubes (AuNTs) represent an intriguing subset of 1D nanomaterials. [MORE]

Myc Transcription in Regenerating Damaged Heart

The Myc Transcription Factor
One of the curiosities of cancer research is why heart tissue is so much less likely to [MORE]

Cambridge University’s “Tubistor” for 3-D Cell Culturing

Tubistor Constant monitoring of cell culture
Rather than putting electrodes into cell masses to monitor their electrical signaling, University of Cambridge [MORE]

Protein-Centered Diagnostics

Flowchart of proteomics
This piece has a half-truth—i.e. that the diseases of aging, like Alzheimer’s and T2 diabetes, arise from aberrant [MORE]

More Accurate Dosing for Cancer Chemotherapy

Physiology of Nephron
Dosing a cancer patient with carboplatin is a tricky business: too little can be ineffective; too much and [MORE]

Lab Grown Artificial Bile Ducts

Artificial Bile Ducts
Several years ago, researchers in Wake Forest University’s Regenerative Medicine Program grew urethras for five boys and successfully [MORE]

Growing Mouse Embryos from Stem Cells

Mouse
For the first time, researchers at the University of Cambridge have created mouse embryo from stem cells in the lab. [MORE]

Nano Motor for Internal Robots?

 
Expanding Polymer-Coated Gold Nanoparticles
Physicists at the Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge) have created a nano-scale “piston engine” that might, one [MORE]

Bladder Control with a Biorobot

Urinary Bladder
Patients with severe spinal cord injury, who have lost the ability to walk often lose control of their bladder [MORE]

Profiling Prostate Cancer

Lab Technologist
The PSA assay for prostate cancer is notoriously inaccurate, opening the way for a better diagnostic of this major [MORE]

Testing Quality in Stored Blood

Blood banks store blood for up to 42 days, but studies in England show that transfused blood older than [MORE]