RNA-Editing Tool a Fast, Easy Test for COVID-19 and Other Diseases
Cas13 Engineered To Simplify the Identification of Coronavirus A new engineered CRISPR-based method accurately finds RNA from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The highly…
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This Blood Stem Cell Research Could Change Medicine of the Future
New discoveries about embryonic blood stem cell creation made independently by biomedical engineers and medical researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney…
Treating Chronic Pain With Sound Plus Electrical Body Stimulation
A new technique could relieve pain for individuals with various chronic and neurological conditions. Researchers have found that electrical stimulation of the body combined with…
MIT Engineers Develop Ultrasound Stickers That Can See Inside the Body
New stamp-sized ultrasound adhesives deliver clear images of the heart, lungs, and other internal organs. When clinicians need live images of a patient’s internal organs,…
How Cancer Spreads: Cancer Cells Can Migrate Toward Certain “Sweet Spot” Environments
Discovery offers insight into how cancer spreads and provides a tool for developing new treatments. Scientists have discovered that cancer cells can gravitate toward certain…
Small Implant Relieves Pain on Demand Without Drugs
New device has the potential to provide an alternative to opioids and other highly addictive drugs. A small, soft, flexible implant that relieves pain on…
MIT’s Raman Lab: At the Forefront of Building With Biology
Ritu Raman leads the Raman Lab, where she creates adaptive biological materials for applications in medicine and machines. It seems that Ritu Raman was born…
Smaller Than a Flea – The Smallest Remote-Controlled Walking Robot Ever
The small robotic crab can walk, bend, twist, turn and jump The smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot has been created by Northwestern University engineers, and it…
Smart Pacemaker Harmlessly Dissolves in the Body After It’s No Longer Needed
Wireless devices also use haptic feedback to communicate with the patient. Last summer, Northwestern University scientists introduced the first-ever transient pacemaker — a fully implantable,…
Cells Take Out the Trash Before They Divide To Give Their Offspring a Clean Slate
Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a fresh start. MIT scientists have discovered that before cells start…
Smart LED Contact Lenses for Treating and Preventing Eye Disease
Smart LED contact lenses developed for treating diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes is a long-term chronic disease with many complications and requires lifelong care. The longer a…
True Disinfection: Research Proves Correct Dosage for UV Eradication of COVID
Research lays the foundation for health standards about what offers true ultraviolet sterilization. When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020, ultraviolet (UV) radiation became…
Compact Wearable “Lab on the Skin” Continuously Monitors Glucose, Alcohol, and Lactate
Imagine being able to measure your blood sugar levels, know if you’ve had too much alcohol to drink, and track your muscle fatigue during a…
Plug-and-Play Human Organ-on-a-Chip Can Be Customized to the Patient
Major advance from Columbia Engineering team demonstrates the first multi-organ chip made of engineered human tissues linked by vascular flow for improved modeling of systemic…
Bye, Bye, Biopsy? Handheld Device With New Imaging Tech To Painlessly Identify Skin Cancers
Team at Stevens Institute of Technology uses millimeter-wave imaging to slash the rate of unnecessary biopsies. Skin biopsies are unpleasant: doctors carve away small lumps…
Noninvasive Sound Technology Breaks Down Tumors, Kills Cancer Cells, and Spurs the Immune System
Tumors Partially Destroyed With Sound Don’t Come Back A new technique pioneered in rats at the University of Michigan could improve outcomes for cancer and…
A New Technique Reveals How Immune Cells Locate Their Targets
MIT biological engineers have developed a simple way to identify B or T cells that interact with viral or bacterial proteins. The human body has…
Human Lung Chip: Fighting Viruses Is As Easy as Breathing
Human Lung Chip reveals the effects of breathing motions on lung immune responses and leads to repurposing of potential therapeutics for respiratory diseases, including COVID-19….
