A Potential Cure for AIDS: Defeating HIV With a Single Injection
The technology also has the potential to be developed into a cure for AIDS A new study from Tel Aviv University proposes a novel AIDS…
Biotechnology
New COVID Antibody Detection Method Does Not Require a Blood Sample
The global COVID-19 pandemic is not over, despite significant and stunning advances in vaccine technology. A key challenge in limiting the spread of severe acute…
MIT Develops Nanoparticles That Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier To Treat Cancer Tumors
Tested using a new brain tissue model, the tiny particles may be able to deliver chemotherapy drugs for glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive type of…
Electronic Tattoo Offers Highly Accurate, Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring
Blood pressure is one of the most important indicators of heart health, but it’s tough to frequently and reliably measure outside of a clinical setting….
MIT’s New Nanoparticle Sensor Can Distinguish Between Viral and Bacterial Pneumonia
Doctors could use this diagnostic to avoid prescribing antibiotics in cases where they won’t be effective. Pneumonia can be caused by many different types of…
Scientists Develop “Nanomachines” That Can Penetrate and Kill Cancer Cells
Researchers have created ‘nanomachines’ that use mechanical molecular motions to enter and destroy cells. Cancer is a condition where some of the body’s cells grow…
MIT Expert on the Progress of mRNA Vaccines
Following the successful development of Covid-19 vaccines, researchers hope to deploy mRNA-based therapies to combat many other diseases. Two mRNA vaccines, which were granted emergency…
Surprising Bacterial Nanowire Discovery May Lead to Living and Self-Repairing Electrical Circuits
Cooling Speeds Up Electrons in Bacterial Nanowires The ground beneath our feet and under the ocean floor is an electrically-charged grid created by bacteria “exhaling”…
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…
Nanotechnology Enables 3D Visualization of Crucial RNA Structures at Near-Atomic Resolution
Combination of nucleic acid nanotechnology and cryo-EM gives unprecedented insights into the structures of large and small RNAs, advancing RNA biology and drug design. We…
Gene Therapy Reverses Effects of Autism-Linked Mutation in Human Brain Organoids
University of California San Diego (UCSD) study uses lab-grown human brain tissue to identify neural abnormalities in Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and test gene therapy tools. In…
Ionic Skin: Engineering Smart Skin That Mimics the Sensing Capabilities of Natural Skin
Ionic skins have demonstrated considerable advantages in the effort to create smart skin that matches the sensing capabilities of real skin. They are comprised of…
Researchers Assess the Power of T-Cell Immune Response to COVID-19 BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron Variants
Scientists from HSE University and the RAS Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry have demonstrated the efficiency of T-cell immune response against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2…
New Drugs for Bad Bugs: From Rare Soil Microbe, a New Antibiotic Candidate for Drug-Resistant Infections
As drug-resistant and emerging infections become an increasingly serious global health threat, demand for new types of antibiotics is surging. Researchers are racing to reexamine…
What Do Bacteria Sound Like? Bacterial Soundtracks Revealed by Nanotechnology
Have you ever wondered if bacteria make distinctive sounds? If we could listen to bacteria, we would be able to know whether they are alive…
3D Bioprinting Artificial Bone for Emergency Medicine in Space
This artificial bone sample is an early step towards making 3D bioprinting a practical tool for emergency medicine in space. An ESA R&D effort aims…
