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….
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New High-Speed 3D Microscope Could Make Biopsies a Thing of the Past
MediSCAPE, a high-speed 3D microscope designed by Columbia Engineers, can see real-time cellular detail in living tissues to guide surgery, speed up tissue analyses, and…
Sonic Advance: How High-Frequency Sound Waves Could Help Regrow Bones
Researchers have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could one day help patients regrow bone…
Scientists Discover How Molecule From Deep-Sea Microbe Becomes Potent Anticancer Weapon
Deep-sea microbe provides rich source of medically potent drugs. Years of toil in the laboratory have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anti-cancer…
Building a Heart One Layer at a Time Using Advanced 3D Bioprinting Techniques
Using advanced 3D printing techniques, Mark Skylar-Scott and his team of Stanford bioengineers want to transform a paste made of living cells into hearts and…
Using Tiny Nanodevices Made Out of DNA To Treat Cancer
Early tests at UChicago show promise for treating resistant tumors with unique approach. One of the most promising avenues in treating cancer is to restore…
3D-Printed “Nano-Skyscrapers” Help Bacteria Convert Sunlight Into Electricity
Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water. The researchers, from the University of…
Cannabinoids From Amoebae: New Process for the Production of Active THC Compounds
A research team at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) in Jena, Germany has developed a…
Safely Studying Dangerous Infections – Like COVID – Just Got a Lot Easier
An extremely fast new 3D imaging method can show how cells respond to infection and to possible treatments. To combat a pandemic, science needs to…
First Successful Implantation of Revolutionary Artificial Vision Brain Implant
While there is currently no cure for blindness, a first-of-its-kind artificial vision system has undergone its first successful implantation, bringing with it the potential to…
Silencing Tool Suppresses Gene Activity Across Generations
A gene-silencing tool could enable new opportunities for advancing basic biomedical research and drug development. The technique draws on the power of small noncoding RNA…
Engineered Bacteria Convert Captured Carbon Dioxide Into Valuable Chemicals for Fuels, Fabric, and Cosmetics
Engineered Bacteria Upcycle Carbon Waste Into Valuable Chemicals Bacteria are known for breaking down lactose to make yogurt and sugar to make beer. Now researchers…
Autonomously Swimming Biohybrid Fish Made From Human Cardiac Cells Reveals Insights Into Heart Physiology
An autonomously swimming biohybrid fish, designed with a focus on two key regulatory features of the human heart, has revealed the importance of feedback mechanisms…
Autonomous Biohybrid Fish – Made From Human Cardiac Cells – Swims Like the Heart Beats
Device offers insights into artificial muscular pumps, a step toward building an artificial heart. Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have…
Human Spinal Cord Implants: Breakthrough May Enable People With Paralysis To Walk Again
In world-first, Tel Aviv University researchers engineer human spinal cord implants for treating paralysis. The researchers from Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology engineered functional human…
World-First Antibody-Drug Delivery System Developed Using Supercharged Man-Made Crystals
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: a man-made crystal that can be attached to antibodies and then supercharge them with potent drugs or…
MIT Engineers Develop Biocompatible Surgical “Duct Tape” as an Alternative to Sutures
The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears. A staple on any engineer’s workbench, duct tape is a quick and…
Complex Three-Dimensional Kidney Tissue Created in the Lab From Scratch
A research team based in Kumamoto University (Japan) has created complex 3D kidney tissue in the lab solely from cultured mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells….
