Why Do Some People Never Get Sick? Harvard Scientists Are Close to an Answer
Drugs that might be used to treat infections in mammals by causing pathogen tolerance have been discovered through research on frog embryos. Why do some…
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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…
Engineered Live Biotherapeutic Protects Your Gut Microbiome From Antibiotics
Protecting the Human Intestinal Microbiome With Synthetic Biology An engineered live biotherapeutic protects the intestinal microbiome against unwanted consequences of antibiotic therapies and could be…
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….
Engineering a New Toehold for RNA Therapeutics, Cell Therapies, and Diagnostics
eToeholds are engineered control elements that could make RNA therapeutics safer, cell therapies more effective, and enable novel forms of biodetection. RNAs are best known…
Muscle Regeneration: Massage Doesn’t Just Feel Good, It Makes Muscles Heal Faster and Stronger
Study in mice confirms link between mechanotherapy and immunotherapy in muscle regeneration. Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000…
STAMPScreen Pipeline: Taking the Guesswork Out of Genetic Engineering
STAMPScreen Pipeline Helps Streamline Genetic Studies in Mammalian Cells Today’s genetic engineers have a plethora of resources at their disposal: an ever-increasing number of massive…
Slimy Action at a Distance: Thinking Without a Brain
Studies in brainless slime molds reveal that they use physical cues to decide where to grow. If you didn’t have a brain, could you still…
Peeking Inside Human “Mini-Brains” to Understand the Brain, Study Disease and Test New Medicines
Revealing details of the internal structure of ‘mini-brains’ could help accelerate drug studies and may offer alternatives to some animal testing. ‘Mini-brains’ are pin-head sized…
Going Beyond Human Brains: Deep Learning Takes On Synthetic Biology
DNA and RNA have been compared to “instruction manuals” containing the information needed for living “machines” to operate. But while electronic machines like computers and…
Better Vaccines Are in Our Blood: Using Red Blood Cells to Generate Targeted Immune Responses
New platform technology uses red blood cells to generate targeted immune responses in mice. Red blood cells do more than shuttle oxygen from our lungs…
Oscillating Genetic Circuit: A Reliable Clock for Your Microbiome
Genetic oscillator records changes in microbiome growth patterns in vivo. For all the attention the human microbiome has been getting over the last few years,…
SWIFT 3D Bioprinting Leads Way Towards Artificially Grown Human Organs [Video]
Sacrificial ink-writing technique allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks. Twenty people die every day waiting for an organ transplant in the…
New Ultra-Soft Robotic Gripper Safely Catches Jellyfish [Video]
Providing a gentle grip on gelatinous creatures, a new ultra-soft underwater gripper safely catches and releases jellyfish without damage. Jellyfish are about 95% water, making…
Liquid-Gated Membranes Filter Water With Higher Efficiency, Longer Time to Foul
Filtering and treating water, both for human consumption and to clean industrial and municipal wastewater, accounts for about 13 percent of all electricity consumed in…
Scientists Use Acoustic Forces to Print Like Never Before
Harvard University researchers have developed a new printing method that uses soundwaves to generate droplets from liquids with an unprecedented range of composition and viscosity….
New Organ on a Chip Lets Researchers Study Effects of Drugs and Disease
The human brain is the most complex and delicate of all the body’s organs, and the one most in need of protection from toxins and…
Engineers Develop Multifunctional Flexible Robots Using MORPH System
Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access environments, such as in delicate surgical procedures in the…
