New 3D Printing Technique Enables Cheaper Patient-Specific Medical Research
New 3-D printing technique enables faster, better, and cheaper models of patient-specific medical data for research and diagnosis. What if you could hold a physical…
Wyss Institute News
New Immunotherapy Agents Stimulate the Immune System to Attack Tumor Cells
Unlike cell-based cancer immunotherapies that manipulate immune cells outside of the body and transfer them into patients, the implantable immuno-material approach activates endogenous immune cells…
Scientists Move Closer To Finding Sepsis Treatment
Sepsis, or blood poisoning, occurs when the body’s response to infection damages its own tissues and organs, leading to organ failure. It kills millions each…
New Hydrogel Adhesive Seals Moving Tissues Even in the Presence of Blood
A Band-Aid adhesive bandage is an effective way to stop bleeding from skin wounds, but an equally viable option for internal bleeding does not yet…
New Vaccines Eradicate Large Tumors and Tumor Metastases
As cancer cells continuously mutate their DNA, they also produce proteins that are altered from their normal counterparts by small changes in their peptide sequences….
Radiation Study Using Human Gut-on-a-Chip Provides Hope for the Future
Chernobyl. Three Mile Island. Fukushima. Accidents at nuclear power plants can potentially cause massive destruction and expose workers and civilians to dangerous levels of radiation…
Origami-Inspired Robot Opens New Avenues for Microsurgery, Microassembly
Because of their high precision and speed, Delta robots are deployed in many industrial processes, including pick-and-place assemblies, machining, welding, and food packaging. Starting with…
Single-Stranded DNA and RNA Origami That Can Autonomously Fold Into Defined Structures
First nanotechnological approach enables the design and replication of complex single-stranded DNA and RNA origami with potential for drug delivery and nanofabrication. Nanotechnologists are using…
New Technique Visualizes Whole Cells at Super-Resolution
Cell biologists traditionally use fluorescent dyes to label and visualize cells and the molecules within them under a microscope. With different super-resolution microscopy methods, they…
New Research Shows Antibiotics Work Differently Than Thought
Scientists at the Wyss Institute used synthetic biology techniques to discover that bacteria respond to antibiotics very differently — exactly opposite, in fact — inside…
Researchers Use Human Stem Cells to Create Model of the Human Kidney Glomerulus
A team of researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed an in vitro model of the human kidney glomerulus, which could…
Harvard Engineers Create the First Fully 3D-Printed Heart-on-a-Chip
Engineers from Harvard University have made the first entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensing. Using a fully automated, digital manufacturing procedure, the 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip can…
New Bioprinting Technique Shows Potential for Tissue Repair and Regenerative Medicine
New research details how scientists are moving closer to embedding vascular networks into thick human tissues, which could result in tissue repair and regeneration —…
A Light-Reflecting Balloon Catheter Repairs the Heart Without Surgery
Using a catheter aided by UV light, researchers have developed a new technique to repair holes in the heart without surgery. Harvard-affiliated researchers have designed…
New Porous Hydrogel Could Improve the Success of Stem Cell Tissue Regeneration
Using a new porous hydrogel, scientists have experimentally improved bone repair by boosting the survival rate of transplanted stem cells and influencing their cell differentiation….
New Biosensors Turn Bacteria Into a Source of Natural Energy
New biosensors enable complex genetic reprogramming of common bacteria like E. coli. The process could be leveraged for sustainable biomanufacturing, using the metabolic processes of…
Injectable, Spontaneously Assembling Vaccines Could Fight Cancer
A newly published study from the Wyss Institute and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences shows that programmable biomaterials can be delivered using needle…
New TLP Coating Repels Blood and Bacteria
Using materials already approved by the FDA, Harvard engineers have developed a new surface coating for medical devices that repels blood and suppresses biofilm formation….
