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A 3-D approach to stop cancer in its tracks
Philip LeDuc | Via Carnegie Mellon University | February 3, 2018Every day, roughly 100 billion new cells are created inside the human body. These cells join trillions of older cells to form the tissues and organs we rely on to stay alive. Sometimes when a cell is created, a mutation occurs within its DNA, transforming the cell into something defective and potentially dangerous to the […]
Understanding and treating disease
Roger Kamm | Via MIT | February 2, 2018…… While improving diagnostic methods could help catch a disease early, tracking how diseases grow could be key to developing new therapeutic interventions. Roger Kamm, the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor, and his lab use a device that’s roughly the size of a quarter to track tumor cells as they leave the vascular network […]
Can This Silicon Valley Startup Bioengineer A Less Addictive Opioid?
Christina D. Smolke | Via Fast Company | February 1, 2018Back in 2015, a 40-year-old synthetic biologist named Christina Smolke, along with a small team of researchers at Stanford, made a huge discovery. They proved that a genetically engineered yeast could produce opioid molecules, the core ingredients of some of the world’s most widely prescribed pain medicines. Using yeast to produce things is as old […]
Chad Mirkin to receive 2018 Nano Research Award
Chad A. Mirkin | Via Northwestern University | February 1, 2018Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin and Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Lei Jiang have been named recipients of the prestigious 2018 Nano Research Award. Mirkin is the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern. He is being […]
Mount Sinai Researchers Discover Possible Link between Diet and Back Injuries
James Iatridis | Via Newswise | January 31, 2018In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have found a possible link between a poor diet and back injuries, especially in women. The study suggests that following a specific type of diet that excludes fast foods and highly processed foods could decrease vertebral fractures and prevent bone loss as people age. Scientists from the Leni […]
University community celebrated with Australia Day honours – 2018 Australia Day Honours list
Anthony S. Weiss | Via University of Sydney | January 30, 2018The University of Sydney congratulates the members of our community who have been acknowledged in the Australia Day 2018 Honours List. Several members of the University of Sydney community, from a diverse range of fields, have been recognized in the Australia Day 2018 Honours List for their outstanding achievements and contribution to Australian society and […]
U of T Engineering professor Tom Chau awarded Order of Ontario
Tom Chau | Via University of Toronto | January 29, 2018Professor Tom Chau (IBBME) has been awarded the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour. Created in 1986, appointees are selected based on excellence in all fields of endeavours and backgrounds, whose contributions have left a lasting legacy in Ontario. Chau has dedicated nearly two decades of his career to creating unique communication tools and […]
The University City Science Center is backing development of NJIT’s novel bone graft tech
Treena Arinzeh | Via EurekAlert | January 29, 2018Treena Arinzeh, director of NJIT’s Tissue Engineering and Applied Biomaterials Laboratory, has been awarded a grant from the University City Science Center in Philadelphia to help commercialize technology she is developing to reduce the recovery time and cost associated with bone grafts. Arinzeh received $100,000 from the Science Center’s QED Proof-of-Concept Program, which NJIT is […]
Ultrathin needle can deliver drugs directly to the brain
Robert Langer | Via MIT | January 24, 2018MIT researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver tiny quantities of medicine to brain regions as small as 1 cubic millimeter. This type of targeted dosing could make it possible to treat diseases that affect very specific brain circuits, without interfering with the normal function of the rest of the brain, the researchers […]
When Your Eyes Move, So Do Your Eardrums
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham | Via The Atlantic | January 23, 2018Without moving your head, look to your left. Now look to your right. Keep flicking your eyes back and forth, left and right. Even if you managed to keep the rest of your body completely still, your eyeballs were not the only parts of your head that just moved. Your ears did, too. Specifically, your […]
University of Akron Researcher Delivers Polymer Pain Relief to Fight the Opioid Crisis
Matthew Becker | Via WKSU | January 22, 2018One way the state of Ohio is trying to combat the opioid crisis is by funding new technologies to prevent addiction. Last month the University of Akron shared in $10 million in state grants as part of that initiative. On this Week’s Exploradio, WKSU’s Jeff St.Clair looks at how a personal experience with opioids inspired […]
Bluegrass Vascular Announces Enrollment Of First Patients In U.S. Pivotal Trial
Gabriele Niederauer | Via Bluegrass Vascular | January 18, 2018Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access, today announced the enrollment of its first patients in the SAVE-US (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions – United States) pivotal trial. The SAVE-US clinical trial is a pre-market investigational device exempt (IDE) study evaluating […]
New molecular probes to allow non-destructive analysis of bioengineered cartilage
Arnold Caplan | Via EurekAlert | January 16, 2018New Rochelle, NY, January 16, 2018–A new study describes novel probes that enable non-invasive, non-destructive, direct monitoring of the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in real-time during the formation of engineered cartilage to replace damaged or diseased tissue. These molecular probes make it possible to assess the quality of the cartilaginous tissue and its […]
Experts suggest 3D over 2D mammograms
Etta Pisano | Via Health Imaging | January 16, 2018Imaging centers across the country are adding three-dimensional (3D) mammography to the traditional 2D offering for its proven ability to better detect cancers. But, what’s less understood is its accuracy in detecting more advanced forms of cancer. A recent Kaiser Health News article reports these facilities are on the rise as there are now 3,915 […]
Researchers develop a remote-controlled cancer immunotherapy system
Peter Wang | Via UC San Diego | January 15, 2018A team of researchers has developed an ultrasound-based system that can non-invasively and remotely control genetic processes in live immune T cells so that they recognize and kill cancer cells. There is a critical need to non-invasively and remotely manipulate cells at a distance, particularly for translational applications in animals and humans, researchers said. The […]
Researchers develop a remote-controlled cancer immunotherapy system
Shu Chien | Via UC San Diego | January 15, 2018A team of researchers has developed an ultrasound-based system that can non-invasively and remotely control genetic processes in live immune T cells so that they recognize and kill cancer cells. There is a critical need to non-invasively and remotely manipulate cells at a distance, particularly for translational applications in animals and humans, researchers said. The […]
Frances Ligler’s Portable Optical Biosensors Improve Environmental Detection of Toxins, Pollutants
Frances Ligler | Via IPWatchdog | January 13, 2018The term “biosensor” covers a variety of analytical devices which use a biological component, such as cells or tissue, which interact with the particular chemical being examined, and then a physicochemical detector which transforms the interaction of the biological component and the analyte to generate a signal which can be measured. Market research on biosensors […]
Chad Mirkin to receive prestigious Remsen Memorial Lecture Award
Chad Mirkin | Via Northwestern University | January 11, 2018Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin will receive the prestigious Remsen Memorial Lecture Award for his outstanding discoveries in chemistry. The award is presented annually by the American Chemical Society Maryland Section, in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins department of chemistry. Mirkin is the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry and director of the International Institute […]
Innovator, imaging expert Juergen Willmann dies at 45
Juergen Willmann | Via Stanford University | January 11, 2018Juergen Willmann, an international scholar, dedicated himself to advancing cancer detection imaging technologies and leading with energy and compassion. Juergen Willmann, MD, a professor of radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, died Jan. 8 in a car accident in Palo Alto. He was 45. Willmann honed a specific diagnostic tool known as targeted […]
One-Step Production of Aromatic Polyesters by E. coli Strains
Sang Yup Lee | Via Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | January 9, 2018KAIST systems metabolic engineers defined a novel strategy for microbial aromatic polyesters production fused with synthetic biology from renewable biomass. The team of Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering produced aromatic polyesters from Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains by applying microbial fermentation, employing direct microbial fermentation from renewable […]