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Jeffrey Hubbell elected to National Academy of Sciences
Jeff Hubbell | Via University of Chicago | May 4, 2023Three UChicago faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2023 Three University of Chicago scholars have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of their distinguished scientific research achievements. Profs. Jeffrey Hubbell, Anthony A. Kossiakoff and Eduardo A. Perozo are among the 120 new members elected this year. Another 23 […]
Teri Odom Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Teri Odom | Via Northwestern University | May 4, 2023Joining the company of some of history’s most distinguished scientists, Northwestern Engineering’s Teri W. Odom has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Along with fellow Northwestern faculty members Timothy K. Earle and Richard B. Silverman, Odom was recognized for her excellence and notable contributions to their field of science. They are among […]
Self-Assembling Chemoimmunotherapy Hydrogel Treats 100% of Glioblastoma-Bearing Mice
Honggang Cui | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | April 25, 2023A Johns Hopkins University research team has developed a “drug-delivered-by-drug” hydrogel that combines the anticancer drug paclitaxel (PTX) and an anti-CD47 antibody (aCD47) in a solution that self-assembles into an anticancer gel that fills the tiny grooves left after a brain tumor is surgically removed. Tests in live mice showed that the chemoimmunotherapy aCD47/PF hydrogel […]
CRISPR-Cas-amplified urinary biomarkers for multiplexed and portable cancer diagnostics
Sangeeta Bhatia | Via Nature | April 24, 2023Synthetic biomarkers, bioengineered sensors that generate molecular reporters in diseased microenvironments, represent an emerging paradigm in precision diagnostics. Despite the utility of DNA barcodes as a multiplexing tool, their susceptibility to nucleases in vivo has limited their utility. Here we exploit chemically stabilized nucleic acids to multiplex synthetic biomarkers and produce diagnostic signals in biofluids […]
Microneedle Patch Printer Enables On-Demand Vaccine Manufacturing
Mark Prausnitz | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | April 24, 2023The portable instrument could increase global access to vaccines by simplifying their storage, distribution, and administration. Researchers from the lab of Robert Langer, ScD, at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), say they have developed a printer for microneedle patches smaller than postage stamps that penetrate the […]
Microneedle Patch Printer Enables On-Demand Vaccine Manufacturing
Robert Langer | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | April 24, 2023The portable instrument could increase global access to vaccines by simplifying their storage, distribution, and administration. Researchers from the lab of Robert Langer, ScD, at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), say they have developed a printer for microneedle patches smaller than postage stamps that penetrate the […]
Microneedle Patch Printer Enables On-Demand Vaccine Manufacturing
Ana Jaklenec | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | April 24, 2023The portable instrument could increase global access to vaccines by simplifying their storage, distribution, and administration. Researchers from the lab of Robert Langer, ScD, at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), say they have developed a printer for microneedle patches smaller than postage stamps that penetrate the […]
Graphene ‘Tattoo’ Treats Cardiac Arrhythmia With Light
Igor Efimov | Via Northwestern University | April 21, 2023Scientists led by Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have developed the first cardiac implant made from graphene, a two-dimensional super material with ultra-strong, lightweight and conductive properties, described in a study published in Advanced Materials. Similar in appearance to a child’s temporary tattoo, the new graphene “tattoo” implant is thinner […]
AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
Markus Buehler | Via MIT | April 20, 2023MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature. They developed machine-learning algorithms that can generate proteins with specific structural features, which could be used to make materials that have certain mechanical properties, like stiffness or elasticity. Such biologically inspired materials could potentially replace materials made from […]
AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
David Kaplan | Via MIT | April 20, 2023MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature. They developed machine-learning algorithms that can generate proteins with specific structural features, which could be used to make materials that have certain mechanical properties, like stiffness or elasticity. Such biologically inspired materials could potentially replace materials made from […]
Guillermo Ameer elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Guillermo Ameer | Via Northwestern University | April 19, 2023Eight members of the Northwestern University faculty have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Guillermo Ameer, Jian Cao, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Shana Kelley, Aldon Morris, Susan Quaggin, Ali Shilatifard and Krista Thompson are among the nearly 270 members elected in 2023 […]
Nanoparticles provoke immune response against tumors but avoid side effects
Darrell Irvine | Via MIT | April 19, 2023In a new study, immunostimulatory drugs slowed tumor growth without producing systemic inflammation. Cancer drugs that stimulate the body’s immune system to attack tumors are a promising way to treat many types of cancer. However, some of these drugs produce too much systemic inflammation when delivered intravenously, making them harmful to use in patients. MIT […]
How entrepreneurship and industry saved COVID fighting nanotechnology?
Tom Webster | Via Open Access Government | April 14, 2023Here Thomas J. Webster, Ph.D. explores how Nanotechnology was crucial in the battle against COVID-19 and how entrepreneurship helped it thrive COVID changed the world forever. Although viruses are nothing new to mankind, COVID highlighted significant deficiencies in our current global healthcare system Our healthcare system was ill-prepared for a viral pandemic, as well as […]
Process rehabilitates donor livers for transplantation
Matthew Bacchetta | Via Vanderbilt University Medical Center | April 13, 2023Not enough suitable donor livers are available, meaning that patients nationwide die every day while waiting on the transplant list. But a multidisciplinary team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently published research that shows promise for increasing the supply of organs by rehabilitating injured organs historically rejected for transplant. It demonstrated that injured human donor […]
Robotic nano-surgery shown effective at treating aggressive brain cancer in mice
Yu Sun | Via University of Toronto | April 11, 2023Researchers at the University of Toronto Robotics Institute and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up to develop a new treatment option for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM). Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer; the average life expectancy after a diagnosis is around 15 months. Professors Yu Sun […]
Playing sports against robotic opponents makes our brains work harder
Daniel Ferris | Via University of Florida | April 10, 2023Captain of her high school tennis team and a four-year veteran of varsity tennis in college, Amanda Studnicki had been training for this moment for years. All she had to do now was think small. Like ping pong small. For weeks, Studnicki, a graduate student at the University of Florida, served and rallied against dozens […]
Announcing the 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
Julius Lucks | Via Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | April 5, 2023On April 5, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 171 exceptional individuals. Chosen from a rigorous application and peer review process out of almost 2,500 applicants, these successful applicants were appointed on the basis of prior achievement and […]
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Awarded by the American Chemical Society Receiving the 2023 Priestley Medal
Cato Laurencin | Via UConn | March 31, 2023On March 28 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, the University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor at the University of Connecticut, received the 2023 Priestley Medal. This is the highest honor of the American Chemical Society. He was honored “for pioneering, breakthrough work on polymeric materials and polymer composites for biologic use, […]
New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs
Daniel Anderson | Via MIT | March 30, 2023Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have designed a new type of nanoparticle that can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins. With further development, these particles […]