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Researchers Develop a New Way to Find Cancer at the Nanometre Scale

October 20, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — Diagnosing and treating cancer can be a race against time. By the time the disease is diagnosed in a patient, all too often it is advanced and able to spread throughout the body, decreasing...

Lab Grown Tumour Models could Improve Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer

September 30, 2021
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Nottingham, UK — An international team of scientists have created a three-dimensional (3D) pancreatic cancer tumour model in the laboratory, combining a bioengineered matrix and patient-derived cells...

Theory of Bubbles Lifts Cell Biology into a New, more Quantitative Era

September 27, 2021
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Princeton, NJ — The heady math that describes how bubbles form in a glass of Champagne has inspired a framework for engineering living cells. A study published Sep. 22 in Nature details...

DNA Sensor Quickly Determines Whether Viruses are Infectious

September 27, 2021
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Champaign, IL — A new sensor can detect not only whether a virus is present, but whether it’s infectious – an important distinction for containing viral spread. Researchers at the University of...

Antibiotic Levels Measurable in Breath for First Time

September 24, 2021
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — A team of engineers and biotechnologists at the University of Freiburg has for the first time shown in mammals that the concentration of antibiotics in the body can...

Researchers Discover How to Obtain ‘Ideal’ 3D Cell Cultures for Cancer Research

September 20, 2021
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Moscow, Russia — A group of scientists from Hungary, Russia and Finland have developed a system capable of selecting cancer cells of a specific shape and size—spheroids. SpheroidPicker, the first AI...

Engineers Grow Pancreatic “Organoids” that Mimic the Real Thing

September 14, 2021
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Cambridge, MA — MIT engineers, in collaboration with scientists at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, have developed a new way to grow tiny replicas of the pancreas, using either healthy or cancerous...

Nasal Cartilage Relieves Osteoarthritis in the Knee

September 7, 2021
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Basel, Switzerland — Cartilage cells from the nasal septum can not only help repair cartilage injuries in the knee – according to researchers from the University of Basel and the University Hospital...

Synthetic Biology Enables Microbes to Build Muscle

September 3, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — Would you wear clothing made of muscle fibers? Use them to tie your shoes or even wear them as a belt? It may sound a bit odd, but if those fibers could endure more energy before breaking...

Alleviating Inflammation by NO-Scavenging and Delivering Drugs

August 31, 2021
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Pohang, South Korea — Have you experienced fever or swelling in the morning with stiff or sore joints? The cause of rheumatoid arthritis – a chronic inflammatory joint disease that can occur in various...

New Spontaneous Mouse Model Shows Promise for Bolstering Sjögren’s Syndrome Treatment

August 31, 2021
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Sendai, Japan — Sjögren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disease that attacks the tear system in the eyes and salivary glands, leading to patients experiencing extremely dry eyes and mouth. Current...

Researchers Invent World’s Smallest Biomechanical Linkage

August 31, 2021
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Princeton, NJ — Researchers at Princeton University have built the world’s smallest mechanically interlocked biological structure, a deceptively simple two-ring chain made from tiny strands of...

Development of “Cellular Membrane-FET (Lipid-FET)” for Sensitivity of Biosensor

August 27, 2021
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Seoul, Republic of Korea — The Korean team of researchers successfully developed a proprietary biosensor technology with significantly enhanced molecular sensitivity using the artificial lipid membrane...

Scientists Harness Human Protein to Deliver Molecular Medicines to Cells

August 26, 2021
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Cambridge, MA — Researchers from MIT, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a new way to deliver...

Researchers Take Step Toward Next-Generation Brain-Computer Interface System

August 18, 2021
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Providence, RI — Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are emerging assistive devices that may one day help people with brain or spinal injuries to move or communicate. BCI systems depend on implantable...

Innovative Coating for Blood Vessels Reduces Rejection of Transplanted Organs

August 11, 2021
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Vancouver, Canada — Researchers have found a way to reduce organ rejection following a transplant by using a special polymer to coat blood vessels on the organ to be transplanted. The polymer, developed...

Tiny Wireless Device Illuminates Neuron Activity in the Brain

July 30, 2021
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Tucson, AZ — Everything that happens in the brain is a result of neurons sending and receiving signals in complex networks that are not completely understood by scientists. These networks are what...

Exosome Formulation Developed to Deliver Antibodies for Choroidal Neovascularization Therapy

July 29, 2021
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Beijing, China — Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital and the University of Queensland have developed a new formulation...

Protein ‘Big Bang’ Reveals Molecular Makeup for Medicine and Bioengineering

July 2, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Proteins have been quietly taking over our lives since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We’ve been living at the whim of the virus’s so-called “spike” protein, which...

Scientists Develop the ‘Evotype’ to Unlock Power of Evolution for Better Engineering Biology

June 10, 2021
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Bristol, UK — A defining characteristic of all life is its ability to evolve. However, the fact that biologically engineered systems will evolve when used has, to date, mostly been ignored. This has...

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