DNA ‘origami’ takes flight in emerging field of nano machines
Just as the steam engine set the stage for the Industrial Revolution, and micro transistors sparked the digital age, nanoscale devices made from DNA are...
Month : September 2019
Flexible graphene photodetectors accurately measure health data in wearables
Wearable health and wellness devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers use optical detection to monitor vital health data. However, this rigid technology hinders the...
Study points to new drug target in fight against cancer
Researchers have identified a potential new drug target in the fight against cancer. In a study this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
Artificially engineering the intestine
Short bowel syndrome is a debilitating condition with few treatment options, and these treatments have limited efficacy. The ability to grow artificial intestine is a...
Electronic nose can sniff out which lung cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy
An electronic nose that detects chemicals in the breath of lung cancer patients can identify with 85% accuracy those who will or will not respond...
Researchers develop thermo-responsive protein hydrogel for Use in biomedicine
NYU Tandon-led team crosses barrier needed to deliver drugs at the cellular level and to engineer tissue. Imagine a perfectly biocompatible, protein-based drug delivery system...
AI-guided robotics enable automation of complex synthetic biological molecules
A cross-disciplinary team of MIT researchers have published details of an artificial intelligence (AI) guided robotic platform for flow synthesis of small molecule organic compounds....
Coming out about mental health on social media
Susanna Harris was sitting in her lab class for her graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she received an...
Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a platform that uses nanoparticles known as metal-organic frameworks to deliver a promising anti-cancer agent to cells....
Optimized placement of defibrillators may improve cardiac arrest outcomes
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are often placed in areas of low risk and may be unavailable during certain times of the day. Determining the optimal...