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...
Category : Biotechnology
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...
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....
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....
FDA phase 1 trial shows hydrogel to repair heart is safe to inject in humans—a first
Ventrix, a University of California San Diego spin-off company, has successfully conducted a first-in-human, FDA-approved Phase 1 clinical trial of an injectable hydrogel that aims...
It takes a ‘consortium’: researchers develop metabolic engineering technique
For years, scientists have explored ways to alter the cells of microorganisms in efforts to improve how a wide range of products are made—including medicines,...
Tiny capsules offer alternative to viral delivery of gene therapy
New tools for editing genetic code offer hope for new treatments for inherited diseases, some cancers, and even stubborn viral infections. But the typical method...
SWIFT 3D bioprinting leads way towards artificially grown human organs
Sacrificial ink-writing technique allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks. Twenty people die every day waiting for an organ transplant in the...