Health and Pharmaceuticals

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Fully Functional Hepatocytes Obtained From Stem Cells

Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Alexander Grass Center for Bioengineering have produced the most functional hepatocytes to date. The researchers derived the liver...

Bioengineering

Watson Steps into Cancer Researcher’s Shoes

IBM’s Watson, the cognitive intelligence computer cum Jeopardy champion is treading into cancer research by managing to do in a day what takes 35 years for...

Education
Biofire Filmarray

BioFire’s GI Diagnosis Panel Detects 23 Target Pathogens

BioFire, the molecular biology affiliate of bioMerieux has launched the new FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel which recently received FDA clearance. FilmArray Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel is essentially...

Bioinformatics
Los Alamos Lab_ATHENA

ATHENA Desktop Human for Drug Testing

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory led by senior scientist Rashi Iyer developed a desktop human body known as ATHENA, or the Advanced Tissue-engineered Human...

Bioengineering
1260 Infinity Bio-SEC

Agilent Offers New Bio-SEC System for Biopharmaceutical Industry

Agilent’s Infinity range of LC systems have a latest addition in the form of new 1260 Infinity Multi-Detector Bio-SEC solution for biopharmaceutical industry. This new...

Biomedicine

Nanoparticle Vaccines for On-demand Vaccine Production and Administration

Engineers at the University of Washington synthesized nanoparticles using an engineered protein to improve vaccine production and administration. Moving from attenuated or killed pathogens to...

Health and Pharmaceuticals
Organovo bioprinting

Organovo – A New Organ Liver Prize Contender

The 3D bioprinting company, Organovo has emerged to become one of the leading contenders for Methuselah Foundation‘s New Organ Liver Prize by announcing that it...

Bioengineering
biopen bones

A BioPen that Allows Surgeons to Draw Bones

1. A handheld bio pen developed in the labs of the University of Wollongong will allow surgeons to design customised implants during surgery. 2. Injectable...

Bioengineering