GM Mosquitoes Against Dengue
Dengue acquired epidemic proportions this year in Brazil. To combat it, health authorities have hired Oxitec, a biotechnology company that produces millions of genetically modified (GM)...
Bioengineering
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High Res 3D Bioprinting Startup Looks for Investors
Poietis has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the WiSEED platform. The company plans to provide on-demand fabrication of human-tissues. 3D bioprints will have applications in research as predictive...
Bioengineering
First Genetic Link to Depression Found
For the first time in history, scientists have found two genetic variants linked to major depression disorder (MDD). The study, published in Nature, has been...
Neuroscience
IR Spectroscopy Gets Better with Graphene Sensor
In one of the firsts, researchers from Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) and The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) have created a sensor made...
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Micro-hearts Obtained In Vitro by Physical Confinement
Researchers from the University of California in Berkeley and San Francisco have obtained cardiac microchambers in vitro by confining their space. It is the first time an organ is...
Biomedicine
Scientific Publishers Cancel Greek Academics Access to Their Contents
Greek universities and research centers have lost access to scientific journals. The Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link) service was terminated the 1st of July. The HEAL-Link informed...
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Big Pharma to Get Apple’s ResearchKit Into Their Clinical Trials.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Purdue Pharma have declared their interest in Apple´s ResearchKit platform to gather medical data from iPhone users. The big pharmaceutical companies see it as an...
Apps
Fine-tuned Substrate Stiffness Key to Generating Functional Organ Buds
Japanese scientists have discovered a new, important factor for a successful in vitro generation of organ buds. According to this new study, the use of a hydrogel...
Biomedicine