Wired from the inside
One of the latest revolutions at the intersection of medicine and technology are wearable electronics, although still a technology in development, here I want to...
Bioengineering
Personalized Medicine
Treatment matched to individual biology: genomic profiling, biomarkers and the platforms making patient-specific medicine practical.
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Illumina Accelerates Four Selected Startups
Illumina has announced the winners of the third round of its accelerator program. The genomics company will invest in four biotech startups that work on nutrition, synthetic biology, the skin microbiome...
Bioinformatics
Switching off 20000 Genes to Identify the Essential Ones
Scientists from the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre have identified the minimum set of human genes necessary for survival. Using the CRISPR technology, the researchers switched...
Bioengineering
Functional Liver Cells Cultured in the Lab
An international team of researchers led by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a technique to grow functional hepatocytes in vitro. The cultured cells will allow...
Bioengineering
Biogel Delivers Anti-Cancer Agents Directly to Tumors
Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have developed an injectable biogel that can deliver anti-cancer agents directly into the tumors. The technique,...
Basic Research
Nanopore Technology Can Identify Pathogen Types
Reseachers from Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Boston University have developed a nanopore that identifies pathogens from their genomic characteristics. The instrument senses single molecules and detects...
Basic Research
Cella Medical Solutions wins Adecco Award
The Spanish 3D printing company Cella Medical Solutions won the Adecco “Idea Joven Más Brillante” 2015 Award to the brightest idea from a young entrepreneur....
3D printing
IDT Launches New CRISPR with Increased Editing Efficiency
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched the Alt-R™ CRISPR-Cas9 System, a genome editing tool based on the S. pyogenes CRISPR/Cas immune system. IDT has optimized CRISPR...
Basic Research