Tag: nanotechnology
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Wearable-Implant Diagnostics Device in Development
A university engineering lab is developing a device combining a sensor chip implanted under the skin and wrist band to diagnose serious diseases and transmit the data.
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Simple Cell Programming Designed for Gene Therapies
A simpler technique using nanoscale particles was shown in lab tests to deliver messenger RNA to reprogram cells for gene therapies, including changes in T-cells in the immune system now approved to treat a type of leukemia.
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3-D Printing Process Developed for Living Tissue
Researchers in the U.K. devised 3-D printing techniques for human and animal cells to produce functioning tissue with multiple types of cells.
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Chip-Phone System Detects Disease Biomarkers
A biomedical engineering team created a chip device attached to a smartphone that detects indicators of disease in blood faster than today’s more expensive lab tests.
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The Three Most Revolutionary Emerging Sciences
Advanced technology has created new areas of study, so here are the top three.
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Takeda, Biosurfaces Partner on Nanofiber Devices
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company is joining with a developer of medical devices from nanoscale bioactive fibers to design new devices for gastrointestinal, or GI, disorders.
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Nanotech Treatment Studied for Brain Tumors
Medical researchers and engineers designed and tested in mice a way to deliver gene-silencing therapies in nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Lab-On-Chip Quickly Isolates, Captures Exosomes
Tests of a lab-on-a-chip system show the device can rapidly isolate and recover cellular carriers of biomarkers useful in detecting cancer and other diseases.
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Nanoparticles Built to Detect, Measure Peanut Allergy
A chemical engineering team developed a system with nanoscale particles to better detect and diagnose the severity of peanut allergies.
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Trial to Test Spherical Nanotech Brain Cancer Drug
An early-stage clinical trial will soon begin testing spherically-shaped nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.