Biotechnology Before he died, this biohacker was planning a CRISPR trial in Mexico Aaron Traywick and his company, Ascendance Biomedical, are connected to a website advertising a gene-therapy trial for lung cancer. by Emily Mullin 2018-05-04T17:10:00-04:00
Technology Gene Therapy 2.0: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017 Scientists have solved fundamental problems that were holding back cures for rare hereditary disorders. Next we’ll see if the same approach can take on cancer, heart disease, and other common illnesses. by Emily Mullin 2017-02-22T07:00:00-05:00
Sponsored Heads Up: Identifying Soldiers at Risk for Traumatic Brain Injury Analog Devices, Inc. and BlackBox Biometrics joined forces to develop Blast Gauge, a wearable device that detects exposure to potentially harmful blast shockwaves. 2016-11-01T13:27:00-04:00 in partnership with Analog Devices, Inc.
Rewriting Life Companies Aim to Make Drugs from Bacteria That Live in the Gut Relatively new discoveries about of the role of the microbiome in human health have sparked a race to develop new therapies based on microbes. by Mike Orcutt 2016-01-18T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Brain Scars Detected in Concussions A closer look at the brains of soldiers who have suffered concussions reveals evidence of injuries that were invisible to conventional imaging methods. by Mike Orcutt 2015-12-21T15:25:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Researchers Take a Step Toward Vocal Cord Transplants An achievement in tissue engineering suggests that people with damaged vocal cords could eventually get new ones. by Mike Orcutt 2015-11-18T14:10:00-05:00
News Could Implantable LEDs Relieve Your Pain? A new biocompatible device will make it easier for researchers to determine the neurological basis of pain. by Mike Orcutt 2015-11-16T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life New Sepsis Detector Shrinks the Diagnosis from Days to Hours Sepsis affects more than a million people every year in the U.S. alone, and diagnosis can take five days. A new tool cuts the time to five hours. by Mike Orcutt 2015-11-04T00:00:00-05:00
News A Manufacturing Tool Builds 3-D Heart Tissue A layer-by-layer fabrication tool lets researchers quickly form complicated biological tissue in three-dimensional space. by Mike Orcutt 2013-07-15T00:00:00-04:00
News Artificial Spleen Offers Hope for Faster Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Researchers are designing a “dialysis-like” machine that could identify and remove pathogens responsible for an often lethal blood infection. by Mike Orcutt 2013-06-13T17:25:00-04:00
