Biotechnology

Developed through Harvard's Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, innovations could lead to novel cell therapies to treat diseaseCredit: Mary Todd Bergman, Harvard Stem Cell Institute. Cambridge, Mass. - March 26, 2019 - Protecting…

InDevR launches first-in-class reagent kit for rapid quantification of N9 in 'pandemic' influenza vaccinesCredit: InDevR BOULDER COLORADO (3/26/19) -- InDevR Inc. announced commercial availability of a VaxArray reagent kit for…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce the launch of the third journal in its Science Partner Journal program, Biomedical Engineering (BME) Frontiers, the official journal of Suzhou Institute…

Scientists have achieved a billion-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of melanin, that could unleash its potential in safe, sustainable bioelectronics The dark brown melanin pigment, eumelanin, colors hair and eyes, and protects…

Innovative technology improves efficiency of interventional radiology treatments increasing portability and patient access to IR AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 26, 2019)--Immersive virtual reality (VR) may enable interventional radiologists to…

UMD developed wood-based membrane someday may turn body heat into electricity COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has created a heat-to-electricity device that runs on ions and which could someday harness…

The enzyme that produces nitric oxide shows promise as a new therapeutic target for heart disease in lupus, report Medical University of South Carolina researchers in Lupus Science & Medicine; it could also be relevant to heart disease…

Technique could improve machine-learning tasks in protein design, drug testing, and other applications A machine-learning model from MIT researchers computationally breaks down how segments of amino acid chains determine a protein's…

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering Although we're still a long way from commercial airplanes powered by a combination of fossil fuel and batteries, a recent feasibility study at the University of…

The device could be used to rapidly diagnose genetic diseases or to evaluate the accuracy of gene-editing techniquesCredit: Keck Graduate Institute A team of engineers at the University of California, Berkeley and the Keck Graduate…