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Implantable device recharged by music

January 27, 2012
biotech

The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body. Acoustic waves from music, particularly rap, were found to effectively recharge the pressure sensor. Such a device might ultimately help to treat people stricken with aneurisms or incontinence due to paralysis. The heart of the sensor is a vibrating cantilever, a thin beam attached …Read the Rest

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Researchers induce Alzheimer’s neurons from pluripotent stem cells

January 26, 2012
biotech

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers have, for the first time, created stem cell-derived, in vitro models …Read the Rest

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Are mechanical changes in cells responsible for cancer progression?

January 26, 2012
biotech

Your colleagues in chemical engineering have been busy. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Chemical Engineering …Read the Rest

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Beware of viruses bearing gifts

January 26, 2012
biotech

MIT researchers have discovered that certain photosynthetic ocean bacteria should beware of viruses bearing gifts: These viruses are carrying genetic …Read the Rest

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BIO says we’re Built to Last

January 26, 2012
biotech

“We commend President Obama’s call for creating an economy that is ‘built to last.’ says BIO President and CEO Jim …Read the Rest

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First 3D image of individual protein

January 26, 2012
biotech

At the Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Lab’s nanotechnology research center, When Gang Ren has pushed his Zeiss Libra 120 Cryo-Tem microscope …Read the Rest

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Trying to fit a round therapy in a square business model?

January 25, 2012
biotech

The technical feasibility of gene therapy “has been established in multiple diseases and with different technology platforms,” says Dr. James …Read the Rest

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Synthetic cell envelope created

January 25, 2012
biotech

Using a novel chemical reaction, University of California, San Diego chemists have created self-assembling cell membranes, the structural envelopes that …Read the Rest

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UF researchers develop gene therapy that could correct retinitis pigmentosa

January 23, 2012
alachua

University of Florida researchers have replaced a malfunctioning gene in the eye with a normal working copy that supplies a …Read the Rest

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Microbes modified to convert seaweed to biofuel

January 21, 2012
biofuels

Scientists from Seattle’s Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) have genetically engineered E. coli to extract all the major sugars in seaweed …Read the Rest

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UMLSTP is filling out retail space

January 20, 2012
biotech

The University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park has just signed six retail leases with Balans, Subway, the UPS …Read the Rest