One-Off CRISPR Injection Could Lower Risk of Heart Disease
In the United States, around 500,000 people are expected to die of coronary artery disease this year. Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease. CAD occurs…
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3D Printed Heart Muscle Patch Reduces Risk of Heart Failure
A team of researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Minnesota have been working together to investigate the possibilities of 3D printing a heart muscle…
TALEN Gene-Editing Technique Used to Treat Leukemia using Non-HLA Donor Cells
Gene editing is one of the most exciting areas of biomedical science and could have a major impact on how patients are treated for disease in the near future. A…
3D Neural Cell Cultures Grow Elementary Circulatory System
A team of scientists at Brown University in Rhone Island have created mini-brains from 3D neural cell cultures and found those cell clusters developed a rudimentary circulatory system. The team’s…
CRISPR Technology Used to Develop Tuberculosis-Resistant Cows
CRISPR technology may not yet be used to cure diseases in humans, although studies on animals have shown that the gene editing technique has excellent potential for the treatment of…
Functional MRI Scans Used to Determine Patients’ Response to Antidepressants
The effectiveness of antidepressants can vary considerably from individual to individual. Drugs also need to be taken for a number of weeks before their effectiveness is known. If a particular…
Breath Test Identifies Flu Biomarkers
A biomedical researcher from the department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas has invented a hand-held breathalyzer that has been programmed to detect the biomarkers for influenza….
Artificial Intelligence Used to Gain Deeper Understanding of Cancer Biophysics
A team of researchers from the Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences, the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts, and the University of Maryland have developed an artificial intelligence-derived model…
Funding Awarded for CRISPR-Cas9 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Safety Study
A biomedical researcher at the Southwestern Medical Center at the University of Texas has been awarded a grant of $250,000 for a study of the potential for the use of…
New 3D Bioprinter Capable of Creating Functional Human Skin
A team of scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research, and Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón in Madrid have been the…