IBME

Cellular Dynamics, Coriell To Create California Stem Cell Bank

sarahpayton — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:36:29 +0000

One of the main goals of California’s $3 billion stem cell research agency is to draw companies into the state so they can vie for a share of the funding. With a recently funded $32 million initiative, the California Institute... Read more »

Nanoparticles for controlled drug release

sarahpayton — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:35:54 +0000

Scientists from CIC bioGUNE and the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO) in Bordeaux have jointly undertaken a project to develop “smart” nanoparticles. These polymeric particles act as “nanomissiles” against pre-determined targets and allow the drug to be released... Read more »

Combined team of physicists and biologists build Lyme disease detector using carbon nanotube sensor

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:07 +0000

A team made up of researchers from both the physics and biology departments at the University of Pennsylvania has succeeded in building a Lyme disease detector using a carbon nanotube sensor. In their paper published in the journal Biosensors and... Read more »

Surgeon general gets a medgadget smartphone physical

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:14:53 +0000

News is out that Dr. Regina Benjamin, the Surgeon General, is stepping down from her post next month. She spent the last four years advocating for people to participate in improving their health and for clinical care to better meet... Read more »

Smartphones help bridge gaps in electronic medical records

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:13:54 +0000

Hospitals, doctors and Medicare are making it easier for people to have access to their own health records. Some app developers have even created ways to have health information available even on a smartphone. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let’s look... Read more »

Lab-grown organs can solve shortage dilemma

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:12:46 +0000

By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she’d been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery. Her cystic fibrosis was threatening her life, and her... Read more »

Printing artificial bone

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:50 +0000

Researchers working to design new materials that are durable, lightweight and environmentally sustainable are increasingly looking to natural composites, such as bone, for inspiration: Bone is strong and tough because its two constituent materials, soft collagen protein and stiff hydroxyapatite... Read more »

Vibrating navigators shake up devices

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:10:41 +0000

The day’s not too far off that a smartphone, instead of providing on-screen driving directions, could guide someone to her destination with a little nudge. Literally. For about the past decade, Lynette Jones, a senior research scientist in MIT’s Department... Read more »

The body electric: Researchers move closer to low-cost, implantable electronics

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:09:09 +0000

New technology under development at The Ohio State University is paving the way for low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside the body. The first planned use of the technology is a sensor that will... Read more »

DNA brings materials to life

sarahpayton — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:07:45 +0000

Scientists have discovered a technique to control and direct the self-assembly of two different colloids. Self-assembly has been of major interest in industry, since controlling it would open up a whole host of new technologies, such as smart drug-delivery patches or... Read more »