Improvement to CRISPR gene editing could make it more effective: The finding opens the technology to wider use for more diseases (www.sciencedaily.com)
New AI tool beats standard approaches for detecting heart attacks (www.sciencedaily.com)
My alma matter looking good. :)
Robotic glove that 'feels' lends a 'hand' to relearn playing piano after a stroke (www.sciencedaily.com)
Clever Aussie brain-computer interface leaves your skull intact (newatlas.com)
Mechanical Implant Stirs Wasting Muscle Back into Action (www.the-scientist.com)
Will cancer vaccines change the way we treat cancer? (cen.acs.org)
Octopus-inspired drug delivery patch (www.science.org)
This paper details a new hydrogel patch coated in microneedles used to delivery medication to tissues. The design of the patch was inspired by the Blue-ringed octopus and the method by which it administers toxins....
An app can transform smartphones into thermometers that accurately detect fevers (www.washington.edu)
Pangolin, the inspiration for a medical robot: Robot is made of metal and yet is soft and flexible (www.sciencedaily.com)
A Leaf Made of... Meat?? (www.youtube.com)
RNA Nanoparticle Therapy Stops the Spread of Incurable Bone Marrow Cancer, Study Finds (medicalxpress.com)
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/572701...
Digitally designed protein works like an antifreeze for biological material (phys.org)
I haven't editorialized the title, but I don't like it since the desired protein structure was thought up by the grad student and the "digitally designed" piece just seems to be some MD modelling to confirm the desired outcome before synthesis....