A group of scientists have demonstrated that specially engineered stem cells could be used to fights off AIDS, successfully testing the approach in mice engineered to develop immune systems similar to humans. The investigators started with the observation that a small group of people who are virtually immune to HIV have disabled CCR5 receptors on [...]
Chang Lu and his chemical engineering research group at Virginia Tech have discovered how to “greatly enhance” the delivery of DNA payloads into cells. The description of their work will be featured on the cover of Lab on a Chip, the premier journal for researchers in microfluidics. Lu’s ultimate goal is to apply this technique [...]
A new, $50 million biomedical research lab has been completed at George Mason University near Washington D.C. and is being ramped up to study new therapies for infectious diseases–including a range of potential bioterror weapons. Once the 52,000-square-foot facility is licensed and fully operational in a few months, 50 people will be on site to [...]
Patients recovering from congestive heart failure at a New York hospital are being offered a telemonitoring system to help with medication compliance. The data collected from the system generates an e-diary of patient adherence to the prescribed drug regimen, so clinicians and doctors can monitor compliance at the patient or study group level.
In a single day, a solitary grad student at a lab bench can produce more simple logic circuits than the world’s entire output of silicon chips in a month. So says a Duke University engineer, who believes that the next generation of these logic circuits at the heart of computers will be produced inexpensively in [...]
The CenTrak system comes with an IR-RFID tag that is clipped onto a patient’s intravenous (IV) pole as he or she enters the surgical department and is first administered the IV. Workers enter that tag’s ID number into RealView perioperative RTLS software provided by PeriOptimum, thereby linking the patient to that tag throughout his or [...]
Many different cell types can be cultivated in a petri dish. Unfortunately, turning them into organs is substantially more difficult. It also tends to be difficult to cultivate cells that will function in a way that is similar to normal tissue function. This is an especially critical issue when it comes to heart cells. Recently, [...]
Biotechnology is currently making use of DNA biochip/microarray technology in the research sector, and industrial applications are in development. Diagnostic applications of biochips in health care require a time-consuming and expensive validation process. Nevertheless, the potential applications in health care provide the greatest area of potential growth with an emphasis on the point-of-care and personalized [...]
PCR, as polymerase chain reaction is known, was one step on the way to the current status of biochip technology. A Nobel-prize winning discovery, Kary Mullis’s polymerase chain reaction (PCR), first described in 1983, allowed researchers to amplify minute amounts of DNA to quantities where it could be detected by standard laboratory methods. A further [...]
Artificial intelligence as allowed by biochips is important in robotics engineering. A large amount of research and development has contributed to the rapid evolution of biochip technology. Combining semiconductor technology with molecular biology, biochips supplement electronic circuits with biological material. Composed of DNA, RNA or protein, a biochip holds these materials to the surface of [...]
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