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Review: Using biomaterials in dental implants

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this review article the authors Oliver K. Semisch-Dieter, Andy H. Choi and Martin P. Stewart from the University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia discuss the use of biomaterials in dental implants.

22 Mar 2021

Sealing fistulas more effectively with water-immiscible mussel protein-based bioadhesive

A Korean research team has recently developed an innovative vesico-vaginal fistula treatment method using the mussel adhesive protein (MAP) that can effectively seal fistulas in organs even when exposed to urine.

22 Mar 2021

Researchers test novel gene regulation approach to treat brain diseases

Researchers at the DZNE (Germany), at Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) and at the genomic medicine company Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. tested a novel gene regulation approach to treat brain diseases such as Alzheimer's in laboratory studies.

22 Mar 2021

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine protects against symptomatic disease

Results from a large clinical trial in the United States and South America indicate that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222, is well-tolerated and protects against symptomatic COVID-19 disease, including severe disease or hospitalization.

22 Mar 2021

Bacteria residing within tumor cells can boost cancer immunotherapy

Cancer immunotherapy may get a boost from an unexpected direction: bacteria residing within tumor cells.

22 Mar 2021

NYSCF is developing new stem cell therapy to treat age-related macular degeneration

The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced that they are developing a stem cell therapy to treat patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

22 Mar 2021

Novel technology may reveal the brain's mysteries

A team of scientists, led by researchers at Northwestern University, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), has developed novel technology promising to increase understanding of how brains develop, and offer answers on repairing brains in the wake of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases.

22 Mar 2021

Ubiquitous microplastics can become 'hubs' for antibiotic-resistant bacteria

It's estimated that an average-sized wastewater treatment plant serving roughly 400,000 residents will discharge up to 2,000,000 microplastic particles into the environment each day.

22 Mar 2021

University of Strathclyde signs licensing deal for its patented HINS-light technology

The new Environment Care Lighting technology range created by Linea Light Group using High Intensity Narrow Spectrum (HINS) light developed and patented by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, will enable the Woofer and Rollip appliances from the i-LèD Professional collection to decontaminate surfaces and prevent infection, destroying up to 70-80% of bacteria with continuous use.

22 Mar 2021

Tubeless, wearable insulin pump can improve blood sugar control for people with type 1 diabetes

People with type 1 diabetes can improve their blood sugar control while reducing time with low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, using Insulet Corporation's Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System compared to their standard insulin therapy.

21 Mar 2021

Genetic engineering strategy dramatically reduces tau levels in Alzheimer's animal model

Researchers have used a genetic engineering strategy to dramatically reduce levels of tau--a key protein that accumulates and becomes tangled in the brain during the development of Alzheimer's disease--in an animal model of the condition.

21 Mar 2021

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021 features the hottest science in prevention of heart disease

Stay tuned for the hottest science in the prevention of heart disease at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

20 Mar 2021

Joint project aims to establish automated system for SARS-CoV-2 analysis in wastewater

On March 19, 2021, Hokkaido University, Robotic Biology Institute Inc., iLAC Co., Ltd., and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) toward the establishment of an automated system for the analysis of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in wastewater.

20 Mar 2021

New cellular device with computing capacity could be used outside the laboratory

The Research Group on Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, has designed a cellular device capable of computing by printing cells on paper. For the first time, they have developed a living device that could be used outside the laboratory without a specialist, and it could be produced on an industrial scale at low cost.

20 Mar 2021

Technology News and Research

Review: Using biomaterials in dental implants

Sealing fistulas more effectively with water-immiscible mussel protein-based bioadhesive

Researchers test novel gene regulation approach to treat brain diseases

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine protects against symptomatic disease

Bacteria residing within tumor cells can boost cancer immunotherapy

NYSCF is developing new stem cell therapy to treat age-related macular degeneration

Novel technology may reveal the brain's mysteries

Ubiquitous microplastics can become 'hubs' for antibiotic-resistant bacteria

University of Strathclyde signs licensing deal for its patented HINS-light technology

Tubeless, wearable insulin pump can improve blood sugar control for people with type 1 diabetes

Genetic engineering strategy dramatically reduces tau levels in Alzheimer's animal model

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021 features the hottest science in prevention of heart disease

Joint project aims to establish automated system for SARS-CoV-2 analysis in wastewater

New cellular device with computing capacity could be used outside the laboratory

Newly discovered enzyme on deadly fungus may be the key to fight fungal infection

Developing a COVID-19 vaccine using inactivated E. coli

New proteomics method helps confirm COVID-19 transmission from mother to fetus

New autonomous technology helps track the daily patterns of isolated older relatives

Study highlights significant concerns about a growing issue of sex-selective abortion in Nepal

New technology reveals neural origins of attention in babies

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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