Tag: biotechnology

Uncharted Horizons: Exploring Unconventional Technologies Shaping Tomorrow’s Innovations

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In the fast-evolving landscape of technology, there exists a realm of unconventional and lesser-discussed innovations that promise to redefine industries, create new opportunities, and push the boundaries of human capability. While some of these technologies are in nascent stages or purely speculative, their potential to disrupt and revolutionize cannot be overlooked. Acoustic Levitation: Sound Waves Read more about Uncharted Horizons: Exploring Unconventional Technologies Shaping Tomorrow’s Innovations[…]

A new biosensor for the COVID-19 virus

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A team of researchers from Empa, ETH Zurich and Zurich University Hospital has succeeded in developing a novel sensor for detecting the new coronavirus. In future it could be used to measure the concentration of the virus in the environment – for example in places where there are many people or in hospital ventilation systems. Read more about A new biosensor for the COVID-19 virus[…]

Speeds up wound healing with handheld 3D skin printer

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A new handheld 3D printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds – and its “bio ink” can accelerate the healing process. The device, developed by a team of researchers from the University of Toronto Engineering and Sunnybrook Hospital, covers wounds with a uniform sheet of biomaterial, stripe by stripe. The bio Read more about Speeds up wound healing with handheld 3D skin printer[…]

An innovative new sensor aiming to provide a gentler way to administer artificial respiration

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In intensive care wards, artificial respiration is often used as a last resort to save a patient’s life. Unfortunately, however, it brings with it the risk of acute or chronic lung damage, particularly if the ventilator is working against the patient’s respiratory impulse. Therefore, researchers from the Fraunhofer Project Group for Automation in Medicine and Read more about An innovative new sensor aiming to provide a gentler way to administer artificial respiration[…]

Watching the nanometric machinery at work

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The scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) present a study in Cell where they have been able to observe protein nanomachines (also called protein complexes)—the structures responsible for performing cell functions—for the first time in living cells and in 3D. This work has been done in collaboration with researchers at the Read more about Watching the nanometric machinery at work[…]

New Biomaterials for Cell Cultures and Regenerative Medicine

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The extracellular matrix (ECM) regulates all important cell functions and is an interesting biomaterial for scientists. Fraunhofer has developed an ECM that contains artificial chemical groups which supports natural cell behaviour outside the body. It can be applied as a stable coating on implants or be used in cell culture dishes. Biologists, chemists and physicians Read more about New Biomaterials for Cell Cultures and Regenerative Medicine[…]