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Tag: Applied Biotechnology
Building bodies, one organ at a time
If you’ve been to a geek or tech event like the annual Maker Faire that happens every spring here in the Bay Area, you’ve probably …
Basic research underlies effort to thwart “greatest threat to face humanity”
Welcome to this week's Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to Stanford's most innovative researchers. Stanley Cohen, MD, isn't a household name. But …
A medical invention that brings tears to your eyes
More than 20 million Americans suffer from dry eye, a painful condition where a person's lacrimal glands don't create enough tears to lubricate the surface …
Beam me up! Detecting disease with non-invasive technology
Here's this week's Biomed Bites, a feature appearing each Thursday that introduces readers to Stanford's most innovative biomedical researchers. Star Trek fans rejoice! Stanford radiologist Sam …
Foldscope beta testers share the wonders of the microcosmos
Christmas came early for citizen-scientists who received the first batch of Foldscope build-your-own paper microscope kits from Stanford's Prakash Lab over the last several months. …
How Stanford researchers are engineering materials that mimic those found in our own bodies
Modern medicine is quite good at replacing the mechanical functions of the body with prosthetics - which have been in development for the past 4000 …
Fits like a glove: Stanford researchers develop medical applications for the Cooling Glove
Two years ago we wrote about the Cooling Glove, a device developed by Stanford biologists Craig Heller, PhD, and Dennis Grahn that helps athletes cool …
Tiny size, big impact: Ultrasound powers miniature medical implant
For years, scientists have been trying to create implantable electronic devices, but challenges related to powering such technologies has limited their success. Enter a prototype developed by Stanford …
"Frankenfoods" just like natural counterparts, health-wise (at least if you're a farm animal)
More than a hundred billion farm animals have voted with their feet (or their hoofs, as the case may be). And the returns are in: …
Stanford physicians and engineers showcase innovative health-care solutions
A "breathalyzer" that noninvasively determines if patients have unsafe levels of ammonia in their blood. The discovery of a previously approved drug that also fights …
New "decoy" protein blocks cancer from spreading
Cancer becomes most deadly when it's on the move - jumping from the breast to the brain or the pancreas to the liver and then …
A computer kit could lead to better way to design synthetic molecules
Slipping something small into cells to regulate gene expression has long been a goal of biomedical researchers. And there have been many efforts to do …
Stanford bioengineer among Popular Science magazine’s “Brilliant 10”
Manu Prakash, PhD, a prolific inventor of low-cost scientific tools, has been named one of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10" for 2014 - an award …
Artificial spleen shown to filter dangerous pathogens from blood
Our spleens filter out toxins from our blood and help us fight infections. But serious infections can overpower our bodies' ability to fight them off, …
Gene-sequencing rare tumors – and what it means for cancer research and treatment
Sequencing the genes of cancer patients' tumors has the potential to surmount frustrating problems for those who work with rare cancers. Doctors who see patients …