Open microfluidic and nanofluidic systems
...labs-on-a-chip have many potential applications in biomedicine and bioengineering. In the context of biomedicine, for example, they could provide fast and detailed analysis of blood samples in the physician's office without the need to wait several days before the sample has been returned from specialized labora...New methods of gene delivery using lasers
... have important implications for future studies in biomedicine and healthcare. Optical technology has huge potential for novel developments in the bio-medical field and St Andrews has outstanding research groups in this area. The new method -which involves a miniature violet laser -is cheap, simple, powerful an...UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders
...a O'Brien, executive dean of the UCLA College. "As biomedicine grows increasingly complex, new academic partnerships hold the key to discovery; this institute will create novel opportunities for research that spans many disciplines." ...New technique may speed DNA analysis
...evices of ever-increasing complexity in areas from biomedicine to information technology has spurred several research efforts toward high-resolution, high-throughput nano-printing techniques. Professor Francesco Stellacci and graduate student Arum Amy Yu, both in the Department of Materials Science and Engineeri......evices of ever-increasing complexity in areas from biomedicine to information technology has spurred several research efforts toward high-resolution, high-throughput nano-printing techniques. Professor Francesco Stellacci and graduate student Arum Amy Yu, both in the Department of Materials Science and Engineeri...LINK Applied Genomics Programme Promises To Revolutionize Healthcare Systems
...e human genome and effective incorporates areas in biomedicine and healthcare. Following are some highlights of the programme: * Nerve tissue regeneration - Scientists at King's College London and Oxford BioMedica are currently working on ways to understand why injured or severed nerves fail to regrow. This is ...Genetic Map Reveals How Drugs Fight Diseases: Study
...reat diseases such as cancer. A key challenge in biomedicine is to connect each human disease with drugs that effectively treat it, and to understand the molecular basis for such drugs' effects. To solve this problem systematically, the researchers described the effects of drugs and diseases in the common la...Genetic 'Roadmap' Charts Links Between Drugs and Human Disease
...ferent scientific languages.' A key challenge in biomedicine is to connect each human disease with drugs that effectively treat it and to understand the molecular basis for such drugs’ effects. To solve this problem systematically, the scientists described the effects of drugs and diseases in the common langua......ospitals. The study, however, was not limited to biomedicine and proved useful for agriculture as well. In cooperation with the Cuban National Centre for Agricultural and Livestock Health (CENSA), the group worked in 'seed coating to boost farming yields as well as in encapsulation of somatic embryos to design...