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BOSTON.COM reports that George Church has synthesized a biological structure capable of manufacturing proteins, an important step toward building artificial life.
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Viral bacteria-killers |
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SCIENCE FRIDAY, hosted by Ira Flatow, talks to Jim Collins about his promising new high-tech phage therapy in which engineered phage viruses would be used in conjuction with regular antibiotics to target parts of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. [PNAS. 2009 March 2]
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Mechanically activated angiogenesis |
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HARVARD SCIENCE discusses groundbreaking research from Donald Ingber's team on how mechanical forces work with chemical cues to control blood vessel growth, potentially leading to novel disease treatments for various angiogenesis-dependent diseases, including arthritis and cancer. [Nature. 2009 Feb 26]
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Paper diagnostics |
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TECHNOLOGY REVIEW reports that George
Whitesides has coupled microfluidics with paper to create a versatile, disposable test that can check a tiny amount of urine or blood for disease that could save thousands of lives in the world's poorer regions.
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Wyss Prize Winner
World-recognized designer, Chuck Hoberman, was awarded the Wyss Prize for Bioinspired Adaptive Architecture for his Adaptive Fritting installation that demonstrates a new glass panel technology for dynamic control of light transmission and thermal gain. The technology, which mimics pigment vesicle redistribution mechanisms living cells use to control pigmentation, is on display at Harvard Graduate School of Design's Gund Hall through May 15, 2009.
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SEAS industry outreach workshop
"Biosensors: Engineering Concepts and Medical Applications" is a workshop designed to explore how research at the intersection of engineering and medicine in the multidisciplinary area of biosensors can address current medical, health care, economic and global health needs. Register now...
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Karen Weintraub hired from the Boston Globe
The Wyss Institute is pleased to announce that Karen Weintraub has accepted the position of Associate Director of Communications and Web Technologies. Karen comes to the Wyss Institute from the Boston Globe, where she was the deputy health and science editor.
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New Wyss Institute Tech Fellows
The Wyss Institute welcomes the first four new Fellows in Bioinspired Technology Development: Eduardo Silva, Ben Hatton, Dan Huh, and Shawn Douglas. The Fellowships are awarded yearly to brilliant young women and men of great promise with outstanding technical expertise who have completed their doctoral degree within the last five years.
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