Scientists breaking barriers to treating heart failure [Life Science Newswire, February 2022]

Title:

Scientists breaking barriers to treating heart failure

 

Published:

Life Science Newswire, 8 February 2022

https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/newsroom/scientists-breaking-barriers-to-treating-heart-failure

 

From the article:

Ceryx Medical Limited, together with scientists at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and the Universities of Bath and Bristol, has developed technology that could radically improve the outlook for patients with serious heart conditions.

 

Roswell Biotechnologies Demonstrates Molecular Electronics Sensors on a Semiconductor Chip in Peer-Review Paper [Roswell Biotechnologies, January 2022]

Title:

Roswell Biotechnologies Demonstrates Molecular Electronics Sensors on a Semiconductor Chip in Peer-Review Paper

 

Published:

Roswell Biotechnologies [Press release], 24 January 2022

https://assets.website-files.com/60998352c4b69769915208e8/61eeb40f20ecb310572082de_roswellbrandedPNASrelease.pdf

 

From the press release:

The first molecular electronics chip has been developed, realizing a 50-year-old goal of integrating single molecules into circuits to achieve the ultimate scaling limits of Moore’s Law. Developed by Roswell Biotechnologies and a multi-disciplinary team of leading academic scientists, the chip uses single molecules as universal sensor elements in a circuit to create a programmable biosensor with real-time, single-molecule sensitivity and unlimited scalability in sensor pixel density. This innovation, appearing this week in a peer-reviewed article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), will power advances in diverse fields that are fundamentally based on observing molecular interactions, including drug discovery, diagnostics, DNA sequencing, and proteomics.

Engineering Artificial Lungs With Help From Lizards [Technology Networks, December 2021]

Title:

Engineering Artificial Lungs With Help From Lizards

 

Original story from:

Princeton University

 

Published:

Technology Networks, 23 December 2021

https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/engineering-artificial-lungs-with-help-from-lizards-357099

 

From the article:

A new study from Princeton University shows how the brown anole lizard solves one of nature's most complex problems — breathing — with ultimate simplicity. Whereas human lungs develop over months and years into baroque tree-like structures, the anole lung develops in just a few days into crude lobes covered with bulbous protuberances. These gourd-like structures, while far less refined, allow the lizard to exchange oxygen for waste gases just as human lungs do.  And because they grow quickly by leveraging simple mechanical processes, anole lungs provide new inspiration for engineers designing advanced biotechnologies.

 

The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital: Potential and Implications for South Asia [World Bank Group, September 2021]

Title:

The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital: Potential and Implications for South Asia 

 

Authors:

Bashir, Sajitha; Dahlman, Carl J.; Kanehira, Naoto; Tilmes, Klaus

 

Published:

World Bank Group, 8 September 2021

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36156

 

Description:

South Asia is heavily impacted by the devastating loss of lives and human capital from the COVID-19 pandemic and the converging technology revolution sweeping the globe. The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital: Potential and Implications for South Asia looks at how the region could capitalize on these technologies to accelerate its development of human capital and promote adaptability and resilience to future shocks. The convergence of technological breakthroughs spanning biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science is driven by artificial intelligence, data flows, computing power, and connectivity. These breakthroughs can improve service delivery, productivity, and innovation, but they can also exacerbate inequalities and eliminate people’s agency and empowerment. This report analyzes these trends in the region, offering a comprehensive agenda to exploit the opportunities offered by converging technologies while minimizing the risks to vulnerable populations. It proposes strategies for building public sector capacity and promoting data and technology governance frameworks in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. 

 

Wake Forest University - Wake Forest teams win a NASA prize for 3D printing human liver tissue [Engadget, June 2021]

Title:

Wake Forest teams win a NASA prize for 3D printing human liver tissue

 

Author:

A Tarantola

 

Published:

Engadget, 9 June 2021

https://www.engadget.com/wake-forest-teams-win-a-nasa-prize-for-3-d-printing-human-liver-tissue-205432028.html

 

From the article:

Skinks think they're just sooooo cool. Through no shortage of effort on our part, humans still lack the physiological capacity to regrow lost limbs and damaged organs. Well, we didn't until this week, at least. A pair of research teams from Wake Forest University's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have topped NASA's long-running Vascular Tissue Challenge by 3D printing a biologically viable chunk of human liver.

 

Scientists Make Male Rat Give Birth [Evolution News, June 2021]

Title:

Scientists Make Male Rat Give Birth

 

Author:

Wesley J. Smith

 

Published:

Evolution News, 13 June 2021

https://evolutionnews.org/2021/06/scientists-make-male-rat-give-birth/

 

From the article:

* Scientists just took a big step toward making that once unthinkable prospect — biological males giving birth — a reality. Rats were subjected to an experiment in which a male was surgically attached to a female so there was shared blood, and then a uterus was transplanted into the male. IVF embryos were implanted in the transplanted uterus, and some of the pups were gestated to a successful Caesarean birth.

* Was this really a legitimate area of scientific inquiry? Was the need to determine whether a male mammal could give birth of such scientific importance to justify treating animals in this way?

University of Missouri, USA - Wearable Bioelectronics: Detecting COVID-19 With a Sticker on Your Skin

Title:

Wearable Bioelectronics: Detecting COVID-19 With a Sticker on Your Skin

 

By:

University of Missouri-Columbia

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 24 February 2021

https://scitechdaily.com/wearable-bioelectronics-detecting-covid-19-with-a-sticker-on-your-skin/

 

From the article:

A University of Missouri engineer received a grant from the National Science Foundation to plan for large-scale manufacturing of an on-skin, wearable bioelectronic device.

Tufts University & University of Vermont - Not Bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism

Title:
Not Bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism

Authors:
Simon Coghlan & Kobi Leins

Published:
The Conversation, 19 January 2020

From the article:
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world's first "living bot".

This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform called xenobots from stem cells. The term "xeno" comes from the from cells (Xenopus laevis) used to make them.

To read this article:
https://theconversation.com/not-bot-not-beast-scientists-create-first-ever-living-programmable-organism-129980