A team of bioengineers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is the first to report creating artificial heart tissue that closely mimics the functions of natural heart tissue through t... Read more
Nanoparticles programmed to dispatch drugs to specific parts of the body could make surgery a thing of the past Imagine swallowing a pill of tiny molecular robots that can hone in on any inj... Read more
A fish parasite with a needle-like nose that pierces the intestines of its host has inspired a revolutionary medical invention that could replace surgical staples now used to hold skin graft... Read more
Research study online in JAMA Ophthalmology may herald new era of new highly targeted molecular treatment for common condition Dry eye disease (DED) is a common condition that causes discomf... Read more
Clearing up inflammation with pro-resolving nanomedicines Inflammation is the body’s natural defense mechanism against invading organisms and tissue injury. In acute inflammation, the... Read more
A COMBINATION of aspirin and fish oil could be the best way to tackle chronic diseases such as arthritis, scientists have found. The two work together to combat the inflammation responsible... Read more
Understanding the mechanisms behind quill penetration and extraction could help engineers design better medical devices. Anyone unfortunate enough to encounter a porcupine’s quills knows tha... Read more
New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring. Borrowing from microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry, MIT and Harvard Medical Schoo... Read more
BIND-014 is the first targeted and programmed nanomedicine to enter human clinical studies A team of scientists, engineers and physicians from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Dana-... Read more