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Smart nanoprobe illuminates prostate cancer cells

NIBIB-supported researchers have developed a smart nanoprobe designed to infiltrate prostate tumors and send back a signal using an optical imaging technique known as Raman spectroscopy.
11-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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NIBIB-led program has helped innovators pursue commercialization for a decade

To mark the 10-year anniversary of the NIBIB-led Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation (C3i) program, we feature three innovators who participated in the program at the early stages of their biomedical technologies.
8-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Wireless, light-powered pacemaker shines bright in animal study

While pacemakers have been instrumental in treating many patients with heart rhythm disorders, their bulky design and dependence on wires can limit their usefulness and poses a risk of heart damage or infection. Researchers have cut the cords,...
28-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

A window into placental development during pregnancy

A multidisciplinary group of NIH-funded scientists have successfully captured real-time, high-resolution images of the developing mouse placenta during the course of pregnancy.
20-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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A new approach to tissue engineering improves blood vessel formation in rats

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University have developed a new synergistic approach to revascularization that could rapidly grow organized blood vessels in live rats.
14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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A golden solution quickly eliminates bacterial infections, no antibiotics required

If left to their own devices, bacteria on our teeth or wounded skin can encase themselves in a slimy scaffolding, turning into what is called biofilm. These bacteria wreak havoc on our tissue and, being shielded from antibiotic medication by the...
12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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A bioengineering professor finds her niche in global health

In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re featuring Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., a professor of bioengineering at Rice University who has been solving women’s health challenges globally for the past two decades.
7-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Engineered bacteria prime tumors for selective elimination

What if bacteria—which love to grow deep inside tumors—could guide cancer therapies directly to their target? A team of NIH-funded researchers has engineered a bacterial strain to “light up” tumors so that reprogrammed T cells, drawn like a...
4-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites


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