University of the Basque Country
Micrometric blood plasma separator using high-resolution 3D fabrication
16/12/2022
Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have developed a microfluidic plasma separator to optically detect blood biomarkers.
Asociación RUVID
Biomaterial capable of regenerating bones and preventing infections
15/12/2022
Researchers from the Bioengineering and Biomaterials Laboratory of Universidad Católica de Valencia (UCV) have developed a new porous material capable of regenerating bones and preventing infections at the same time.
Fraunhofer ITEM
Designer immune cells for drug discovery, potency and safety testing
14/12/2022
Fraunhofer researchers have succeeded in scaling the production of customized immune cells from laboratory up to industrial level.
Keisuke Ishihara
Measuring organ development
28/11/2022
Researchers from Dresden and Vienna reveal link between connectivity of three-dimensional structures in tissues and the emergence of their architecture to help scientists engineer self-organising tissues that mimic human organs.
Empa
Empa's Zukunftsfonds – Funding ambitious research: A chip to replace animal testing
24/11/2022
New drugs made from nanoparticles that can easily penetrate any interface within our bodies are a great hope in medicine. For such hopefuls to reach the market, their safety must be ensured. In this context, it must also be clarified what happens if a substance manages to penetrate the natural barrier between baby and mother, the placenta, in the body of pregnant women.
Tohoku University
Sensing platform for studying in vitro vascular systems
11/11/2022
The costliness of drug development and the limitations of studying physiological processes in the lab are two separate scientific issues that may share the same solution.
RossHelen
Inspired by nature: Silencing bacteria
07/11/2022
Cerium dioxide nanoparticles work in biological processes like natural enzymes and change signaling molecules, thereby preventing the formation of biofilms.
BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Maria Pau Ginebra awarded Advanced Grant by ERC
01/11/2022
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded UPC researcher Maria Pau Ginebra an Advanced Grant to study the mechanisms of biomaterial and bacteria interaction and to develop surfaces that can fight infections and promote bone regeneration.
Organ-on-a-chip systems: limited validity?
01/02/2019
Organ-on-a-chip systems are technically a great enhancement of medical research because they facilitate testing of active ingredients on cell cultures in the chambers of a plastic chip. This replaces animal testing and improves patient safety. That being said, they are not a true-to-life replication of the human body and can only simulate a few functions and activities.