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Nov 24, 2022

Scientists demonstrate world’s first continuous-wave lasing of deep-ultraviolet laser diode at room temperature

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A research group led by 2014 Nobel laureate Hiroshi Amano at Nagoya University’s Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) in central Japan, in collaboration with Asahi Kasei Corporation, has successfully conducted the world’s first room-temperature continuous-wave lasing of a deep-ultraviolet laser diode (wavelengths down to UV-C region).

These results, published in Applied Physics Letters, represent a step toward the widespread use of a technology with the potential for a wide range of applications, including and medicine.

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Nov 24, 2022

Novel Yeast-Assembly Technique Yields Living Materials

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Researchers say structures made of the cells could potentially be used to clean up uranium from oceans, heal wounds, and more.

Nov 24, 2022

CRISPR tools found in thousands of viruses could boost gene editing

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

Phages probably picked up DNA-cutting systems from microbial hosts, and might use them to fight other viruses.

Nov 24, 2022

Study sheds new light on the link between oral bacteria and diseases

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified the bacteria most commonly found in severe oral infections. Few such studies have been done before, and the team now hopes that the study can provide deeper insight into the association between oral bacteria and other diseases. The study is published in Microbiology Spectrum.

Previous studies have demonstrated clear links between and , such as cancer, , diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. However, there have been few identifying which occur in infected oral-and maxillofacial regions. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now analyzed samples collected between 2010 and 2020 at the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden from patients with severe oral infections and produced a list of the most common bacteria.

This was a collaborative study that was performed by Professor Margaret Sällberg Chen and adjunct Professor Volkan Özenci’s research groups.

Nov 24, 2022

How digital tools can help combat premature deaths from non-communicable diseases

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, economics, health

Closing the gap on premature deaths from non-communicable diseases is key to economic prosperity, global health and social justice. Digital tools can help tackle the problem.

Nov 24, 2022

Study: MRI scans show widespread brain changes in children with ADHD

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Nov. 23 (UPI) — Researchers said Wednesday they found changes in almost all the regions of the brain they investigated via MRI scan data of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Children with ADHD had abnormal connectivity in the brain networks involved in memory processing and auditory processing, a thinning of the brain cortex, and significant white matter microstructural changes, especially in the frontal lobe of the brain.

The results of the new research on brain biomarkers of ADHD — based on analysis of data from MRI exams of 7,805 children — is scheduled to be presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

Nov 24, 2022

Extending anti-clotting treatment after distal deep vein thrombosis could reduce further clot risk

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Giving the anti-clotting drug rivaroxaban to patients for 12 weeks instead of the usual six after a blood clot in the lower leg reduces the risk of further clots developing up to two years after treatment, finds a trial published by The BMJ today.

What’s more, the additional six weeks of treatment did not result in increased bleeding risk, a common side effect of anti-clotting drugs.

Rivaroxaban is an anticoagulant drug. It’s given to people at a high risk of getting to help their blood (thicken) more slowly.

Nov 24, 2022

Announcing the Science Eye

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, genetics, science

An advanced optogenetic visual prosthesis for patients with serious blindness due to photoreceptor loss.

Nov 24, 2022

Building NeuroTech Minimally Invasive Human Machine Interfaces | Dr. Connor Glass

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical, cyborgs, government, law, life extension, neuroscience, robotics/AI, virtual reality, wearables

Neuralink’s invasive brain implant vs phantom neuro’s minimally invasive muscle implant. Deep dive on brain computer interfaces, Phantom Neuro, and the future of repairing missing functions.

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Nov 24, 2022

Will pigs solve the organ crisis? The future of animal-to-human transplants

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Unnecessary playing with nature.


In January, Bennett’s doctors offered him the chance to receive a heart from a pig. He took it. “I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice,” he said in a press release from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, where he was being treated. On 7 January, doctors transplanted the heart, which had been genetically modified so that the human body would tolerate it.

Bennett survived for eight weeks with his new heart before his body shut down. After his death, the research team learnt that the transplanted organ was infected with a pig herpesvirus that had not been detected by tests1.

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