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Jan 13, 2017
Need a new ear, nose, or patella? This new 3D printer can create bones and soft tissue
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, bioprinting
If you were to pick one emerging technology with the potential to have a massive positive impact on humanity in the coming years, there’s a good chance you’d go with 3D bioprinting.
The ability to use “bio-ink” to print out biomaterials ranging from heart tissues to bone and cartilage is incredibly exciting — although at present it’s not exactly the most user-friendly of tech.
One company hoping to change that is Cellink, which this week has announced the launch of its new Bio X printer, which it hopes will bring 3D bioprinting to a whole new audience.
Jan 13, 2017
A woman in Nevada died from an unstoppable superbug
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: biotech/medical
Jan 13, 2017
Senescent cell removal could help chemotherapy patients
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Senescent cell therapy for treating age-related diseases could also help people after chemotherapy.
Senescent cell removal therapies could help reduce the damaging impact chemotherapy has on patients as well as being used to address one of the aging processes to treat diseases.
#aging #cancer
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Jan 13, 2017
This Remarkable Robot Hand Is Worthy of Luke Skywalker
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI, space, transhumanism
Most of today’s robot hands can perform easy tasks. They’re uber-practical grippers, simple and useful. But is it really so much to ask for robotic masterworks as dextrous as Luke Skywalker’s bionic hand in Star Wars? In short, yes, yes it is. It might have been a long time ago in a galaxy far far away—but most Star Wars tech is beyond us.
Still, it’s hard not to get in a Star Wars state of mind watching this beautiful robot hand engineered by Yale postdoc Joseph (Zhe) Xu and the University of Washington’s Emanuel Todorov.
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Jan 13, 2017
Immune System, part 3: Crash Course A&P #47
Posted by Steve Hill in category: biotech/medical
The last of the fun videos about the immune system and how it works.
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN! This is the last episode on the immune system and also the very last episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology. In it, Hank explains how the cellular immune response uses helper, cytotoxic, and regulatory T cells to attack body cells compromised by pathogens. He also explores how cytokines activate B and T cells, and what happens if your immune system goes rogue and starts causing autoimmune trouble.
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Jan 13, 2017
New patent granted to 3D printed hybrid rocket fuel engines for low cost access to space
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, space
Jan 13, 2017
MIT Scientists Brings Incandescent Light Bulbs Back
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: sustainability
Jan 13, 2017
Forget What You Learned in High School
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: chemistry, education
It’s the stuff of Chemistry 101: carbon can only form four bonds because it only has four shareable electrons.
But this rule no longer applies, because scientists have confirmed the existence of an exotic carbon molecule that can form six bonds, meaning the most classic example of tetravalence in our high school chemistry textbooks now comes with a hefty caveat.
If all of this is kinda giving you conniptions, we’re right there with you.
