07/24/2019
Type: YouTube
One idea for treating disease is to be able to program cells. Now, a major advance in synthetic biology allows for that kind of control that hasn't been seen before. The Institute for Protein Design...
01/23/2018
Type: MediaAMP
Recent studies indicate that infants born prematurely have a higher risk of developing heart disease later in life. Now, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have...
12/28/2018
Type: YouTube
Surgical oncologist Venu G. Pillarisetty talks about why resting before surgery is the worst thing you can do.
Dr. Pillarisetty is senior author of study published in PLOS One finds that finds...
05/02/2019
Type: YouTube
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs. It's a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues with exquisitely entangled vascular networks that mimic...
04/01/2019
Type: YouTube
As lawmakers in a number of states including Massachusetts and Illinois discuss age restrictions for tackle football, researchers just published a survey with parents' views on the topic. Sara...
02/20/2019
Type: YouTube
Finding medical care shouldn't be difficult, especially for a life-threatening disorder, but it can be for people living with hydrocephalus. Mary Conyard was diagnosed at 4 months old with the...
09/30/2020
Type: YouTube
"What if we could build a remote control for cells?" That was the wild idea Kelly Stevens and Daniel Corbett had.
Stevens, assistant professor of bioengineering and laboratory medicine and pathology...
06/26/2017
Type: Upload file
Lab activity in Dr. Paul Yager's lab reflects work on paper-based diagnostics. Their hope is that in two to three years, people miles from a lab will be able to cough, spit, or urinate on a piece of...
02/05/2018
Type: MediaAMP
Current criteria using head size to diagnose Zika-related brain injury fail to capture more subtle brain damage that can lead to significant learning problems and mental health disorders later in...
06/05/2017
Type: MediaAMP
Philippe Hujoel, a University of Washington professor of dentistry, describes an unexpected study finding: Individuals with a slender lower face are about 25 percent more likely to be left-handed. ...