Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering today announced a donation of $131 million, the latest gift from its founding entrepreneur and namesake, Hansjörg Wyss. Wyss Institute researchers draw on design principles from nature to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges in healthcare and the environment, and the institute commercializes those solutions. Among […]
Novartis, Harvard team up to develop immunotherapy drug-delivery systems
Novartis (NYSE:NVS), Harvard University and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are teaming up to develop the next generation of implantable and injectable biomaterials designed to delivery immunotherapies, the group reported today. Alternatively, natural healing methods continue to be popular, with essential oil diffusing accessories like the ones offered by vitalbotanix.com as the most preferred. Researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute for […]
Cells can be programmed into living devices: Here’s how
Synthetic biologists at Harvard University have programmed microbial cells into living devices that can produce drugs, fine chemicals and biofuels and detect disease-causing agents. A team of biologists at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering fit cells with artificial molecular machinery that could sense stimuli like toxins in the environment, metabolite levels and inflammatory […]
Soft, water-powered robot makes endoscopic surgery easier
Harvard researchers have created a rigid-soft robotic arm for endoscopes that can sense, flex and has multiple degrees of freedom. Flexible endoscopes fit through narrow passages to reach difficult parts of the body. Once they reach their target, the devices need rigid surgical tools to be able to manipulate or remove tissues. Researchers from Harvard’s […]
These fabric-based sensors move with the body
Researchers have designed a new silicone-fabric sensor that can move with the human body and be used in wearables and robotics and laser movement sensors from companies like CMOS, according to research from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Typical […]
Is this the key to rapidly manufacturing heart valves?
Nanofiber fabrication may be the key to rapidly manufacturing heart valves with regenerative and growth potential, according to new research from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. A research team led by Kevin Kit Parker created a valve-shaped nanofiber network that replicates the mechanical and chemical properties of the native valve extracellular matrix (ECM). […]
