Posts Tagged ‘research’
Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice
New research from Professor Irina Conboy found that diluting the blood plasma of old mice has the same or stronger rejuvenation effects on the brain, liver and muscle as surgical pairing with young mice or young blood exchange. This discovery shifts the dominant model of rejuvenation away from young blood and toward the benefits of removing age-elevated, and potentially harmful, factors in old blood.
Read MoreScientists pivot to COVID-19 research, hoping for quick results to deal with pandemic
Professors Patrick Hsu and Niren Murthy are featured with the emergency funding they have received for urgent COVID-19 research. Hsu is working to apply new CRISPR tools he has discovered to a faster and better diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and potentially new therapeutics, while Murthy is looking for weaknesses in the SARS-CoV-2 proteins that could be leveraged by a small molecule, hopefully knocking out the virus.
Read MoreKumar Lab discovers new mechanism that tumors use to adhere and migrate through brain tissue
Sanjay Kumar’s lab has identified a mechanism used by tumor cells to adhere to and migrate through a nanoporous, three-dimensional extracellular matrix characteristic of brain tissue.
Read MorePatrick Hsu explain antibody test validation on CNN
Professor Hsu appeared on CNN Tonight April 29 to explain the results of his work on COVID-19 antibody test validation with the Covid Testing Project.
Read MoreFletcher Lab partnership with Gladstone Institute on COVID-19 testing
Professor Dan Fletcher’s lab is partnering with researchers at the Gladstone Institutes to develop a fast, inexpensive field test for COVID-19 that uses mobile phone technology and RNA analysis.
Read MoreHerr Lab develops microfluidic device to analyze embryos
Just published in Science Advances, bioengineers have developed more new tools for understanding mammalian development. Thanks to research led by Amy Herr and recent PhD Elisabet Rosàs-Canyelles, scientists can examine the crucial period when RNA molecules tell cells what they should do. The team developed a multi-modal microfluidic device capable of observing what’s happening with RNA and corresponding proteins at the same time and in the same cell.
Read MoreAdam Arkin leads new national lab team to improve COVID-19 testing
A consortium of national labs has formed five teams to conduct R&D to help improve the nation’s COVID-19 testing capabilities. Professor Adam Arkin leads a team developing computational approaches to develop and optimize COVID-19 diagnostic tests, detection methods, and other applications.
Read MorePatrick Hsu on COVID-19 test reliability in the NYTimes
Prof. Hsu is one of the leaders of a round-the-clock effort to validate the accuracy of 14 of the many COVID-19 antibody test kits now on the market. Although the results are promising, they are also complex and show much room for improvement, especially in the area of false positives. The team will continue to validate the increasing variety of tests to inform medical testing procedures. Their pre-publish results are
Bioengineers continuing the fight against COVID-19
After weeks of sheltering in place, Berkeley bioengineers are only increasing their efforts to mitigate the effects of COVID-19.
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