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5G could support telesurgery during COVID-19 pandemic

July 14, 2020
A surgeon demonstrated how telesurgery could be successfully performed using robotic technology and a 5G network by operating on a cadaver patient from 15 km away. The low latency and...

New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

July 14, 2020
The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to...

New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

July 13, 2020
Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms - often incorrectly called "blue-green algae" - as they often occur in waters....

Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

July 13, 2020
Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis.

The human brain built by AI: A transatlantic collaboration

July 2, 2020
The new German-Canadian lab, HIBALL, aims to create a microscopic 3D map of functional neuroanatomy at the cellular level with the help of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. The lab...

Instant diagnostic photonics scan for bladder cancer (BLC)

July 2, 2020
Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible...

Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025

June 25, 2020
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human rights and biomedical technologies. Governance of technologies, equity in health care and physical and...

Synthetic materials mimic living creatures

June 24, 2020
Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living creatures.When hit with light, the film-thin materials come alive -- bending, rotating and even crawling on surfaces....

Laboratory News Podcast episode #1

June 17, 2020
Narwhal song with Evgeny Podolskiy

Global alliance for collaborative digital health

June 10, 2020
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, today launched a new series of programs to help organisations collaborate on...

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