Biochemical Engineering

Chip Detects Antibiotics in Exhaled Breath

Medgadget: Researchers at the University of Freiburg in Germany have developed a chip that can measure antibiotic levels in breath, potentially paving the way for rapid point-of-care antibiotic testing. Attaining the correct levels of antibiotics in the body is crucial…

Pancreatic Organoids Grown Inside Synthetic Gel

Medgadget: A team at MIT has developed a technique to grow organoids, both from healthy and cancerous pancreatic tissue, using a synthetic gel that predictably mimics the pancreatic extracellular environment. Compared with naturally derived materials, the synthetic gel is consistent…

Blood Cells: The Future of Drug Delivery

Labiotech.eu: From red blood cells to platelets, the cells in our own blood could prove an effective way of delivering drugs to their target and improving their safety. Many pharmaceutical drugs in the market come with side effects that generally…

Inhaled vaccine shields mice from bacterial pneumonia

Futurity: An inhaled vaccine protects mice against several strains against Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that can cause pneumonia in hospital settings, according to a new study. There are currently no FDA-licensed vaccines for the prevention or treatment of the infection,…