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Technologies 29
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NodeTX: Growing lymph nodes to treat cancer
NodeTX is a novel immunotherapy that leverages the human body's innate ability to grow lymph nodes to fight tumors. -
Instrument-Free Molecular Diagnostics
A synthetic biology-based molecular diagnostics platform that enables the creation of low-cost, highly accurate tests for non-clinical settings. -
Passive Directional Valve Technology: Towards More User-friendly and Accessible Microfluidic Devices for Diagnostic and Research Applications
Passive directional valves enable smaller and more complex microfluidics applications across of broad spectrum of future technologies, including diagnostics, drug development, and tissue engineering. -
eRapid: Multiplexed Electrochemical Sensors for Fast, Accurate, Portable Diagnostics
Handheld electrochemical sensors have revolutionized at-home medical testing for diabetics, but they have not yet been successfully applied to diagnosing other conditions. These sensors are based on the activity of an enzyme, and there are only a limited number of enzymes that can be used to detect biomarkers of human disease. An alternative, much more... -
directEsense: Revolutionizing Animal Diagnostic Testing at the Point-of-Care
Electrochemical biosensors using a novel surface chemistry offer new opportunities for portable diagnostics with the potential to detect many disease biomarkers in animals and beyond. -
Ichor: Reversing Aging
Ichor is addressing multiple age-related diseases by identifying genetic interventions that reprogram old cells to a younger state. Therapies based on these interventions could improve survival for cancer patients and long-term cardiovascular and neurological health.
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Biomarker Discovery Laboratory (BDL)
Bridging the diagnostic gap from biomarker discovery to market-ready test kits and instruments through cutting-edge technology development and clinical collaboration. -
Kraft Heinz Partnership
The Kraft Heinz company approached the Wyss Institute for help to achieve its ambitious goal to make its food products healthier, resulting in a novel technology that is ripe for commercialization. -
Brain Targeting Program
Pre-competitive multi-partner industry collaboration that aims to identify novel transport targets and shuttle compounds to enable more effective delivery of drugs to the brain.
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Video/AnimationWhat is the future of Engineering with Bioengineering Pioneer Donald E Ingber – Museum of ScienceIs biological inspiration the key to the future of engineering? Bioethicist Insoo Hyun sits down with Donald E. Ingber, Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Professor of Bioengineering at Harvard’s School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Together they explore the profound impact of Nature on engineering beyond the realms of...
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Video/AnimationWorld of OMICs w/ David Walt & Mike Snyder – BIOS RoundtableThis is a roundtable discussion on the world of OMICs with Wyss Core Faculty member David Walt and Mike Snyder of Stanford University presented by BIOS. David Walt is a Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Medical School, a Professor of Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Core Faculty member at...
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Video/AnimationGenetic & Cellular Engineering w/ David Schaffer & Samir Mitragotri – BIOS RoundtableSamir Mitragotri is a Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute and the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering & Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard SEAS. David Schaffer is Professor at UC Berkeley & Director at BBH. The two discuss Genetic and Cellular Engineering, with a focus on delivery challenges.
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Video/AnimationBridging science, engineering, and art: from mechanobiology to Human Organs-on-ChipsIn this Marsilius Lecture, Wyss Founding Director Don Ingber shares his personal path from a serendipitous experience in an undergraduate art class that led to his discovery of how living cells are constructed using “tensegrity” architecture and how this contributed to the birth of the field of Mechanobiology to his more recent work on human...
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Video/AnimationNovel Model Organisms w/ Don Ingber & Hans Clevers – BIOS RoundtableDon Ingber – Founding Director at Wyss Institute Hans Clevers – Head of Pharma Research & Development (pRED) at Roche Hear about the evolution of humanized models and their potential applications in drug development, personalized medicine, and more. Ingber and Clevers share their scientific experiences and expertise. They also discuss misconceptions surrounding the application of...
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Video/AnimationHow do we make safer and more effective drugs?Wyss researchers are using an ever-growing number of human tissue-mimicking Organ Chips to improve and accelerate the drug development process for a wide number of unmet diseases – and understand what causes them to erupt. More recently, they added a human Vagina Chip and personalized Barrett’s esophagus Chip to their arsenal, and created in vitro...