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Tal Gilboa on Opening a Window into the Brain for Parkinson’s Diagnostics
February 22, 2023
Press Release
Attacking COVID-19’s moving antibody target
February 2, 2023
Awards
David Walt awarded with National Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize
January 5, 2023
Research Spotlights
Kraft Heinz partners with Wyss Institute to make sugar healthier
December 20, 2022
Awards
Elizabeth Carstens and Yang Claire Zeng selected as 3rd recipients of Harvard’s “Immuno-engineering to Improve Immunotherapy” (i3) Center award
December 14, 2022
Press Release
Accelerating pathogen identification in infants and children with bloodstream infections
December 2, 2022
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A breakthrough in bacterial vaginosis treatment for women’s health
November 28, 2022
Awards
14 Wyss Faculty named Highly Cited Researchers in 2022
November 16, 2022
Press Release
Wasting muscles built back better
November 14, 2022
Press Release
Wyss researchers discover a new type of RNA that inhibits a broad range of viral infections
October 5, 2022
Translation News
Unravel Biosciences licenses Wyss Institute platform technology from Harvard and Tufts University to decode, model, and treat complex diseases
September 27, 2022
Community
The Wyss Institute’s 2022-2023 Validation Projects
September 12, 2022
Translation News
Wyss Institute at Harvard University launches SPEAR Bio to empower disease research, patient care, and drug development with its small-sample, ultrasensitive, protein-detection technology
August 23, 2022
Press Release
New portable diagnostic detects SARS-CoV-2 RNA and antibodies at the same time
August 8, 2022
Translation News
3EO Health licenses Wyss Institute technology from Harvard, aiming to develop at-home molecular testing with PCR-grade sensitivity and antigen test-level cost
August 4, 2022
Community
Jeantine Lunshof on Collaborative Ethics
August 3, 2022
Press Release
Don Ingber to Receive 2022 Award from Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science
August 2, 2022
Video/Animation
A major step forward for organ biofabrication
July 13, 2022
Awards
Don Ingber awarded Animal Free Research UK’s Pioneer Medal
June 29, 2022
Translation News
Harvard Wyss Institute’s eRapid multiplexed biosensor technology licensed to StataDX to enable new diagnostics for neurological, cardiovascular, and renal diseases
June 24, 2022
Press Release
Modeling a devastating childhood disease on a chip
June 23, 2022
Press Release
To treat or to tolerate (pathogens), that is the question
June 16, 2022
Community
Vaskar Gnyawali on Bringing Science to Life
April 20, 2022
Press Release
Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing
April 8, 2022
Community
Ana Raquel Santa Maria on Breaking Through the Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Brain Disease
March 17, 2022
Press Release
The immune system is very complicated, but now, it’s on a chip
March 15, 2022
Translation News
Harvard Wyss Institute’s eRapid sensor technology licensed to Antisoma Therapeutics to facilitate infectious and immune disease and cancer diagnostics
March 7, 2022
Community
Girija Goyal on Increasing the Efficacy of Clinical Trials
March 4, 2022
Video/Animation
Giving old drugs new life…to save lives
February 17, 2022
Translation News
Cantex licenses intellectual property from Harvard University to develop repurposed drug identified by Wyss Institute to treat inflammatory lung diseases including COVID-19
February 23, 2022
Research Spotlights
Achieving a milestone, scientists regrow frog’s lost leg
January 26, 2022
Community
Megan Sperry on Developing Therapeutics for Traumatic Injuries
January 26, 2022
Research Spotlights
Tightening the grasp on liquid biopsies
January 6, 2022
Press Release
Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce
November 29, 2021
Press Release
Cystic fibrosis faithfully modeled in a human Lung Airway Chip
November 19, 2021
Press Release
A new tool for studying COVID’s impact on gut health
November 8, 2021
Awards
Harvard’s Wyss Institute Receives Funding Award from BARDA
September 24, 2021
Research Spotlights
Wyss technology featured in New Museum art exhibit
September 21, 2021
Press Release
Predicting influenza virus evolution in a human Lung Airway Chip
September 20, 2021
Press Release
eRapid: developing a multiplexed electrochemical diagnostic platform from the ground up
September 9, 2021
Press Release
Thinking without a brain
July 15, 2021
Press Release
Face masks that can diagnose COVID-19
June 28, 2021
Research Spotlights
Course correction on the path to liquid brain biopsies
June 21, 2021
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute initiates industry partnership to facilitate brain-targeted drug delivery
June 10, 2021
Community
Haiqing Bai on Understanding and Treating Influenza
May 26, 2021
Translation News
Harvard University licenses its nasal swab collection technology, developed at the Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School, to Mass. startup Rhinostics
May 4, 2021
Press Release
Human organ chips enable rapid drug repurposing for COVID-19
May 3, 2021
Research Spotlights
DNA: From blueprint to blank slate
April 23, 2021
Community
Women helping women make history at the Wyss
March 25, 2021
Press Release
Of mice and men and leveraging their different tolerance to pathogens
March 15, 2021
Community
Frederic Vigneault on Developing Therapeutic Technologies to Improve the Quality of Life for Patients
February 24, 2021
Press Release
Identifying “ugly ducklings” to catch skin cancer earlier
February 16, 2021
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute collaborates with GBS Inc. on the Wyss’ eRapid-based COVID-19 diagnostic to help curb the pandemic
February 17, 2021
Press Release
Detecting multiple sepsis biomarkers from whole blood – made fast, accurate, and cheap
February 12, 2021
Press Release
Wyss Founding Director Donald Ingber elected to the National Academy of Engineering
February 10, 2021
Awards
A Year in Review: 2020
December 17, 2020
Awards
Don Ingber receives prestigious Wilbur Cross Medal from Yale University
December 15, 2020
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute licenses its eRapid technology to The iQ Group Global to accelerate the development of COVID-19 diagnostics
November 30, 2020
Research Spotlights
An ionic forcefield for nanoparticles
November 25, 2020
Translation News
Entrepreneurship in the era of COVID-19
November 17, 2020
Press Release
Turning the problem of cancer metastasis into an opportunity
November 16, 2020
Press Release
Learning the language of sugars
October 28, 2020
Community
How tadpoles can help cure rare genetic diseases
October 20, 2020
Video/Animation
Reviving cells after a heart attack
October 15, 2020
Translation News
Harvard Wyss Institute’s nasal swab and toehold switch technologies licensed to Agile Biodetection to facilitate SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic efforts
October 5, 2020
Research Spotlights
Bioelectronic device achieves unprecedented control of cell membrane voltage
September 24, 2020
Press Release
CRISPR-based malaria testing on-the-fly
September 21, 2020
Awards
Daniel Bojar Awarded Branco Weiss Fellowship
September 18, 2020
Press Release
Hydroxychloroquine does not inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection in preclinical models
August 26, 2020
Research Spotlights
Portable, injectable clotting agent could treat trauma victims on the front lines
July 31, 2020
Press Release
Getting under the skin of psoriasis
July 22, 2020
Research Spotlights
Biostasis Project Advances to Next Phase of Development
July 7, 2020
Community
Fighting COVID-19 while far from home
July 7, 2020
Community
From Zürich with Love
June 18, 2020
Community
Ken Carlson on Organizing a Coronavirus Therapeutic Project Team
June 17, 2020
Press Release
Repurposing approved drugs for COVID-19 at an accelerated pace
June 16, 2020
Research Spotlights
Defects in developing frog brain can be prevented or repaired with bioelectric drugs
May 28, 2020
Research Spotlights
Wyss-designed swabs enter human trials for COVID-19
April 28, 2020
Community
David Walt is co-leading New Mass General Brigham Center for COVID Innovation
April 6, 2020
Research Spotlights
Don’t hate your guts – heal them
February 10, 2020
Press Release
Human Body-on-Chip platform enables
in vitro
prediction of drug behaviors in humans
January 27, 2020
Press Release
Successfully predicting bone marrow failure caused by drugs, radiation, and disease
January 27, 2020
Community
The Next Decade in Science
January 13, 2020
Press Release
Investigating the human intestinal mucus barrier up-close and personal
December 3, 2019
Press Release
A lifeline for leaky lung cells
December 2, 2019
Press Release
Locking up fats in CAGEs to treat obesity
November 25, 2019
Press Release
Moving diagnostics out of the lab and into your hand
November 11, 2019
Translation News
Liver-Chip Identifies Distinct Drug Toxicities in Human, Rat, and Dog Models
November 6, 2019
Press Release
Wyss Institute Joins Global Virus Network to Help Combat Viral Threats
October 24, 2019
Press Release
A Timely Triage Test for TB
October 23, 2019
Press Release
Real texture for lab-grown meat
October 21, 2019
Community
Wyss Symposium Offers Glimpse into the Future of Diagnostics
September 26, 2019
Community
Jina Ko on ultra-high sensitive diagnostics
September 25, 2019
Research Spotlights
Thinner shells for delivering gentler therapeutic bursts
September 23, 2019
Research Spotlights
Overhauling diagnostics for better patient care
September 17, 2019
Translation News
Wyss Institute and Miraki Innovation Unveil BOA Biomedical to Reduce Sepsis Deaths
September 10, 2019
Press Release
Exposing how pancreatic cancer does its dirty work
August 28, 2019
Community
Adam Maley on Point-Of-Care Sepsis Diagnostics
August 13, 2019
Community
Mike Levin on electrifying insights into how bodies form
July 26, 2019
Press Release
Wyss Institute Faculty Curate “Selects” Exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
July 9, 2019
Press Release
Enhanced human Blood-Brain Barrier Chip performs
in vivo
-like drug and antibody transport
June 13, 2019
Press Release
Hansjörg Wyss, Harvard M.B.A. ’65, Gives Unprecedented Third Major Gift to Harvard to Support the Wyss Institute’s Mission to Develop and Commercialize World-Changing Technologies
June 7, 2019
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Organ Chips Featured at Barbican Centre in London
May 16, 2019
Press Release
Human gut microbiome physiology can now be studied
in vitro
using Organ Chip technology
May 13, 2019
Press Release
Blurring the Line Between Science, Art, and Design
May 10, 2019
Press Release
Human microbiome metabolites tip the scale in intestinal
E. coli
infections
March 20, 2019
Research Spotlights
Harnessing Nature to Beat Cancer
February 28, 2019
Press Release
Platelet “Decoys” Outsmart Both Clots and Cancer
February 13, 2019
Awards
Wyss Institute Director Donald Ingber Wins Grand Challenge Funding from Cancer Research UK
January 23, 2019
Awards
David Walt to be inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
January 9, 2019
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute commences multidisciplinary project to identify mechanisms and means to induce a state of suspended animation
December 17, 2018
Press Release
Small molecules come into focus
December 7, 2018
Awards
David Walt and George Church receive grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to enable better diagnosis and monitoring of Parkinson’s disease
December 5, 2018
Awards
Donald Ingber appointed to Friedrich Merz Guest Professorship at Goethe University
December 5, 2018
Awards
Sasan Jalili-Firoozinezhad honored with 2018 Lush Young Researcher award
November 19, 2018
Awards
FDA expands award to Wyss Institute for radiation treatment studies using Organ Chips
November 1, 2018
Research Spotlights
Fewer steps in the lab, one more leap for organs-on-chips
October 29, 2018
Research Spotlights
“Spanning the divide” between science and art
October 22, 2018
Awards
Wyss Institute Receives Grant from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
October 17, 2018
Press Release
Kidney podocytes, all grown up
July 11, 2018
Research Spotlights
Human intestine on-a-chip: state-of-the-art and into the future
May 3, 2018
Translation News
Predicting side effects before they happen
May 1, 2018
Research Spotlights
Can molecular modeling go quantum?
April 12, 2018
Research Spotlights
Drawing inspiration from plants and animals to restore tissue
March 19, 2018
Press Release
A new model for an old killer
March 8, 2018
Press Release
The “architecture of life” described by computer modeling
March 8, 2018
Press Release
A gut reaction…on a chip
February 14, 2018
Press Release
True to type: From human biopsy to complex gut physiology on a chip
February 13, 2018
Press Release
Stop the clots, spare the coagulation
January 15, 2018
Press Release
Lung cancer research gets a breath of fresh air
October 10, 2017
Community
Symposium on Therapeutic Organ Engineering
September 26, 2017
Press Release
Brain guides body much sooner than previously believed
September 25, 2017
Community
The Wyss Institute Model
September 16, 2017
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute launches human Organ Chip project to model influenza virus infection and develop new therapies
September 13, 2017
Research Spotlights
Mimicking birdsongs
August 29, 2017
Research Spotlights
Dangerous cell detachment decoded
August 15, 2017
Press Release
A new weapon for the war on cancer: a broad-spectrum circulating tumor cell capture agent for diagnostics
June 28, 2017
Press Release
A mechanical trigger for toxic tumor therapy
June 15, 2017
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s Organ Chips get smart and go electric
June 14, 2017
Press Release
Pulmonary Thrombosis-on-a-Chip provides new avenue for drug development
May 22, 2017
Translation News
Wyss Institute startup, Opsonix Inc., honored with prestigious Spinoff Award
May 15, 2017
Press Release
Engineering human stem cells to model the kidney’s filtration barrier on a chip
May 10, 2017
Press Release
Renowned regenerative and developmental biologist Michael Levin of Tufts University joins Wyss Institute as Associate Faculty
March 28, 2017
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s human gut-on-a-chip goes viral
February 1, 2017
Press Release
Patching a gap in wound care
November 29, 2016
Community
+ultra. gestaltung creates knowledge
November 4, 2016
Press Release
Mimicking life-like cigarette smoke exposure and patient-specific responses in human lung airway chips
October 27, 2016
Press Release
First entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensors
October 24, 2016
Community
Launching the field of Biologically Inspired Engineering
October 18, 2016
Press Release
‘Fixing’ blood vessel cells to diagnose blood clotting disorders
August 9, 2016
Press Release
How to diagnose systemic infections much more quickly and reliably
June 14, 2016
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute to lead multi-institutional project to uncover underlying causes of tolerance to infection
May 31, 2016
Press Release
Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald Ingber elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 20, 2016
Press Release
Scaling up tissue engineering
March 7, 2016
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Crossing a barrier in the study of neurological disease
March 1, 2016
Press Release
Testing the power of stem cell-derived heart muscle cells
February 16, 2016
Press Release
Detecting when and why deadly blood clots form
January 6, 2016
Press Release
Two Wyss Institute core faculty named 2015 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine
December 23, 2015
Press Release
Modeling COPD and asthma in a human small airway-on-a-chip
December 21, 2015
Press Release
Two of Harvard’s Wyss Institute core faculty members elected as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
December 15, 2015
Press Release
A cultural revolution in the study of the gut microbiome
December 14, 2015
Press Release
The Wyss Institute and the KeepSmilin4Abbie Foundation join forces towards early detection and treatment of anaphylaxis
December 7, 2015
Press Release
Drug-device combination opens potential new path to treat stroke
October 27, 2015
Translation News
Wyss Institute launches startup to commercialize new sepsis therapy
October 8, 2015
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute improves its sepsis therapeutic device
August 20, 2015
Research Spotlights
Future cancer therapeutics could coax tumor cells back to normal
July 14, 2015
Press Release
Human organs-on-chips named Design of the Year 2015
June 22, 2015
Translation News
Emulate Announces Strategic Collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation to Use Organs-on-Chips Platform to Better Predict Human Response in Drug Development Process
June 18, 2015
Press Release
Re-booting the human gut
June 16, 2015
Press Release
Rethinking aging and life span
June 15, 2015
Video/Animation
Organs-on-Chips return to the TEDx stage
June 9, 2015
Press Release
Organs-on-Chips acquired by MoMA
March 4, 2015
Press Release
Organs-on-chips secure a bid for Design of the Year 2015
February 19, 2015
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute and University of Zurich announce partnership
October 27, 2014
Press Release
Bioinspired coating for medical devices repels blood and bacteria
October 12, 2014
Press Release
Airway muscle-on-a-chip mimics asthma
September 23, 2014
Press Release
Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy
September 14, 2014
Translation News
Wyss Institute’s technology translation engine launches ‘Organs-on-Chips’ company
July 28, 2014
Press Release
Patient stem cells used to make ‘heart disease-on-a-chip’
May 12, 2014
Press Release
Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled
May 5, 2014
Research Spotlights
Modeling cardiac ischemia using little more than paper and wax
March 31, 2014
Press Release
New shrinking gel steers tooth tissue formation
March 5, 2014
Press Release
Manufacturing a solution to planet-clogging plastics
March 3, 2014
Press Release
Chameleon of the sea’ reveals its secrets
January 28, 2014
Press Release
Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award: EUR 30,000 for international scientists
January 10, 2014
Press Release
Novel noninvasive therapy prevents breast cancer formation in mice
January 1, 2014
Press Release
Measuring life’s tugs and nudges
December 9, 2013
Community
Fifth annual Wyss Institute retreat showcases technology pipeline
November 18, 2013
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute and AstraZeneca Announce Collaboration on Organs-on-Chips for Drug Safety Testing
October 16, 2013
Research Spotlights
Gut-, Kidney-, Heart-, on-a-chip ready to serve as disease models, drug testbeds
September 6, 2013
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute to use ‘Organ-on-a-Chip’ microdevices to evaluate therapies for lethal radiation exposure
August 12, 2013
Press Release
Lifelike cooling for sunbaked windows
July 30, 2013
Research Spotlights
A new – and heart-warming – biomaterial for tissue engineering?
May 7, 2013
Press Release
Wyss Institute awarded DARPA contract to further advance sepsis therapeutic device
March 25, 2013
Translation News
Wyss Institute and Sony DADC Announce Collaboration on Organs-on-Chips
March 18, 2013
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s Lung-on-a-Chip wins prize for potentially reducing need for animal testing
February 26, 2013
Press Release
Wyss Institute Models a Human Disease in an Organ-on-a-Chip
November 7, 2012
Press Release
Wyss Institute to Receive up to $37 Million from DARPA to Integrate Multiple Organ-on-Chip Systems to Mimic the Whole Human Body
July 24, 2012
Press Release
Artificial jellyfish swims in a heartbeat
July 22, 2012
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute Develops Novel Nanotherapeutic that Delivers Clot-Busting Drugs Directly to Obstructed Blood Vessels
July 5, 2012
Community
Special themed issue of Lab on a Chip inspired by the Wyss
June 15, 2012
Press Release
New Microdevice Enables Culture of Rare Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood
April 24, 2012
Community
Got Purified Milk?
April 11, 2012
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute Creates Living Human Gut-on-a-Chip
March 27, 2012
Press Release
Researchers Develop “Smart” Nanotherapeutics that Deliver Drugs Directly to Pancreas
January 12, 2012
Press Release
Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald Ingber Receives 2011 Holst Medal
December 16, 2011
Press Release
Inspired by Insect Cuticle, Wyss Researchers Develop Low-Cost Material with Exceptional Strength and Toughness
December 13, 2011
Press Release
Discovery of Mechanical Mechanism in Embryo Formation Could Lead to New Approach for Organ Engineering
October 24, 2011
Press Release
Wyss Institute Awarded Grant from DARPA to Develop Bioinspired Sepsis Therapeutic Device
September 28, 2011
Press Release
Latest Milestone in Wyss Institute Technology Offers Hope for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury
July 26, 2011
Press Release
Wyss Institute’s Lung-on-a-Chip Named Finalist for 2011 INDEX: Design for Life Award
June 9, 2011
Community
Donald Ingber, pioneer of organ-on-a-chip technology, to speak at Imperial College London
May 18, 2011
Community
Wyss Institute Explores Microfluidics and Medicine in its Second Annual Symposium
May 17, 2011
Press Release
Harvard’s Wyss Institute Receives Multiple Honors for Innovative Organ-on-Chip Technologies
March 11, 2011
Press Release
Founding Director of Harvard’s Wyss Institute Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
February 4, 2011
Awards
Lung-on-a-Chip ranks among year’s best research/top stories
January 24, 2011
Press Release
Wyss Institute Awarded $3.3 Million from NIH-FDA to Develop “Heart-Lung Micromachine” for Drug Safety Testing
October 4, 2010
Press Release
Don Ingber joins National Space Biomedical Research Institute’s Board of Directors
July 7, 2010
Press Release
Living, breathing human lung-on-a-chip: A potential drug-testing alternative
June 24, 2010
Press Release
Wyss Founding Director Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of In Vitro Biology
June 7, 2010
Press Release
Bioengineers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute Successfully Replicate Nature’s Design Principles to Create Customized Nanofabrics
June 2, 2010
Press Release
Inspired by cotton candy, engineers put new spin on nanofibers
May 25, 2010
Press Release
ASIP Award Lecturer Donald Ingber to Discuss Mechanobiology
April 25, 2010
Press Release
The book of life can now literally be written on paper
October 19, 2009
Press Release
From stem cells to functioning heart muscle
October 15, 2009
Press Release
Dr. Donald Ingber cited for outstanding achievements
October 5, 2009
Video/Animation
Egg Carton Analogy: How wounds heal and tumors form
May 14, 2006
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