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• Digital information storage in DNA
  The genetic material DNA has garnered considerable interest as a medium for digital information storage because its density and durability are superior to those of existing silicon-based storage media. For example, DNA is at least 1000-fold more dense than the most compact solid-state hard drive and at least 300-fold more durable than the most stable...
• Customizable scaffolds for faster, higher-quality T cell production
  Immunotherapy, or tweaking the body’s own immune system to treat disease, is attracting significant attention in the medical field for its potential to offer long-lasting cures with fewer side effects than chemotherapy or other drugs. One type of immunotherapy involves isolating T cells (a type of white blood cell) from a patient’s body, sometimes modifying...

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• Awards Joanna Aizenberg elected to National Academy of Sciences
  May 3, 2019
• Research Spotlights Harnessing Nature to Beat Cancer
  February 28, 2019
• Awards Joanna Aizenberg elected member of National Academy of Engineering
  February 12, 2019

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• Oct 26, 2016, 1:00pm - 2:00pm Wyss Event
  
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  Self-Improving Microvascular Materials
  The unique structures and functions of biological materials arise from the unique processes of patterning and rearrangement they employ – namely morphogenesis.  Esser-Kahn seeks to mimic the structures formed by biological systems by mimicking the process which forms them.  He will detail his initial efforts to develop a simple synthetic morphogenetic system that repatterns microvascular... Free and open to public

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  Light-driven fine chemical production in yeast biohybrids
  Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Neel Joshi explains the concept of yeast biohybrids and how they can be used to harvest energy from light to drive the production of fine chemicals. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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  Slug Slime Inspires Scientists To Invent Sticky Surgical Glue
  Slug Slime Inspires Scientists To Invent Sticky Surgical Glue was originally broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered on July 27, 2017. This story features Wyss Institute Technology Development Fellow Jianyu Li. The original broadcast story can be found here.