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Beyond Animals: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with Human-Relevant Models

Jessica Leff — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:55:09 +0000

Code to Cure is a newsletter co-hosted by the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Milad Alucozai on the intersection of AI, biology, and healthcare transforming medicine. By Milad Alucozai, Abishek Kulshreshtha, Megan Sperry, and Klaus Romero The average new drug requires over 15 years and $2 billion in funding to traverse the journey from discovery to full approval.

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TapeTech microfluidic connectors: adhesive tape-enabled solution for organ-on-a-chip system integration

Jessica Leff — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:20:07 +0000

Ela Contreras-Panta, Ph.D.

Jessica Leff — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:29:23 +0000

Ela received her B.Sc. in Genetics and Biotechnology at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru. After that, she worked at the Peruvian National Cancer Institute as a research assistant working to adapt new sequencing techniques to detect point mutations in leukemia patients. In 2018, Ela became a student intern at Vanderbilt University studying early brain development using iPSCs and…

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ARPA-H-recognized iNode team seeks vital support to treat ovarian cancer with first-in-class implantable immune organs

Mariel Schoen — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:13:20 +0000

(BOSTON) — Ovarian cancer is deadlier than any other type of female reproductive organ cancer. It is estimated that in 2024, in the U.S. alone, more than 12,000 women will die from the disease because available therapies are not effective. To help overcome this striking deficit in women’s health, a team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University has developed “iNodes…

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Wyss Institute’s iNodes team receives ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health award to advance the first implantable immune organs to treat ovarian cancer

Jessica Leff — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:58:41 +0000

By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — Ovarian cancer is more deadly than any other type of female reproductive organ cancer. It is estimated that in 2024, in the U.S. alone, more than 12,000 women will die from the disease because available therapies are not effective. To help overcome this striking deficit in women’s health, ARPA-H has selected a team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University as…

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“Suspended animation” drug could aid organ transplantation and survival from traumatic injury

Jessica Leff — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:50:33 +0000

(CAMBRIDGE, UK) – Researchers have shown that a non-addictive pain relief drug could be used to preserve cells and organs quickly and safely for transplantation, removing the need for static cold storage. The research, published today in eLife, was described by the editors as an important study providing solid evidence that the existing drug, SNC80, can rapidly and reversibly slow biochemical…

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Wyss Institute at Harvard University wins BARDA contract to leverage human Organ Chips to advance knowledge and drug discovery for broad range of health security threats

Jessica Leff — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:58:29 +0000

By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), partnered with the Wyss Institute at Harvard University to support the Institute in advancing its human Organ Chip platform and drug discovery capabilities to…

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Adama Sesay on Solving Problems with Sensors and Microsystems

Jessica Leff — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:07:13 +0000

The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as scientists, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. If you had asked Adama Sesay as a child what she wanted to be when she grew up, the answer would have been a doctor, an architect, and a firefighter. Now a Senior Engineer specializing in…

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Don Ingber to Receive 2022 Award from Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science

Jessica Leff — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:35:32 +0000

(BOSTON) – Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Founding Director and Core Faculty Member Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., has been named a recipient of the 2022 NIMS Award from The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan. Selected as one of three scientists to receive the award this year, NIMS will present the honor to those scientists who have demonstrated outstanding…

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What Can an Organ-on-a-Chip Teach Us About Human Lung Pathophysiology?

Jessica Leff — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:41:54 +0000