by Hamideh Emrani | Nov 9, 2015
Continuing with the theme of interesting biomaterials-related talks at the recent Till & McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada, was the one delivered by Professor Molly Shoichet from the University of Toronto. Her group focuses on designing polymer scaffolds to...
by Stacey Johnson | Nov 6, 2015
According to the helpful infographic below from Thermo Fisher, genetic engineering has been around since 1831. With the introduction of CRISPR/Cas9 in 2012, genome engineering – or at least CRISPR – seems to be on everyone’s lips. Signals bloggers are no exception....
by Hamideh Emrani | Nov 4, 2015
Among many interesting talks at this year’s Till and McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada, there were a couple related to biomaterials, which I’d like to focus on. In the first talk, professor Milica Radisic, University of Toronto, talked about two recent...
by Nicole Kuchinsky | Nov 3, 2015
At one point or another we’ve all experienced a bad haircut. We get over such minor annoyances secure in the knowledge that “it will grow back.” The ability of our hair to grow back is based on the amazing capacity of the hair follicle to undergo continuous cycles of...
by Hamideh Emrani | Oct 21, 2015
Another in the series: “What Drives Research in the Field of Biomaterials?” The amazingly complex system of the brain, and its network of many different cell types interacting and functioning together, has always been “top of mind” – pardon the pun – for many...
by Nicole Kuchinsky | Oct 15, 2015
Last week, a Nature News article reported that the Harvard geneticist George Church had modified over 60 genes in pig embryos using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. I’m sure you’re expecting my scientific perspective on the significance of this news in the context of the...
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