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Wyss Institute
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The Wyss Institute seeks to transform engineering, medicine and the environment by creating new materials and devices using Nature’s design principles.
Harvard University
wyss.harvard.edu
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    Wyss Institute
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    Jun 13, 2024
    Prior to the Wyss' founding in 2009, a working group at Harvard University assembled envision the future of biomedical engineering. Now, we see the how this foundation led to successful technologies positively impacting human and planet health.
    Wyss Institute: Past, Present, Future
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    Dec 25, 2022
    Researchers at the Wyss have developed cellular "backpacks" for macrophages to release a steady stream of cytokines, keeping them activated against cancer.
    Cellular “Backpacks” to Fight Cancer, Autoimmune Disorders, and More
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    Wyss Institute
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    Oct 31, 2020
    #HappyHalloween from the Wyss!
    grid of well plates with halloween designs: ghost, pumpkin, spider, candy corn, and witch's hat
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    Oct 30, 2020
    Tumors deactivate the body's sentinel macrophages, which then become part of the tumor and help it grow. @smitragotri's lab at the Wyss has solved this problem by attaching tiny "backpacks" to macrophages, keeping them activated against cancer.
    Cellular “Backpacks” to Fight Cancer, Autoimmune Disorders, and More
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    Wyss Institute
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    Apr 30, 2021
    Move over CRISPR, the retrons are coming. Researchers have harnessed this genetic quirk from bacteria to create a DNA editing tool that allows them to perform and track millions of experiments in a single test tube.
    Move over CRISPR, the retrons are coming
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    Wyss Institute
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    Sep 6, 2020
    "The fact that we can now deliver an effective, non-toxic dose of [growth factors like VEGF and IGF-1] directly to target sites could finally break the logjam and allow the creation of truly revolutionary regenerative medicines." -Dave Mooney #regenmed
    Sustained Growth Factor Delivery for Regenerating Tissues
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    Wyss Institute
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    Jul 15, 2018
    |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERIES CANNOT CHANGE THE WORLD IF THEY DO NOT LEAVE THE LAB |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　 づ
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    Wyss Institute
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    Aug 2, 2020
    By 2025, data centers will require 20% of the world's electricity. We need a new solution. Wyss researchers are developing integrated information storage technology for writing large amounts of digital information in DNA.
    DNA Data Storage
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    Wyss Institute
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    Aug 7, 2024
    Lab-grown organs are a big step closer to reality thanks to Wyss & @hseas researchers. Their new co-SWIFT method replicates the double-layered cellular structure of human blood vessels & keeps human heart tissue alive and beating in vitro. @JenniferALewis1
    3D-printed blood vessels bring artificial organs closer to reality
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    Wyss Institute
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    Nov 29, 2021
    They can swim, they can think, & now - they can replicate themselves. Xenobots 3.0, created by @drmichaellevin, @DoctorJosh, @Kriegmerica, and @DougBlackiston, can assemble offspring from hundreds of free-floating stem cells, a behavior never seen before.
    Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce
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    Wyss Institute
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    Oct 24, 2020
    Using a heart-on-a-chip, Wyss and @hseas researchers demonstrated a potential new therapy to not only revive heart cells after a heart attack but keep cells functioning during a heart attack.
    Reviving cells after a heart attack
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    Wyss Institute
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    Jan 17, 2024
    Researchers at the Wyss developed a novel passive directional valve technology, which enables the design and fabrication of microfluidic devices capable of handling real-world samples and reagents within multiple applications. #Microfluidics #NewTech
    Passive Directional Valve Technology: Towards More User-friendly and Accessible Microfluidic...
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    Wyss Institute
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    Oct 16, 2020
    Researchers from the Wyss and @hseas mimicked a heart attack on a chip with human cells and developed a new therapeutic approach to treat it.
    Reviving cells after a heart attack
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    Wyss Institute
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    Apr 1, 2021
    Watch new Wyss employee Lola take on the pawesome honor of demonstrating some LABrador protocols. #AprilFools2021
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