Natural Killer cells are promising tools for cancer immunotherapy because they can recognize and kill tumor cells without prior antigen sensitization. However, NK cell products are not uniform. Within the same sample, some NK cells may kill efficiently, some may kill slowly, some may...
Finding a trustworthy partner to partner with in your next phase of development can often prove the hardest challenge in engineering. Even when your design looks perfect on paper, converting that design to physical reality that performs consistently across hundreds or thousands of units may...
Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that infect bacteria. They have shaped molecular biology for decades and are gaining renewed attention. However, studying how phages infect bacteria comes with technical challenges. The classic double-layer plaque assay has long been the standard method for phage quantification,...
This week’s research highlight focuses on how microfluidics can help us understand the evolution of phage resistance in spatially structured bacterial environments. The article “Gradient metapopulation microfluidic ecologies shape genetic and biofilm drivers of T4r phage resistance in E. coli,” published in npj Biofilms...
Understanding how the brain functions requires tools that can both stimulate and monitor neural activity while also interacting with its chemical environment. Traditional neural probes often specialize in only one or two of these capabilities, limiting their ability to provide a complete picture of...