What type of innovative inventions have been made during the last couple of years in the field of Bio engineering?
I'm really interested in Biology and have background knowledge of engineering, so I want to combine these two interests into a job. #engineer #biology #molecular-biology #biotech
2 answers
Alice’s Answer
Great question... and no end of answers! I think the best thing I can do is offer a few links you can check out:
New technology for wound closure:
http://www.geckobiomedical.com/our-techologies.html
Rapid diagnosis of blood infections:
http://www.t2biosystems.com/products/diagnostics.asp
Ongoing research and development on prosthetics (check out his life story on Wikipedia, it's kinda awesome):
http://www.media.mit.edu/people/hherr
Nano-bots designed to target and kill cancer cells:
http://www1.biu.ac.il/indexE.php?id=33&pt=20&pid=117&level=2&cPath=33&type=1&news=2258
Herman’s Answer
I'm not a scientist, but I work in biotechnology and lately I have been hearing a lot about CRISPR and CAR-T therapy. You should read up about them, the technology is pretty impressive!
Best regards,
Herman