Biological weapons achieve their intended effects by infecting people with disease-causing microorganisms and other replicative entities, including viruses, infectious nucleic acids and prions. The chief characteristic of biological agents is their ability to multiply in a host over time. Viral pathogens pose a continuous and shifting biological threat to …
Read More »Neural Dust implanted in the body without surgery could monitor or stimulate internal muscles, organs, nerves or brain in real time
U C Berkeley engineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be implanted in the body, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in real time.Because these batteryless sensors could also be used to stimulate nerves and muscles, the technology also …
Read More »First ever biological amplifier created by Imperial scientists, can assist in rapid detection of Bioterrorism
Scientists from Imperial College London have created a biological amplifier, similar to inbuilt amplifiers in cells of our own bodies, that first detect and then boost biological signals, which are crucial for survival and reproduction.
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