Juan Rivas-SantistebanMay 6, 20214 minPotential of Living MedicinesWhen talking about probiotics, many people think of Lactococcus lactis from cheese, or Lactobacillus casei from yogurt. And, although...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanApr 21, 20214 minEngineered Probiotics & Human HealthThe ability of a microbiome to adulterate the physiology of an organism has recently been highlighted. This is due to a dependence...
WhatNextApr 15, 20214 minMicroscopic Robots in HealthcareIn the wake of the current pandemic, healthcare is at the top of everyone’s list, including that of the robotics industry. Robots have...
WhatNextMar 31, 20214 minAugmenting Robots - Robotics for Human AugmentationThe evolutionary tree of humans has always had a steep upward trajectory. From Homo habilis to the Neandertals, we have seen each species...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanMar 30, 20214 minDesigning Proteins of the Future using Synthetic BiologyIt is sometimes hard to believe that less than a century ago we did not know the secret of biological inheritance. Scientists intuited...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanMar 30, 20214 minUniversal Vaccine – How Synthetic Biology is charting the path.The history of vaccines is older than is usually thought. There is written evidence showing primitive vaccination during the 10th century...
WhatNextMar 30, 20213 minInternet of Things Solutions in RadiologyThe Internet of Things (IoT) in the healthcare sector has improved workflow and patient satisfaction along with better equipment...
WhatNextMar 18, 20213 minModern AI-Enabled PacemakersA cardiac pacemaker is a medical equipment that generates impulses within the heart in case of an abnormal heart rhythm and coordinates...
WhatNextMar 18, 20213 minArtificial Blood - Fantasy or Soon to be Reality?Human blood that flows through our circulatory system mainly contains white cells, red cells, platelets, and plasma. It is responsible...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanMar 11, 20214 minBio-Manufacturing - Current State of Digital-to-Biological ConverterThe transformation of the environment is an intrinsic characteristic of nature. Not only the physical history of the universe, through...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanMar 11, 20214 minThe Potential of Gene Therapy in Curing DiseaseAll living things degenerate in health as they use their molecular machinery to extract nutrients and energy from the environment. We can...
WhatNextMar 5, 20213 minArtificial Intelligence in the Fight against Skin CancerSkin cancer is among the most common causes of cancer in humans. Last year in the US alone, over half a million people were diagnosed...
WhatNextFeb 26, 20213 min3D Printing in the fight against diabetesOver the decades, research in the medical sector has achieved some wondrous results by utilizing a whole host of novel technologies. One...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanFeb 18, 20214 minPotential of Prime Editing over CRISPR in HealthcareEveryone up to date on biotechnological advances has heard of the CRISPR system for editing genomes. But it is also true that there is a...
WhatNextFeb 12, 20214 minSmart Prosthetics: Use of AI and IoT in ProstheticsResearch in the field of smart prosthetics has come a long way in the last few years, thanks to the developments in the field of digital...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanFeb 12, 20214 minApplication of Synthetic Biology in Personalized MedicineThinking about the future is always inspiring. The reason is simple: the history of past events cannot be changed, as they are written;...
Juan Rivas-SantistebanFeb 9, 20214 minSynthetic Biology in Cancer TreatmentHumans have always suffered from terrible diseases. It was not until the rise of enlightened thought throughout the 19th century that...
WhatNextFeb 8, 20213 minEvolution of the Humble Stethoscope - AI-enabled evolutionWhen we think of a doctor, most probably the first image that coming to our mind is a Stethoscope, the device derives its origin from two...
WhatNextFeb 6, 20213 minWatchful eyes of Artificial Intelligence - Healthcare Data Security using AICybercrime is an inevitable consequence of digitalization. It is a growing threat to all sectors, including health care. Contamination...
WhatNextFeb 5, 20214 minWatching the Contagion with AI: Applications in EpidemiologyArtificial intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable transformative technologies of the decade. It has improved...