The ES Blog
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Cocoons used to make new biosensors
Bioengineer Fiorenzo Omenetto at Tufts University is using silkworm cocoons to develop new biosensors that can be inserted into patients and used as a tracking device to monitor a person's post-surgical progress or a chronic disease like diabetes.Using the biosensors for cancer, implanting them during tumor surgery enables to detect any later resurgence of the disease.
Read more: here
Read more: here
Labels: Bio-engineering, Biosensors
