Copper concentration in pesticides can be decreased by combining copper with lignin, a waste product from paper manufacturing.
Author: wanderingchemistry
Copper ion in organic framework detects antibiotics dissolved in groundwater
A metal organic framework housing a copper atom can be used to detect antibiotic in waterways.
3D printed blood vessels allow easy monitoring and experimentation
Paper: ECM-based microchannel for culturing in vitro vascular tissues with simultaneous perfusion and stretch Journal: Lab on a Chip Authors: Azusa Shimizu, Wei Huang Goh, Shun Itai, Michinao Hashimoto, Shigenori Miurad and Hiroaki Onoe Year: 2020 Featured Image: Jesus Leonardo Rondon Tapia–Creative Commons License Inflammation or…
Metal organic framework used to treat low-oxygen tumors
Cancerous tumors can often create areas of low oxygen concentration around them. This creates challenges for cancer treatments that rely on creating reactive oxygen species to damage tumor DNA. Research from the University of Chicago developed a metal-organic framework to help reverse hypoxia in cancerous tumors in mice.
Battling Bilirubin: Faster, Cheaper Method of Identifying Newborn Jaundice Developed.
blood, jaundice, medicine, lab on a chip