Wearable sensors for quantitative assessment of hydration status.
Sweat Collection on Skin
John Rogers and co-workers report a soft, skin-mounted microfluidic system for sweat collection and analysis directly from and on the surface of the skin.
Hitting the Sweet Spot towards Multiple Bioimaging, Biosensing, Drug Delivery Applications
Current advances in that latest progress in shifting the upconversion excitation wavelengths of lanthanide doped upconversion nanoparticles to a biological “sweet spot” of 800nm.
The Road to Better Presentation of Data: The Do’s and Don’ts
A checklist for our authors on the use and presentation of data and statistics.
Functional microRNA Screen for Organ Morphogenesis
A detailed protocol to assess microRNA function in explanted organs is presented.
A High-Throughput Cell Chemotaxis and Migration Inhibitor Screen
A protocol for a unique high-throughput assay to identify novel small-molecule inhibitors of cell migration.
High Throughput and High Content Imaging: The Special Issue Returns
The recently published Part II Special Issue on High Throughput and High Content Imaging and Cellular Informatics.
Come Closer and Let Us Shine: Recent Progress in AIE Polymers
Bin Liu and co-workers highlight recently developed AIE polymer systems from synthesis to properties and biological applications.
Making Insulin Producing Beta Cells by Cell Reprogramming
A robust and reproducible method for “direct programming” of acinar cells into functional beta cells with a polycistronic viral construct and viral transduction of pancreatic tissue in vivo in mice is described.
Featuring Biofabrication, Intraocular Sensors and More: February’s Advanced Healthcare Materials Covers
Research highlights from this month’s Advanced Healthcare Materials issues.