Body-on-a-chip: Innovation that needs explanation.

Let’s start with the chip. We’re not talking cedar or potatoes. In the world of technology, chip is short for microchip. But you knew that. However, did you know that, a microchip is “the incredibly complex yet tiny module that stores computer memory or provides logic circuitry for microprocessors?” Now, that’ll rattle your vocabulary storage center! Whatis.techtarget.com,…

Looking at things differently

Instead of killing bacteria, turn it off! Apparently, there is close at hand the ability to reprogram bacteria. This is significant because people tend to develop resistance to antibiotics. The antibiotics are effective at killing the bacteria. But the body tends to resist the antibiotic making it no longer effective. Solution? By reprogramming the DNA…