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Ability to introduce or reverse the spread of genetic traits through populations could one day improve pest management and disease control

The device constantly stretches and contracts immobilized muscles to prevent muscle loss.

Research has revealed that the constant pattern of stretching and relaxing caused by breathing generates immune responses against invading viruses.

Harvard scientists confirm that simple deep breathing generates immune responses that can fight off invading viruses, such as COVID-19.

Fish-inspired robots coordinate movements without any outside control

 E-Mail A Wyss Institute-led collaboration spanning four research labs and hundreds of miles has used the Institutes organ-on-a-chip (Organ Chip) technology to identify the antimalarial drug amodiaquine as a potent inhibitor of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The Organ Chip-based drug testing ecosystem established by the collaboration greatly streamlines the process of evaluating the safety and efficacy of existing drugs for new medical applications, and provides a ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: These fish-inspired robots can synchronize their movements without any outside control. Based on the simple production and detection of LED light, the robotic collective exhibits complex self-organized behaviors, including aggregation,... view more  Credit: Image courtesy of Self-organizing Systems Research Group Schools of fish exhibit complex, synchronized behaviors that help them find food, migrate and evade predators. No one fish or team of fish coordinates these mo...