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SMART researchers develop fast advanced method to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures

April 14, 2025
SMART researchers develop fast advanced method to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures

Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), an Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), ASTAR Skin Research Labs (ASRL), and the National […]

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SMART Researchers Develop Rapid Contamination-Detection Method for Safer T-Cell Therapy

November 28, 2023
Dr James Strutt, Senior Postdoctoral Associate at SMART CAMP

Traditional sterility tests for bacteria and fungi in T-cell cultures take up to 14 days, whereas a new method developed by researchers at SMART in Singapore can detect contaminants within 24 hours. Using advanced nanopore sequencing and machine learning, this […]

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SMART’s new Microfluidic Technology revolutionizes stem cell extraction

November 16, 2023
SMART's new Microfluidic Technology revolutionizes stem cell extraction

Researchers at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have unveiled a groundbreaking microfluidic technique that promises a paradigm shift in stem cell extraction from bone marrow aspirate (BMA). The traditional methods, plagued by complexity and inefficiency, have been revolutionized […]

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Experimental smart hearing aid tracks user’s brain waves

April 4, 2021

Scientists at Belgium’s KU Leuven University have designed a cochlear implant that successfully reads a user’s brain waves to allow deaf people to hear again. Measuring these brain waves – instead of detecting noises via external microphones – is more […]

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Novel assay by SMART more accurately profiles hyper-aggressive infection

March 30, 2021

A new label-free immune profiling assay has been developed by researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing  Personalized Medicine (CAMP), an interdisciplinary research group within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), to better profile aggressive, rapidly changing host […]

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Smart, self-healing hydrogels open far-reaching possibilities in medicine, engineering

March 6, 2012

UNIVERSITY of California, San Diego bioengineers have developed a self-healing hydrogel that binds in seconds, as easily as Velcro, and forms a bond strong enough to withstand repeated stretching. The material has numerous potential applications, including medical sutures, targeted drug […]

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