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Printing Blood Vessels
3D Printing Blood Vessels
They call it “ink,” but actually it’s a gelatin-based material that forms extracellular matrix and micro vessels, [MORE]
A Wearable Alternative to Kidney Dialysis
Nanofiber Mesh
Researchers at the National Institute for Materials Sciences (Ibaraki, Japan) have developed a prototype material that is capable [MORE]
Google Glass Diagnostics
Google Glasses
Here’s the scenario: someone (doctor, nurse, medtech) wearing Google Glasses takes a picture of a rapid diagnostic test strip [MORE]
Portable BP Monitor
Continuous BP Monitor
Schiller AG (Baar, Switzerland) makes a portable blood pressure monitor for continuous reading over 48 hours, and its [MORE]
Thoughts about Predictive Medicine
In this piece, four distinguished physicians discuss the pros and cons of predictive medicine in the areas of oncology, vascular [MORE]
Kaiser Permanente’s “HouseCalls”
Crane and Truong HouseCalls MDs
At MedicalAutomation’s 2009 conference, Dr. Alan Dappen described his telemedicine practice named “Doc Talker.” For a [MORE]
Seizure Sensor for Epilepsy
Health Monitoring Device – Seizure Sensor
Here’s an interesting twist on the emergency alert bracelet. Artefact (Seattle, WA) is in the [MORE]
Novel Microparticles with Segmented Surfaces for Different Applications
Complex Particles with Chemically Different Segments
A more effective anticancer chemotherapy would, at once, specifically target a cancer cell, penetrate its [MORE]
Biomarker Predicts Death Regardless of Diagnosis
Very Low Density Lipoprotein
In a study of 17,000 Finns and Estonians, researchers identified four biomarkers that were present in healthy [MORE]
3-D Printed Pelvis Implanted
3-D Printed Pelvis
While personalized medicine usually refers to molecular marvels, surgery claims priority in that genre—separating the person from the [MORE]
Block-Cell Printing
Block Printing New Cells
Block-cell printing of organ tissue, as it is done at the Houston Medical Research Institute, works like [MORE]
Liquid Metal Microfluidics Without a Pump
Liquid Metal Microfluidics Without a Pump
Microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip devices use a pump to move the sample through the analytical channels. [MORE]
National Center for Advancing Translational Science at NIH
NCATS Organizational Chart
It might be hard to figure why the NIH needed to add this 27th branch to its table [MORE]
Salt Imbalance: An Innovator’s Opportunity
Hyponatremia in Neurosurgical Patient
According to European researchers, about one third of hospitalized patients present hyponatremia (low serum sodium concentration causing [MORE]