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Wearable, Wireless Blood Oxygen Sensor
Organic Blood Oxygen Sensor
Pulse oximetry’s history dates to 1860, proceeds to Karl Matthes’ ear oximeter in 1936, and comes to [MORE]
Optical Control of Insulin Release
Optical Control of Insulin Release
From the Nature Communications abstract: “Sulfonylureas are widely prescribed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes [MORE]
GaN Biosensors
Technique Moving Researchers Closer to GaN Biosensor
Graphene may be the best example of how a new material can transform design [MORE]
Telepharmacy Service for Hospitals
PipelineRx Servicemap
Two things about telemedicine are clear: the benefits are obvious, and the implementation is slow. This piece describes the [MORE]
The “Quantified Self”
Use of Healthcare Apps
At present, about a quarter of adults use fitness trackers or smartphone apps that collect physiological data. [MORE]
3-D Printing and Injection Molding of Airways Stents
3D Printed Stent
Tracheal stents today are made of metal, silicon or a combination of both materials, but they are not [MORE]
Monitoring Sleep Apnea with a Smart Phone
Smartphone-app-for-Sleep-Apnea
Sleep apnea is nothing to snore over. It can be debilitating by itself, as well as indicating other issues like [MORE]
Pediatric Blood-Brain Barrier Chip
Brain-on-a-Chip
The naturally-occurring blood-brain barrier is a mesh of capillaries within which endothelial cells are spaced so tightly that they form [MORE]
First Lab-Grown Contracting Muscle
Lab Grown Human Muscle
Bioengineers at Duke University took human stem cells that had progressed to being myogenic precursors and [MORE]
Teaching Patients to Use Medical Apps
Morristown Medical HealteConnect
Morristown (NJ) Medical Center has installed a “storefront” called “Healtheconnect” in its lobby to teach patients how to [MORE]
Wireless Brain Sensor
Wireless Brain Sensor
Since bioengineers at Brown University wowed the world in 2012, showing how a neuro implant allowed quadriplegic Cathy [MORE]
Stem Cells for MS Therapy
Multiple-Sclerosis
“Three years after a small number of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were treated with high-dose immunosuppressive therapy and then [MORE]
Who Gets Credit for CRISPR?
CRISPR_DNA April 15 2014
CRISPR-Cas 9 is a DNA editing technology that may prove to be the medical discovery of the [MORE]
Catching Circulating Cancer Cells with “Nano-Velcro”
Nano Velcro
Pharmacology scientists at UCLA’s Nanosystems Institute have developed a cell isolation system that uses thermoresponsive “nano-velcro” (actually, a postage [MORE]