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Daily Monitoring of Kidney Disease at Home
Home Urine Test Using-Nanotechnology
There’s not much detail in this piece—not enough to tell whether a pregnancy test-like device that can [MORE]
FDA Approves New Apheresis Device for Kidney Failure
Lixelle Beta 2-Microglobulin Apheresis Column
Some patients with progressive kidney failure present a buildup of beta2-microglobulins in their blood which damages [MORE]
3-D Printed Nerve Guidance Conduits
Nerve Conduit University of Sheffield Enginneering
“Researchers from the University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Engineering have created a new technique for [MORE]
Putting Genomic Data into an EMR
DNA
UCLA hospitals and Seattle-based ActX, a consumer genomics company, are collaborating to put genomic test results into UCLA’s Epic Medical [MORE]
Digital Diffraction Diagnosis
Cancer Diagnosis Using SmartPhone
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center has been testing a small imaging device that is attached to a [MORE]
“The Future is Plaque”
Dental Plaque
This is an unusual rally cry—“The Future is Plaque”—but not so surprising coming from researchers at the Oral Microbiome [MORE]
Predicting Tumor Aggressiveness
Here’s a math score that really could kill you. In this case MATH (meaning mutant-allele tumor heterogeneity) is a bioinformatics [MORE]
Mini-ion Pocket Sequencer
Mini-ION DNA Sequencer
The “MiniION” is a portable DNA sequencer that’s slightly smaller than an iPhone. While its miniaturized nanopore technology [MORE]
Microbiome Engineering Against Obesity
Human Microbiome
Here’s an interesting thought: genetically engineer strains of bacteria that are not competitive with normal gut microbiota, but uniquely [MORE]
Skin Test for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Skin Test for Alzheimers
It has long been known that neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s leave biomarkers in blood. But [MORE]
The First 1 million Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants
Dr. E. Donnall Thomas
Interest in the possibility of transplanting bone marrow resulted from studies of atomic radiation—both bombs and reactor [MORE]
Magnetic Positioning for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Magnetic Organ Retractor
During a laparoscopic gall bladder removal, the surgeon has to move the liver which can be a difficult [MORE]
Using Cultured Skin Cells as Burn Bandages
Skin Cell Healing Burn Bandage
Biomaterials engineers in Mexico have created a biodegradable “bandage,” laced with lab cultured keratinocytes which can [MORE]
Genetic Map of Great Britain
Geneticists at Oxford University and their collaborators have produced the first fine scale genetic map of any country (according to [MORE]