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3-D Printing in the O.R.
3D Printing of Implants
Not long ago, surgeons in Sweden implanted a 3-D printed mandible in an 85 year old woman’s [MORE]
Artificial Virus for Gene Therapy
Synthesised Nanoparticles
Researchers have known for the past 25 years that the future of gene therapy depends on safer viral vectors. [MORE]
IBM’s Initiative in “The Imitation Game”
Numenta AI
Recently, Alan Turing’s notebook documenting his “Automatic Computing Engine” sold at auction for $1.025m. This was the machine he [MORE]
Inhaled Nanoparticle Antibiotic Delivery
Helmoltz Nanoparticles Fight S. aureus
Nanoparticles are becoming an important means for drug delivery because they can be placed directly in [MORE]
Printing Teeth
EOS Printed Metal Teeth
Direct metal laser sintering is how Electro-Optical Systems (Krailling, Germany) makes teeth from 3-D printing that are [MORE]
A Novel pH Sensor for Detecting Local Pathologies
Novel Geometrically Encoded Magnetic Sensors
Biomedical engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and at the National Institute of Health [MORE]
Bioink for Drawing Electrical Circuits on Skin
Bio-Ink that Senses Glucose
There’s nothing particularly new about pens with conductive ink for drawing electrical circuits. But applying that idea [MORE]
Breathalyzer for Head and Neck Cancer
Cancer Breath Test
Engineers at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland have designed a highly sensitive breathalyzer that can detect the volatile organic [MORE]
Genetic Observations from DeCode Iceland
Decode Genetics
St. Louis, MO has a population of about 320,000, as does Iceland. Based on DNA and genealogy studies of [MORE]
Nanoparticles to Prevent Tooth Decay
Nanoparticles to Prevent Tooth Decay
Research groups in the US and China, respectively, have found that nanoparticles containing farnesol (a natural [MORE]
Programming Nanomachines with DNA
DNA Self-Assembles into Nanomachinery
Arranged into chromosomes, DNA forms from base pairs, held together by weak bonds, to form the now [MORE]
Activating Liver Regeneration
FGF21 Effects
This piece mainly makes a case for FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21) accelerating liver regeneration after surgery, but this [MORE]
Reengineering Sickle Cells
Sickle Cell Disease
It is no more than a reversal of an A and T base pair in a point on [MORE]
Fluid Dispensing Robot
Nordson EFD E3 Robot
Precision medicine requires a supply chain of precision components—one of which is precision dispensing robots. This piece [MORE]