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Automated Vital Signs Scanning for Trauma Patients in Transit
APPRAISE System
Internal hemorrhaging is a life-threatening risk for trauma patients, and every moment toward a correct assessment saves live. To [MORE]
Fingerprinting Drug Use
Fingerprint
This is an interesting piece in itself—mass spec analysis of a fingerprint to detect cocaine intake. But it also suggests [MORE]
Blood Test for Irritable Bowel
GI Anatomy
Irritable bowel disease, inflammatory bowel syndrome, celiac disease and other GI tract problems present similar symptoms and none are [MORE]
Mapping DNA Repair in the Human Genome
DNA Repair
An unfortunate reality of cancer is that means for killing tumor cells (chemotherapy and radiation) can also cause more [MORE]
Computerized “Staining” for the Automated Pathology Lab
Digital Pathology
Dyes that originated for coloring textiles about 150 years ago have been used ever since for histological staining. And [MORE]
Engineering New Intestines
Tissue Engineering
In yet another amazing story from Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, bioengineers cultured smooth muscle and nerve [MORE]
The “Cyber Heart” Project
Cyber Heart
With funding from the National Science Foundation, seven universities are collaborating in a computational modeling project “the Cyber Heart.” [MORE]
The Ultimate Wearable
3D Printed Photosynthetic Wearable
“Mushtari” is its name, from Arabic meaning “huge.” Maybe it should also mean “mindboggling.” This prototype of [MORE]
Computerized Analysis of Stroke Patients
Computer Intelligence Technology
In this case, CAD means computer-assisted diagnosis (of stroke). Scientists at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed an [MORE]
Predictive Modeling: the Future of Health Care?
Dr. Patrick Soon Shiong
Whether he turns out to be the hero of his own life or that station will be [MORE]
Oncogene Protein Stimulates Optic Nerve Regeneration
Optic Nerve
The rogue gallery of degenerative nerve diseases includes such afflictions as amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, deprivation of sight and [MORE]
A Highly Flexible Surgical Laparoscope
Minimally invasive surgery could become much more effective if surgeons had laparoscope that could be made to flex in different [MORE]
That’s One Smart Walking Stick!
XploR Smart Cane
A student engineering team at Birmingham City University (UK) has built a walking cane for the blind called [MORE]
Stem Cells in Hydrogel Heal Neurons
Engineering Neural Tissue from Stem Cells
Much of the news about stem cells has been in the means of producing them [MORE]