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3-D Printing of Personalized Medical Devices
Northeastern 3D Printing Innovation
Personalized medicine involves more than just allowing for molecular individuality. There are circumstances, particularly in unborn and [MORE]
Pulsing Device to Treat Glioblastomas
Optune
Pulsed electric field technology, directed to disrupt cytoskeleton features of tumor cells, particularly glioblastomas, may be a way to treat [MORE]
First Whole-Body PET Scanner
UC Davis Explorer PET Scan
PET imaging differs from MRI and CT in that PET shows tissue function in addition to [MORE]
Robot for Brain Biopsy
Symbis
Add brain biopsy to the list of surgical procedures that can be performed robotically. Deerfield Imaging (Minneapolis, MN) has received [MORE]
Smart Glove Translates Sign Language to Speech
Sign Language Glove
A student at the University of London has created “SignLanguageGlove,” which converts the hand movements of signing into [MORE]
Universal Flu Vaccine
3D Model of Influenza with Hemagglutinin
Last year’s influenza vaccine in the US was only 19% effective. The reason for that [MORE]
Self-Folding Graphene Paper in Medical Applications
Origami
Here’s a medical device idea that’s still on the drawing boards—though it deserves close attention. Materials scientists at Donghua University [MORE]
Looking through the “Golden Window,” Deep inside the Brain
PET Image Golden WIndow
A biomedical engineer at the City College of New York’s Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers has [MORE]
Single Molecule Targeting Sequencing
Direct-Genomics
Direct Genomics (Shenzhen, China) “is introducing the first single molecule DNA sequencer for clinical use that does not require any [MORE]
Growing Nephrons from Stem Cells
Kidney Structure
The idea of being able to grow functional kidneys from pluripotent stem cells is one step closer to reality, [MORE]
Menstrual Cup with Smartphone Reporting
Loon Cup
Loon Labs, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) is a Kickstarter funded company that has produced a sensor embedded cup which [MORE]
Apple’s Biosensor Ring
Apple Biosensor Ring Depiction
Somewhere between rumor and reality, Apple is developing a “ring computing device” that has multiple communications and [MORE]
Toward Tissue Engineering the Human Colon
Tissue Engineered Colon
This is a stunning story of regenerative medicine. Medical researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles took colon tissue [MORE]
“Velcro” Chip Snags Circulating Tumor Cells
NanoVelcro Chip
Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute (Los Angeles) have developed a nanochip device for capturing circulating tumor cells in [MORE]