Newsletter
Vision-Driven Wheelchair
Patrick Joyce “Eyedrivomatic ” Wheelchair
A British inventor, suffering from ALS, has applied an eye-operating system to control his electric wheelchair. [MORE]
Testing-Robot for Drug-Protein Interactions
While molecular diagnostics lead the way in “patient discovery,” drug discovery proceeds with predicting interactions between drugs and their protein [MORE]
“WIWE” Stroke Detector
WIWE App
Combining a single-lead ECG, a pulse oximeter, and a pedometer, a Hungarian company, Sanatmetal Ltd (Eger, Hungary) has developed [MORE]
Muscle-on-a-Chip for Testing Cardiac Drugs
Cardiomyocytes
Stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes have not yet proven to be effective replacements for damaged hearts. While stem cells do adhere to [MORE]
Targeting AAV Vectors to an Essential Receptor
AAV2 Ribbon Diagram
Adeno-associated virus looked like a promising vector for gene therapy in the mid-1990s, but then sank with the [MORE]
3-D Printing Supports Kidney Transplant in a Toddler
Kidney Model
News stories about 3-D printing of a functional organ such as a kidney or liver have to be carefully [MORE]
Implantable Capsule for Diabetes
MIT-Diabetes-Stem Cell
Islet cell transplantation has been tried for several years in treating Type 1 diabetes, but the body’s immune response [MORE]
“Welding Neurons”
Neurons
Reconnecting severed nerves is no small matter. But electrical engineers at the University of Alberta have demonstrated a method for [MORE]
CHOP’s Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine
Open Data Archives
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the nation’s oldest pediatric hospital and largest in terms of its research programs, has [MORE]
Cuffless BP Monitor
Cuffless Blood Pressure
Last week’s Tagline had a story about researchers at Kyoto University and Panasonic Corporation using radar and sensors [MORE]
Highly Secure Active RFID Tags
RFID Chip
Hospitals are major consumers of RFID tags for supply chain management, but these electronic tags also serve as real [MORE]
Bridging Bone Regeneration with a 3-D Printed Implant
Manolis Papastavrou with-3D Bone
Using a material called beta-tricalcium phosphate for 3-D printing, and freezing the product in different areas, scientists [MORE]
Creating a Cellular Matrix with a Cotton Candy Machine
Cotton Candy Machine
This sounds like the finest kitchen chemistry anyone can imagine. Researchers at Vanderbilt University used a cotton candy machine [MORE]
Implantable Brain “Stentrode” for Controlling Prosthetics
Stentrode
Most developments in building brain-machine interfaces involve implantation on the brain surface itself. Australian researchers however have designed a prototype [MORE]