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A Gel for Vascular Graft Surgery
Gel for Coronary Bypass
About 50% of coronary bypasses fail after a few years because of cell proliferating (hyperplasia) where the [MORE]
“Blinking” Cellular Paint for Microscopy
qPAINT
Most people wouldn’t quickly associate “democratization” and molecular labeling, but then, researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute aren’t like most people. [MORE]
Drug Delivery with an Implantable Pump
Drug Delivery Pump
With chronic diseases, medication adherence (the right amount at the right time) can be vitally important. To improve [MORE]
Video Enabled Toothbrush
ONVI Prophix Video Toothbrush
Chicago-based startup ONVI has announced that its video enabled toothbrush, “Prophix,” will go on sale next year [MORE]
“Deep Mind” Artificial Intelligence Sci-Fi
Google Deep Mind
Two years ago, Google acquired the British artificial intelligence company “Deep Mind Technologies” and hopes to use it [MORE]
POC Device for Fast Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections
Polarization Anisotropy Diagnostics
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have built a point-of-care device that can diagnose five different bacteria—the major germs [MORE]
Assistive Robots
Assistive Robot
Remember a time not so long ago when the idea of owning a personal computer seemed like a curiosity. [MORE]
Automating Artificial Intelligence
Robot Conversation
“. . . imagine yourself sitting on a couch, conversing with an artificially intelligent psychotherapist who interacts with you [MORE]
Artificial Intelligence in Diagnosing Breast Cancer
Artificial Intelligence
In a competition between automated, artificial intelligence scanners of breast tumor slides and human pathologists, the humans did somewhat [MORE]
Photothermal Blade Technology for Mitochondrial Diseases
Mitochondrion
Ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa, myoclonic epilepsy, and diabetes mellitus with deafness are some of the disorders known as mitochondrial diseases. With [MORE]
Stem Cell Transplantation for Stroke is Effective
CT Scan of Stroke
The incidence of ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot, is nearly 700,000 per year in the [MORE]
AT&T’s “Foundry” for Telemedicine
AT&T-Houston Health Foundry
The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the world’s largest medical complex with “21 hospitals, 13 support organizations, [MORE]
Photon Sensor for Microfluidics Analyzes Cell Mechanics
University of Illinois-Opto Mechano Fluidic Resonator OMFR
Flow cytometry has been a useful tool in pathology labs since the first machines [MORE]
Why the Rise in Autoimmune Diseases?
Gut Microbiome
The hygiene hypothesis has been public health theory since the polio epidemics of the 1940’s; it holds that carefully [MORE]