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The Reinvented First Aid Kit
Gale
The familiar kits for first aid originated in 1888 when Johnson and Johnson manufactured them for railroad workers. They have [MORE]
Tunable DNA
DNA
DNA can conduct an electrical charge, but as electrons move along a sequence, their pace is faster or slower according [MORE]
“Doc Watson” Building a Practice
IBM Watson Health
Noting that about a third of US health care expenditures (i.e. $1T of $3T) is inadequate, unnecessary, uncoordinated [MORE]
CoaguCheck—Personal Device for Blood Coagulation Monitoring
CoaguChek-INRange
The PT/INR blood clotting test has values ranging from 0.0-2.0 prothrombin time signals a risk for clotting, while 3.5-8 indicates [MORE]
Nano-Biological Computing
Parallel Computing with Nanotechnology
Just as the pundits have concluded that Moore’s Law has run its course, nano-biological computing raises prospects [MORE]
Highly Accurate Blood Test for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis
Blood Test
Screening more than 9,000 proteins with protein microarrays, researchers at the Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine (Glassboro, NJ) have [MORE]
Luciferin Analog Produces Near Infrared Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence
A water soluble, synthesized form of luciferin, known as “AkaLumine-hydrochloride” has been demonstrated to penetrate deeply into mouse lung tumor [MORE]
A Vitamin-Size Pacemaker
Medtronic Micra TPS
Since April of this year, at least two hospitals have implanted Medtronic’s Micra Transcather Pacing device in patients [MORE]
Pepper Speaks 19 Languages; Not Bad for a Hospital Robot
Pepper Robot
Robots are making their way into healthcare, with delivery tugs, room sterilizers, and tele-rounders. Now, a Belgian company, Zora [MORE]
60 Diabetics on Facebook Participate in Online Clinical Trial
Mendor’s 3G-Enabled Wireless Blood Glucose Meter
Using Facebook to recruit diabetics, a Scottish CRO, eClinical Health, Ltd., evaluated Mendor’s (Espoo, Finland) [MORE]
Sonoporation for Enhanced Chemotherapy Effectiveness
Sonoporation
Sonoporation—i.e. using ultrasound to induce porosity—has been used in cell therapies for some years—but now researchers in Norway have used [MORE]
Brain Wave as a Vital Sign
Components of ERP
Understanding what brain waves mean in terms of vital signs, as they relate to conditions such as concussion, [MORE]
Robots that Breed
Robot Reproduction VU Amsterdam
Someone once defined an intellectual as a person who thinks about something other than sex 10% of [MORE]
Genetic Testing of Cancer for Free
Strata Oncology
This could be a wonderful thing, but let’s wait and see. Strata Oncology (Ann Arbor, MI) is offering free [MORE]