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Stem Cell-Derived Model of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic Cardiomypahthy
In an astute cell engineering experiment, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine (Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC) converted skin [MORE]
Ooops!! A Major Flaw in fMRI Data
fMRI
The brain imaging technology known as functional MRI (fMRI) works by measuring blood flow in the brain, with spatial corrections [MORE]
Brain Mapping Called “Magnified Analysis of Proteome”
Magnified Analysis of Proteome (MAP)
Neuron density in the human brain has made it nearly impossible to see the connections for [MORE]
Introspective Robots
Programming Drone Potential Flight Courses
It may be that one thing which makes humans different from other animals is the degree [MORE]
Lowering Blood Pressure with a Pacemaker Adjustment
Pacemaker
BackBeat Medical (New Hope, PA) makes a pacemaker that functions with an unusual algorithm. According to the company, their device [MORE]
World’s First Ciliary Microrobots
Screen-Motion-of-Ciliary-Microrobots
You may recall from elementary school science how paramecia swim in a jar of stagnant pond water. That form of [MORE]
Asthma Breathalyzer that Measures Nitric Oxide
Spirometrix Fenom
Spirometrix (Pleasanton, CA) has received the European Union’s CE mark of approval for its “Fenom Pro Point-of-Care Breathalyzer” to [MORE]
New Stent for AAA
Ovation-Alto
Patients suffering from abdominal aortic aneurysms who have short aortic necks represent a significant subset of those needing a stent. [MORE]
Growing a Midbrain Organoid
A Midbrain Organoid
The 18th century French neuroanatomist, Felix Vicq-d’Azyr ought to be remembered more often than he is, as he [MORE]
Placenta-on-a-Chip
Placenta-on-a-Chip
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a “placenta-on-a-chip” device that mimics the functions of this complex and little [MORE]
Ceramic-Based Laser Scalpel
Laser Scalpel
Laser scalpels were invented in 1964, and mostly rely on a single crystal, such as sapphire or garnet, doped [MORE]
“Deep Mind’s” Automated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers
MRI Scans
Google’s “Deep Mind” computational medicine group has partnered with University College London Hospital to automate segmetation of brain scans [MORE]
More Sensitive Surgical Tools
Surgery Tool
Keyhole surgery—aka minimally invasive surgery—usually doesn’t create holes in the patient’s body that are large enough for a surgeon [MORE]
Developing “Bioelectronics Medicines”
Glaxo Smith Klein’s R&D center at Stevenage, UK and Verify Life Science’s innovation group in South San Francisco have announced [MORE]