Newsletter
“Spray Painting” Biomaterials to Repair Hearts
Spray Painted Heart
While this piece suggests a major breakthrough in treating heart damage due to myocardial infarction, it is yet [MORE]
Implant for Tissue Restoration in Rotator Cuff
Patch for Rotator Cuff with Staples
Four tendons hold shoulder muscles to the bone. Tears in one or more of those [MORE]
New Artificial Lung
Artificial Lung
The heart lung machine Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr. invented and first used on a surgery patient in May [MORE]
Growing Heart Cells on Spinach Leaves
Growing Heart Cells in Spinach
“Crossing kingdoms” is the term a group of tissue culture scientists use to describe how they [MORE]
Monitoring Biomarkers with a Contact Lens
Contact Sensor
Passive, continuous monitoring of biomarkers in body fluids holds great promise for making good health more achievable. This piece [MORE]
MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Surgery
Insightec’s Exablate Neuro
Beyond minimally invasive surgery there is non-invasive surgery, as this piece describes: “By focusing ultrasound waves on a [MORE]
Robotic Microsurgeon for Cochlear Implants
Cochlear Implant
Quoting directly from this piece: “Robotics has the potential to give surgeons the dexterity, patience, and sensitivity that humans [MORE]
Hand Held X-ray Devices
X-ray and Graphene
Emil Grubbe (1875-1960) learned the hard way about handheld X-ray devices. A month after Roentgen first reported the [MORE]
Shockwave Lithoplasty for Peripheral Artery Disease
Lithoplasty Technology for PAD
A Harrisburg, PA hospital is one of 45 global sites to test shockwave lithoplasty in breaking up [MORE]
Protein Profile Blood Test for Cancer
Prof. Tao and Team Developed Blood Test for Cancer Proteins
The biomarkers that really matter in liquid biopsies are proteins, and [MORE]
The Evolving Digestible Robot
Edible Robot
In labs around the world, engineers are designing components—batteries, lenses, propulsion systems—that are evolving into ingestible/digestible robots. Researchers from [MORE]
DNA Diagnostics in a POC Device
Cellphone DNA Detector
Bioengineers at UCLA recently found that adding a chemical, hydroxynaphthol blue, to the intercalator dyes that detect certain [MORE]
MRI Powered Gun for Tissue Penetration
Gauss Gun
According to this piece, MRI machines generate enough electromagnetic energy to move swarms of micro robots though the body [MORE]
Dealing with Regulated Medical Waste
Sterilis Medical Waste Disposal
In most hospital situations where regulated medical waste is hauled away to be burned, the cost is [MORE]