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Novel Dye Illuminates Pituitary Adenomas
Pituitary Tumor Surgery
Pituitary tumor surgery is a highly delicate procedure. With endoscopic devices, the surgeon reaches the skull through the [MORE]
Light Activated Nanomotor Drills Through Cells and Membranes
Motorized Nanomachines
The notion of a single molecule nanomotor, spinning at two to three million revolutions per second is mind-boggling in [MORE]
Looking into the Synaptonemal Complex
Drosophila Synaptonemal Complex
The synaptonemal complex is a protein structure that connects the pairs of chromosomes in diploid cells. During meiosis, [MORE]
A Robot for Dental Implants
Yomi Robot for Dental Surgery
Dental implants involve drilling into the jaw bone and screwing in a post upon which the [MORE]
The Integrated Heart/Cancer “Body-on-a Chip”
Body on a Chip
Engineers at the Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences have created a microfluidic “body-on-a-chip device for [MORE]
Drones with RFID Scanning for Medical Supply Chain
MIT RFID via Drones
In most situations involving radio-frequency identification, a reader is a stationary appliance, and tagged pieces move past [MORE]
A Cancer Pathology Gene Atlas
New Pathology Atlas Launched
Quoting directly: “A new Pathology Atlas has been launched with an analysis of all human genes in [MORE]
iEAT Food Allergy Detector
Allergen Keychain iEAT
Food allergies, especially for children, can be life threatening, and often detection comes too late. Researchers at Harvard, [MORE]
Photon Imaging through Deep Tissue
Photon Medical Camera
As an endoscopic camera is inserted into the body, scattered light diminishes the image it shows. Researchers at [MORE]
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for Language Translation
iFlytek Voice Recognition
For several years, IBM worked on a handheld language translator that patients and healthcare providers could use in [MORE]
pH Precise Drug Release in the Stomach
Stomach Micromotors
To treat stomach lesions associated with H. pylori infections, doctors give proton pump inhibiting drugs before administering antibiotics. The [MORE]
Inhaled Insulin and Wireless Glucose Monitoring Trial
One Drop Diabetes Management Platform
The FDA has approved MannKind Corporation’s (West Lake Village, CA) “Afrezza” inhaled insulin, and One Drop’s [MORE]
Hand Held Acoustic and ECG Device
Heart Device
Cardiovascular disease accounts for 30% of all human deaths. AUM Cardiovascular Inc. (South Northfield, MN) has an FDA approved [MORE]
Robotic Hospital Bed Washing
DTU Robots Clean Hospital Beds
Slowly, hospitals are turning to robotic solutions—tugs for delivering supplies, self-driving wheelchairs and gurneys, automated pharmacies [MORE]