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3-D “Jet”Printing with Living Cells
In Air Microfluidics 3D Printed Cells
Using familiar microfluidic devices, it might take seventeen hours to build up a cubic centimeter [MORE]
Brain Delivery of Drugs with Ultrathin Needle
Ultrathin Needle Delivers Medication to Brain
Quoting directly: “Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver [MORE]
3-D Printed Pigmented Human Skin
3D Printing Skin Pigmentation
Bioengineers in Singapore have used 3-D printing, in a two-step process, to create living, artificial human skin [MORE]
Medical Records on an iPhone
iPhone Medical Record App
Apple has released its iPhone app that allows patients to download their medical records, covering vital signs, [MORE]
“Programmable Droplets”
Programmable Droplets
The most common way researchers move biological fluids for analysis or combination is a microfluidic device. But according to [MORE]
Microfluidic Purification of a Rare Antibody
Human B Lymphocyte
This year’s flu season showed a weakness in preparation: vaccine manufacturers used an antibody for a narrow subset [MORE]
Enhanced Nursing Licensure Agreement with 29 States
Nurses and Telemedicine
Telemedicine has prompted an expansion of interstate nursing licensure, now extending to 29 states. Here are the standards [MORE]
A Portable OR
MIT Sally Miller SurgiBox
MIT graduate student Sally Miller took a 43 year old idea and reinvented it. The idea was [MORE]
NIH Bets $190m on CRISPR
CRISPR DNA Repair
It appears that CRISPR gene editing has reached a tipping point. Clinical trials with this technology have already [MORE]
“Adaptive PCR”
Adaptive PCR
Biomedical engineers at Vanderbilt University have devised a handheld PCR machine that uses “left-handed” DNA (i.e. the Z form) [MORE]
The Future of Mobile Devices for Hospitals
Wearable Device for Health Monitoring
How common will mobile medical devices be—e.g. wearables for pre-admission, admission, and post-discharge patient monitoring; telecom [MORE]
Flexoelectricity in Bone Repair
Bone Fracture
A research group in Barcelona Spain has observed that tiny bone fractures emit a low voltage electrical field that [MORE]
Constructing a Monster
Pre 1979 Poster for Smallpox Vaccination
Variola major, the virus responsible for smallpox, killed half of all human children who died [MORE]
Transfusion Medicine—Opportunities?
Blood Transfusion
Many of our readers are opportunity-minded, i.e. innovators looking for something to make better. And, there’s hardly a medical [MORE]