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An Artificial Synapse for “Brain-on-a-Chip” Device
Artificial Synapse Researchers Tan, Kim, Choi
Quoting directly: “. . . engineers at MIT have designed an artificial synapse in such [MORE]
Monitoring Neuronal Connections
TRACK
This story should be a companion piece to the one above: Caltech engineers have developed a “transneuronal control of transcription” [MORE]
Hand-Held DNA Sequencer
Nanopore Handheld DNA Sequencer
It has been 20 years since the public and private efforts to sequence the human genome began [MORE]
Machine Reading Outscores Humans for Comprehension
Neural Network
Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba (Hangzhou) recently announced that its AI learning machine scored higher on the Stanford University reading [MORE]
Atherosclerosis-on-a-Chip Models Disease
Atherosclerosis on a Chip
Hardening of the arteries seems like the perfect subject for microfluidics modeling and that is what researchers [MORE]
Biomarkers of Organ Rejection
Kidney Transplantation
Possibly the best Christmas present ever was when Ronald Herrick donated a kidney to his brother, Richard, on Dec. [MORE]
“Epigenetic Signatures”
Epigenetics
Kabuki syndrome is a rare inborn developmental disorder in children, with distinctive facial features, growth delays and other abnormalities. Yet [MORE]
Continuous Cell Culture
Continuous Cell Culture-
Think of how ice cream is made. At home, ingredients go into a canister which gets cranked in [MORE]
Printing Customized Drugs
3D Printer to Make Personal Drugs
In case you’ve been wondering for a decade or two how it would be possible [MORE]
Detecting Occult Tumors
John Hopkinds Cancer Test for 8 Cancers
Johns Hopkins researchers took blood samples from 1,005 patients with various cancers, and with [MORE]
Custom Printing High Speed Nanorobots
Electric Propulsion Technology for Nanorobots
In applying electrical fields to nanorobots made of DNA, researchers at the University of Munich imagine [MORE]
A Biodegradable Sensor for Measuring Brain Swelling
Biodegradable-Piezoelectric-Pressure-Sensor-
Scientists at the University of Connecticut’s Institute for Regenerative Engineering and Institute for Materials Science, “have created a biodegradable pressure [MORE]
Lab-on-Skin Technology
Microfluidic Lab-on-Skin
As this piece says, “Of all the mobile devices designed to support medical care, no technology may have more [MORE]
Diagnosing Diagnostic Errors
Conceptual Model for SPADE
What percent of primary care physicians’ diagnoses are wrong? According to the Mayo Clinic, the figure is [MORE]