Newsletter
Transomics at St. Jude’s
Genome
One thing that’s largely true about medical innovation is that the new is more expensive than the old. Clinical DNA [MORE]
AI for Measuring Blood Loss
Guass uses AI to estimate blood loss
Unless you’re interested in the business side of surgical suppliers, you can skip the [MORE]
Regrown Inner Ear Hair Reverses Hearing Loss
External ear with hair follicles
Animals other than mammals are able to regenerate nerve structures—e.g. inner ear hair cells—that maintain hearing [MORE]
First Programmed Synthetic Tissue
Synthetic prototissue with single beat oscillation
Chemists at the University of Bristol (UK) have created a tissue-like material that can simulate [MORE]
Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs for Kidney Disease
Nanoparticles deliver medication to kidney
Kidney tissue naturally filters out foreign substances which is why drug delivery is so problematic. In [MORE]
Nano-Optic Endoscope for Precision Imaging
Seeing deep tissue with Nano-optic endoscope
Earlier this year, optical engineers at Harvard published an article in Nature Nanotechnology about their [MORE]
CMS Expands Telemedicine Services
Telemedicine consultation
Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid changed the 2019 “Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program [MORE]
Rapid Visual Detection of Pathogen Nucleic Acids
NUS test kit enVision
A*STAR scientists in Singapore have developed a pathogen DNA system that has visible detection—a system called “enVision” [MORE]
Wearable Wrist Device for Monitoring Blood Glucose
MIT Device to detect blood glucose non-invasively
“Developed by researchers from MIT, the device uses a technique called Raman spectroscopy to [MORE]
Drug-Dispensing, Color-Changing Contact Lenses
Color changing drug delivery contact lens
“The prototype dye-free lens was made via a process known as molecular imprinting – this [MORE]
3-D Printed Ligaments and Tendons
Professor Bowles with 3D printer for ligaments and tendons
Biomedical engineers at the University of Utah have shown how to use [MORE]
Biometric Monitoring Shopping Carts; Get a Grip on It
Shopping cart
Walmart has patented a shopping cart that takes biometric measurements (pulse and temperature) much like the monitors on treadmill [MORE]
Precise Needle Navigation
XACT Robotics needle steering and insertion system
Invasive surgery depends on steady hands, but even the steadiest might have trouble compensating [MORE]
Complete Blood Count on a Smartphone
Essenlix mobile testing device
The Theranos experience might cause pause in enthusiasm for any quick and easy blood analysis platform, but [MORE]