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Injectable Stem Cells for Muscle Repair
Stem cell loaded hydrogel
Though the term “hydrogel” originated in the late 19th century, its modern definition as a hydrophilic crosslinked [MORE]
Picturing Blood Pressure
Measuring BP through face scan on smartphone
A research collaboration between GE Global Research, Michigan State University and the University of [MORE]
NIH Training Set of 32,000 CT Images
NIH medical imaging dataset
NIH’s Clinical Center has released 32,000 annotated lesions from CT images, coming from more than 4,400 patients. [MORE]
New process for Growing Blood Vessels
Texas A&M new platform for forming blood vessels
Texas A&M University engineers have developed a clay-based method for slowly delivering angiogenesis [MORE]
Protein-Centered Diagnostics
Flowchart of proteomics
This piece has a half-truth—i.e. that the diseases of aging, like Alzheimer’s and T2 diabetes, arise from aberrant [MORE]
Bioengineered Bone Grafts
Bioengineered bone grafts
At the New York Stem Cell Foundation, researchers use an innovative process to produce bone grafts in small [MORE]
Removing A and B Antigens for O Type Blood
Gut bacteria may have key to creating universal blood
It has long been known that A type blood cells have one [MORE]
AI in Diagnosing Eye Disease
Using AI to diagnose retinal disease
In a collaboration between Google’s DeepMind Health, University College London, and the Moorefield Eye Hospital, [MORE]
Proof-of-Concept for Nanobot “Fantastic Voyage”
Nanorobots
In the 1966 film “Fantastic Voyage,” scientists inside a micro-submarine swam through the blood steam aiming to break up a [MORE]
Automated Definition of Nerve Anatomy
Complete neuron cell
According to neuroscientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute, “Synaptic plasticity, the cellular basis for learning and memory, [MORE]
Rough Surfaced Implants Promote Blood Vessel Formation
Nano patterned bone implants vascularization
University of Toronto engineers don’t know why bone formation and blood vessel grow proceed faster with [MORE]
Microscopy Using UV Light for Diagnosis
MUSE microscopy breast tissue
MUSE microscopy stands for Microscopy with Ultraviolet Surface Excitation, and is an imaging system from the University [MORE]
Biomarker for Salt Sensitive Bood Pressure
Salt Sensitivity
Most people have heard the caution about dietary salt increasing blood pressure, and the blanket advice that all people [MORE]
Mount Sinai Med School’s Blockchain Research Center
Blockchain Technology
Imagine a set of test results—i.e. a block—sent to thousands of secure computers in a network, making a permanent [MORE]