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A “Universal Cancer Biomarker”
UQ Cancer test shows particles changing color
According to University of Queensland bioengineers: “When circulating tumor DNA fragments are placed in [MORE]
Revising Pancreatic Regeneration
GSIS islet beta cells
While regenerative medicine has made strides with growing blood, blood vessel, and bladder from stem cells, pancreatic [MORE]
Adjustable Length Artificial Hip
Adjustable length artificial hip
Hip prostheses can result in a leg that is a little too long or a little too [MORE]
AI Automatically Identifies Polyps during Colonoscopies
AI detects polyps during colonoscopy
Instead of “self-driving” cars from artificial intelligence and computer vision, think self-driving colonoscopy. The CEO of [MORE]
MEMS Soft Robots
Modular soft robotic microdevices
In this piece, engineers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne describe this technology for manufacturing soft [MORE]
A Wearable Kidney
WAK- portable dialysis device
Dialysis patients typically go to treatment centers for four-hour sessions, three times a week. They must carefully [MORE]
When Wearables Become Essentials
BrightBeat medical device slows breathing
New approaches to wearable devices could add peripheral nervous system stimulators to solving a new range [MORE]
Smart Pills with Tiny Needles
Smart pills with tiny needles
In a foreseeable future, insulin injections, vaccinations and IV drips might be replaced with smart pills [MORE]
First Wirelessly Powered Heart Pump
CET system
Heart patients who require a ventricular assist device typically have the pump’s cable protruding through their skin which is [MORE]
A New Blood Volume Analyzer
BVA-100 Blood volume analyzer
Knowing a patient’s blood volume and its constituents is critical information for treating burns, trauma and hemorrhage—and [MORE]
Reprogramming Kidney Repair
Kidney health
In kidney cells, energy generation and repair mechanisms alternate as needed. Case Western Reserve University researchers believe they now [MORE]
DNA Adductomics
Adducts Borane 3D-balls
Roughly half of American adults suffer from at least one of six diseases: cardiovascular, cancer, cardiopulmonary, asthma, diabetes [MORE]
Tear Glucose Sensor
NovioSense device measures tear glucose
A Dutch company, NovioSense BV, has completed a phase 2 study of its device which is [MORE]
Metabolite Test for Blocked Arteries
Treadmill exercise
Cardiologists at Duke University carried out studies of peoples’ blood one hour before a treadmill stress test and two [MORE]