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Promoting Vascularization in Kidney Organoids
Culturing kidney organoids under flow
To make muscle cells from human stem cells, mechanical stress, causing stretching and contraction, has to [MORE]
Vitals Monitoring from 4’ away with a Smartphone
Video Vitals
Engineers at Penn State and Johns Hopkins are collaborating in the development of a heart rate monitor that relies [MORE]
Cancer-Detecting Sensor
Nanobiosensors to detect cancer
Whether a gene mutation initiates cancer, or a post translational modification to the gene’s protein is the [MORE]
Vista’s Eight Signs Monitoring System
Vita Patch biosensor
Vital signs monitors keep improving, though there may not be a clear winner for the best possible. This [MORE]
Appetite-Suppressing Implant
Battery-free implant to suppress appetite
Between the brain and the belly, the vagus nerve signals hunger and fullness. It is known [MORE]
It Depends on how You Grow Stem Cells
Selective Laminin-Directed Differentiation of Human iPSCs
Stem cell biologists at Osaka University have found that by growing human iPSCs in the [MORE]
Looking Ahead at Surgical Robots
2 LB robot operates outside the body
What’s on the horizon for surgical robots? How about these things: more sensitive force [MORE]
13 Years of iPSC Therapies in Clinical Trials
iPS cell therapies for clinical trials
Thirteen years have passed since Kyoto University’s Shinya Yamanaka demonstrated how altering four genes could [MORE]
Voice Recognition in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence in EHR Software
Here’s one opinion of eight from hospital Chief Medical Information Officers about voice recognition: “Physicians are [MORE]
National Lab’s Wearable Vital Signs Monitor
VitalTag prototype
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s stick-on “VitalTag” monitors blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, blood oxygen, shock index, and has [MORE]
Injectable Gel for Cervical Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy seeds
Considering the long standing sports rivalry between Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, it might come as a [MORE]
Graphene/Salvia-Hydrogel on the Brain
Kizkitza González and team develop new hydrogel for brain implants
Engineers at the University of the Basque Country and the University [MORE]
Stem Cells in Energy Metabolism and Inflammation
Mesenchymal stem cells
Mesenchymal stem cells exist in bone marrow, cord blood, fat tissue, tooth buds, and amniotic fluid—where they initiate [MORE]
A Clinical Commode
“Smart” toilet seat
You’ve heard of wearable, ingestible and implantable sensors for distance monitoring. Now from engineers at Rochester Institute of [MORE]