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Electricity via WiFi
MITs Rectenna
The idea of transmitting electricity through air sounds like science fiction, but researchers at MIT have demonstrated how that [MORE]
Highly Sensitive Microfluidic Device for Capturing CTCs
Cancer cell microfluidic device
Much of the enthusiasm for liquid biopsy in cancer research comes from knowing there are circulating tumor [MORE]
Moving Closer to Lab-Grown Kidneys
Generation of kidney in anephric mouse
Regenerative medicine researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (Okazaki, Japan), “show that mouse [MORE]
Photonic Device for Measuring Arterial Stiffness
Photonic device measure arterial stiffness
Medtronic, working with nine European research groups, has developed a prototype device for measuring arterial stiffness [MORE]
First Count of Growth Factors in a Single Cell
Quantum dots
Bioengineers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign “report digital counting of growth factors in single cells using fluorescent quantum [MORE]
Tobacco-Derived IL-37
Tobacco plants
It’s not surprising farmers have paid attention to “raising” pharmaceutical proteins in transgenic tobacco for at least 20 years. [MORE]
Self-Powered Knee Implant Sensor
Knee implant sensor
Wear and tear on artificial knees can damage a prosthetic just as they do in injured or older [MORE]
A Robotic Biologic Pill
RaniPill
“Upon entering the small intestine, the RaniPill capsule inflates a small balloon, which then pushes drug-loaded needles into the wall [MORE]
Artificial Ovaries
Ovary
Emphasizing the choice of the right material, German engineers and materials scientists have electrospun a mixture of polyepsillon caprolactone and [MORE]
Regenerative Medicine’s Gene Editing Toolbox
CRISPR Cas9 Editing_ of the Genome
Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have figured out how to control [MORE]
A Fingerstick Blood Test for Stroke
Nicholas Dale PhD holding SMARTChip biosensor
Hospitals refer to “the golden hour” for effectively treating stroke victims; reflecting that for every [MORE]
Ingestible Digestion Monitor
Ingestible pill monitor
Ingestible sensors have to work in a tough neighborhood—the stomach. For that reason, MIT engineers have created a [MORE]
Merck’s Patent for “Crypto-Objects”
Blockchain Technology
Merck has obtained a US patent on “crypto-objects.” “The new technology uses machine learning to link physical objects to [MORE]
Vascular Organoids
Vascular Organoid illustration
This is another landmark for regenerative medicine. “After growing the blood vessels in a Petri dish, [researchers at [MORE]