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Optical Flow Sensor Measures Blood Flow Velocity
Probe measures changes in blood flow
Engineers at Australia’s Flinders University have developed a thin catheter that measures small changes in [MORE]
Bayesian Modeling of Wound Healing, Embryo Development, et al
Time lapse sequence with model prediction (red line) and spreading tissue
The “MechMorpho Lab” at the University of Pittsburgh has been [MORE]
A Neonate Genetic Screen for Lifelong Obesity Risk
Polygenic score to predict obesity risk
Researchers at the Broad Institute have developed a polygenic test that could be given to [MORE]
A 3D Printed Human Heart
3D printed heart
Bioengineers in Israel have created a 3D printed heart. According to this piece: “To create their heart, the [MORE]
Glucose Powered Artificial Muscle
Artificial muscle
“Scientists at Linköping University have blurred the line between robot and organism by developing an artificial muscle that runs [MORE]
First Non-Invasive Mind-Computer Interface
Non invasive brain computer interface
In a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon and University of Minnesota, engineers, using a noninvasive brain-computer interface, [MORE]
Implant for Remote Controlled Disease Management
Remote control implantable drug delivery system
“Researchers from Houston Methodist successfully delivered continuous, predetermined dosages of two chronic disease medications using [MORE]
MUSING – Sixth Generation Surgery
There are parallels between the military’s planning for sixth generation fighter aircraft and medicine’s sixth generation surgical theater. Surgery has [MORE]
British Research on Developing a Breathalyzer Test for Multiple Sclerosis
Analysis of exhaled breath
MS, like most other diseases, release a cloud of organic compounds into breath. Knowing that researchers at [MORE]
Cheap, Simple Home Diagnostics
Silicon chips for iPhone diagnostics
Imagine this: a nanoscale, porous silicon chip that is coated with chemicals that can attract proteins [MORE]
Controlling Embryonic Stem Cell Fate
Monash University Scientists – Bullen, Das and Tripathti
A research collaboration between Australian and American scientists has found two genes (using [MORE]
Injectable Cardiac Monitor
BIOMONITOR III injectable heart monitor
BIOTRONIK (Lake Oswego, OR) has released its next generation injectable heart monitor. “It is designed to [MORE]
A “Cytophone” with a Laser and Ultrasound to Kill Tumor Cells
Noninvasive cytophone detects melanoma
University of Arkansas Medical School researchers have developed a device that can detect and kill melanoma cells [MORE]
Synthetic Biology Primes Solid Tumors for Immunotherapy
Engineered bacterium armed with cancer fighting antibody
Engineering bacteria to deliver anticancer drugs amounts to giving an untreatable cancer a treatable [MORE]