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Printing Tissue Inside a Wound
Replacing tissue inside wounds
“. . . [R]esearchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a bioprinter that deposits a biocompatible [MORE]
Tactile Enhancement
Tactile enhancement
Chinese engineers have shown how a silvery material used to make an ultra-thin sensor can enhance the sense of [MORE]
A Robot that Draws Blood and Inserts Catheters
Robot draws blood accurately
“As healthcare staff can find it difficult to see the vein they are attempting to access, complications [MORE]
A Bandage that Delivers Drugs for Diabetic Wound Healing
Smart bandage can deliver drug independently
“The smart bandage,” from University of Connecticut engineers, “is equipped with wirelessly controlled mini needles. [MORE]
Carbon Nanotube Sensors in Wearable Fabrics
Carbon-based nanomaterials
“The material,” from researchers at the University of Houston, “involves the use of carbon nanotubes and is capable of [MORE]
Smart Materials for Capillary-Like Microvessels
Self assembly of nanoparticles
British bioengineers in London and Nottingham report their development of a new material that self-forms into blood [MORE]
Organ Specific Blood Vessel Cells
Formation of new blood vessels
University of Illinois cell scientists have discovered that gene expression profiles for blood vessel formation differ [MORE]
Video of 3D Printer Making Skin
Hand-held 3D printer of sheets of skin
Engineers at the University of Toronto have built a 3D printer, using bioink, to [MORE]
Handheld Eye Scanner Detects Autism
Handheld eye scanner to identify children with autism spectrum disorder
“Researchers at Flinders University in Australia have developed a handheld eye [MORE]
Proteomics of Aging
Clinical lab mass spectometry
“Might medical laboratories someday use proteomic biomarkers to help physicians gauge the aging progression in patients? Might [MORE]
New AI Method Mimics the Human Brain
Neuromodulation
In Belgium, University of Liège researchers “ have developed a completely original artificial neural network architecture, introducing an interaction between [MORE]
Raman Spectroscopy for Finger Glucose Monitoring
MIT non-invasive glucose testing
Engineers at MIT and Samsung report this: “we demonstrate the first direct observation of glucose Raman peaks [MORE]
High Efficiency Gene Editing of Human Stem Cells
BIG TREE gene editing
To deal with the problem of off target gene editing, researchers at Arizona State University have found [MORE]
First Implant of Lab Grown Heart Cells into a Human Patient
iPS-derived cardiomyocytes
“In what is a world-first and potentially the dawn of a new medical technology to treat damaged hearts, scientists [MORE]