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Gold Nanotubes in Treating Mesothelioma
Golden nanotubes deliver drugs to treat cancer
From University of Cambridge: “Gold nanotubes (AuNTs) represent an intriguing subset of 1D nanomaterials. [MORE]
Stranger than Fiction–Brain Organoids that “Think”
Human brain organoids
A neuroscience lab at University of California-San Diego “. . . has connected organoids to walking robots, modified [MORE]
CalTech’s 10 minute COVID Test Device
Rapid COVID-19 test sensor
By embedding SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in graphene microchannels, CalTech engineers have what they call a quick and low-cost [MORE]
Duke’s Genome Editors Go “HiUGE”
Universal Genome Engineering (HiUGE)
“HiUGE” is the acronym Duke University researchers have developed with which they are able to fluorescently tag [MORE]
A Wearable that Allows ALS Sufferers to Communicate
ALS patients communicate with a wearable sensor
From MIT’s Media Lab: “The wearable includes a silicone film that contains four piezoelectric [MORE]
Bluetooth-Enabled Cardiac Defibrillator Implanted in First Patient
Abbott’s Gallant cardiac implants
Last July the FDA approved Abbott’s “Gallant” implantable defibrillator which has Bluetooth connectivity for distance monitoring. St. [MORE]
Electrochemical Bio‐Barcode Assay for Cancer
Hand-held device for rapid test of cancer biomarkers
Canadian engineers have developed a point-of-care device for monitoring cancer biomarkers in blood, [MORE]
“CyberHealth Strategic Alliance”
CyberHealth Strategic Alliance
Health is a cosmic concept; healthcare is how that concept is applied, and in this age of computational [MORE]
A Serotonin-Sensing Ingestible
Ingestible capsule that could help demystify the gut-brain axis
With funding from the NSF, University of Maryland electrical engineers have developed [MORE]
AI for IVF
Improving IVF through AI
“Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital created an artificial intelligence (AI) system [MORE]
Squeezing Cells Promotes Faster Organoid Growth
Grow organoids faster by squeezing them
MIT engineers have found that compressing different cells in hydrogel causes them to differentiate and [MORE]
Flow Monitor for Hydrocephalus Shunts
Flow sense hydrocephalus monitor
Rhaeos (Evanston, IL), a spinout from Northwestern University, specializes in addressing hydrocephalus, and this piece describes its [MORE]
Printing Biosensors Directly on Skin
Biosensors printed on the skin
Several wearables for sensing blood oxygen, heart rate and temperature exist, but engineers at Penn State [MORE]
Autonomous Colonoscopy
Using robotics to improve colonoscopy
There are several STORM labs around the world (an acronym for Science and Technology of Robotics [MORE]