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“Healthcare Engineering”
Healthcare engineering
In naming itself, the American Society of Healthcare Engineering put its namesake on the map in 1962. “Disciplines associated [MORE]
A “Clinic on the Wrist” ?
Rockley Photonics unveils ‘clinic-on-the-wrist’ sensor
“Rockley Photonics has pulled back the curtain on a health monitoring platform equipped with high-tech sensors [MORE]
A Urine Test for Precision Asthma Diagnosis
Urine test for asthma
“Researchers at the Karolinska Institute (KI) in Sweden have developed a non-invasive urine-based test that can identify [MORE]
Piezoelectric and Peptide Nanotechnology
Collagen mimicking peptide assembly
This piece describes how researchers at Tel Aviv University “by using a simple, minimalistic, building block of [MORE]
KOD1 Polymerase for Higher Fidelity PCR
Reaching Greater PCR Speeds, Specificity, and Fidelity
“KOD is a recombinant DNA polymerase based on the endogenous KOD1 polymerase found in [MORE]
Simulated Patients for in silico Clinical Trials
Virtual patients could revolutionize medicine
“According to a new proof-of-concept study published in Nature Communications, clinical studies conducted with simulated participants [MORE]
A Brain Implant to Relieve Pain
Experimental brain implant instantly detects and relieves pain
“Researchers from the New York University School of Medicine have developed a brain [MORE]
Personalized Knee Replacement
Personalised high tibial osteotomy
“The aim of this study was to investigate the safety of the new personalised treatment [for tibial [MORE]
Gene Editing for Cystic Fibrosis
Evaluating CRISPR-based prime editing for cancer modeling
“Prime editing is a recently reported genome editing tool using a nickase-cas9 fused to [MORE]
Glycopolymer Coating to Prevent Organ Rejection
Drs. Siren and Kizhakkedathu in the lab at UBC’s Centre for Blood Research
From the University of British Columbia: “Researchers have [MORE]
Bladder on a Chip and Bladder Organoids
Bladder-on-a-chip and organoids reveal dynamics or UTIs
“Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland developed two complementary benchtop [MORE]
Cultured Tissue: Mimicking a Beating Heart
Heart Model Simulates Mechanical Load on Cardiac Tissues
“Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, along with collaborators in the Netherlands, have developed [MORE]
First in vivo Use of CRISPR-Cas9 in a Human
CRISPR-Cas9 In Vivo Gene Editing for Transthyretin Amyloidosis
“Transthyretin amyloidosis . . . is a life-threatening disease characterized by progressive accumulation [MORE]
Electric Patch Hastens Bone Healing
Self-powered biodegradable patch zaps broken bones to heal them
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed an electrical patch called a fracture [MORE]