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3D Printing an Artificial Knee
Hybrid 3D-printing bioinks help repair damaged knee cartilage
“For the new proof-of-concept study, researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative [MORE]
Clonal Hematopoiesis Confounding Liquid Biopsy for Prostate Cancer
Cell-free DNA liquid biopsy for prostate cancer
“[University of Washington] scientists found that about half of the mutations that liquid biopsies [MORE]
Non-Invasive Means for Diagnosing Melanoma
Non-Invasive Means for Diagnosing Melanoma
From researchers at two universities in Lithuania: “The novelty of our method is that it combines [MORE]
Measuring Cortisol in Cerumen
Measuring cortisol in cerumen with special cotton swab
Two groups of researchers in London have created and tested a simple tool [MORE]
Liquid Biopsy for Adult Brain Tumors
Bob Carter, MD, PhD, MGH one of the study’s authors
Massachusetts General Hospital “. . . researchers compared blood samples and [MORE]
Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs to the Gut
Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs
From Johns Hopkins engineers: “The parasite-inspired devices, which the researchers call “theragrippers,” each come equipped with [MORE]
Genetic Screening of Organoids
CRISPR-LIGHT tool for genetic screening tool for organoids
CRIPSR-Lineage Tracing at Cellular resolution in Heterogeneous Tissue (CRISPR-LICHT) is the term researchers [MORE]
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]