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ALS, A Prion Disease?
ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is an incurable motor neuron disease with no known cure. It afflicts about 140,000 people each year [MORE]
Genomic Benchmarking
Human Genome in 3-D
In the beginning, there were the government supported Human Genome Mapping Project, and the privately funded one [MORE]
Pharmacy Automation at Home
Philips' Home Medication Dispensing System
This commercial piece announces Royal Philips’ automated, compact drug dispensers with a dedicated web-based IT connection [MORE]
240 Genomes Sequenced in 50 hours
Beagle Computer
The day of the $1,000 genome may have already arrived, but that’s only for the cost of sequencing. Analyzing [MORE]
“Living Liquid Crystal” Diagnostics
Bacteria in Living Liquid Crystal
When we think of liquid crystals, the LCD’s of nearly every electronic device come to mind. [MORE]
3-D Printing of Pediatric Devices
Williams Intubator
Children are not a mass market for developing medical devices; moreover, pediatrics typically is not a revenue-positive practice for [MORE]
Nanotech Wave in Healthcare
Nano Batteries
This piece mistakenly attributes “nanotechnology” to American engineer Eric Drexler who popularized it in his 1992 book, Nanosystems. Drexler [MORE]