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Printed Skull Implanted
3-D Printed Skull
“In a worldwide first, brain surgeon Dr. Bon Verweij of the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht successfully replaced [MORE]
Tissue Cultured Vagina Implanted
Engineered Vagina
“Scientists reported the first human recipients of laboratory-grown vaginal organs. They have described long-term success in four teenage girls [MORE]
Panasonic’s Robotic Bed/Wheelchair
Panasonic Robot Bed
Pansonic’s “Resyone” robot features a wheelchair with a full body length cushion that also is half a bed [MORE]
Finger Sensor for Parkinson’s Monitoring
GLN's Parkinsons Technology Platform
This piece describes a home monitoring system for Parkinson’s patients: “The sensor captures linear acceleration and angular [MORE]
Continuing the Search for Artificial Blood
Blood Substitute
Attempts to create artificial blood have been on-going almost since Landsteiner discovered the human blood groups in the early [MORE]
Samsung’s Simband mHealth Initiative
Simband Metrics
The take-away from this piece is that Samsung is dedicating $50m for innovative startups that can improve the Simband [MORE]
Miniature Dialysis Machine for Infants
Dialysis Machine for Newborns
One in five children admitted to intensive care suffer from acute kidney injury and almost as many [MORE]