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NaNose Breathalyzer
Tumors are known to release volatile organic compounds, which is why dogs can be trained to sniff out lung [MORE]
Artificial Pancreas System
Artificial Pancreas
People with Type 1 diabetes are especially vulnerable at night, when their glucose level can fall precipitously and cause [MORE]
Self-Assembling Protein Fibers
Creating a Self-Assembling Protein
“Amyloid” brings to mind a rogue’s gallery of human afflictions, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to atherosclerosis and [MORE]
Iontophoresis, Drug Delivery by Electrical Waves
Iontophoresis
If you recall electrophoresis experiments from your high school biology class, you’ve seen how ions in an electrical current can [MORE]
“And the Winners Are….” The Oscars for Medical Devices
Sonosite180Plus Hand-Carried Ultrasound System
The Medical Design Excellence Awards are the “Oscars” for device design, and the company that has won [MORE]
A Lesson about Personalized Drug Dosing
3D Integrated Pharmaceuticals
This piece describes a process called “3-D integrated pharmaceuticals” which relies on prefabricated components that can be assembled, [MORE]
Smartphone Otoscope
Cellscope Home Otoscope
For some time now, it looked like medical kiosks with their digital instruments for examining patient’s ears, nose [MORE]