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Automated Vital Signs Scanning for Trauma Patients in Transit
APPRAISE System
Internal hemorrhaging is a life-threatening risk for trauma patients, and every moment toward a correct assessment saves live. To [MORE]
Fingerprinting Drug Use
Fingerprint
This is an interesting piece in itself—mass spec analysis of a fingerprint to detect cocaine intake. But it also suggests [MORE]
Blood Test for Irritable Bowel
GI Anatomy
Irritable bowel disease, inflammatory bowel syndrome, celiac disease and other GI tract problems present similar symptoms and none are [MORE]
Mapping DNA Repair in the Human Genome
DNA Repair
An unfortunate reality of cancer is that means for killing tumor cells (chemotherapy and radiation) can also cause more [MORE]
Computerized “Staining” for the Automated Pathology Lab
Digital Pathology
Dyes that originated for coloring textiles about 150 years ago have been used ever since for histological staining. And [MORE]
Engineering New Intestines
Tissue Engineering
In yet another amazing story from Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, bioengineers cultured smooth muscle and nerve [MORE]
The “Cyber Heart” Project
Cyber Heart
With funding from the National Science Foundation, seven universities are collaborating in a computational modeling project “the Cyber Heart.” [MORE]