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“Shape Shifting” 4D Printing
What makes 4D printing different from 3D is that the former can change shape after being exposed to heat or [MORE]
Lab-Engineered Lungs
Lungs
Bioengineers at Arizona State University have conducted lung regeneration studies that look promising. They describe it as this: “The idea [MORE]
Implant to Control Hunger
EnteroMedics Maestro vBloc
EnteroMedics (St. Paul, MN) has been FDA approved to implant its hunger control device as a bariatric surgery [MORE]
“Tumor Treating Fields” Therapy
This piece needs more detail, but it refers to a portable medical advice that a brain cancer patient uses continuously [MORE]
Adhesives that Remineralize Teeth
When dentists drill out a tooth cavity, they fill it with a glass isomer cement, which plugs the hole, but [MORE]
Imaging Microcirculation in the Diabetic Foot
Philips AMC Diabetes Feet
The Dutch electronics giant Royal Philips is assisting researchers in efforts to see, in fine detail, the [MORE]
Genetic Link to Autism
Protein SHANK3
“Spectrum disorder” actually applies to every disease, but it has gained notable usage in describing autism, where genetic and [MORE]