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Device to Measure Drug Metabolism in the Liver
Liver Drug Analysis
Anticancer drugs are metabolized in the liver before they reach the tumor target—thus a need for a means [MORE]
Do Proteins Hip-Hop?
Gelsolin Protein
For many years, researchers have tried to use transgenic plants to produce human protein “farmaceuticals.” If successful, the payoff [MORE]
Rapid Fabrication of Living Blood Vessels
Want to grow a blood vessel in a week or two? Here is a highly detailed piece with videos which [MORE]
A Net-Like Brain Implant for Neuronal Monitoring
Injectable Electronic Brain Implant
Imagine an injectable neural device that unfurls over a large area of the brain and provides a [MORE]
Thinking a Robot through Its Paces
Telepresence Robot for Disabled
In a remarkable demonstration of the brain-computer interface, disabled people in three European countries were able to [MORE]
Customized Vascularized Bone Implants
For the past five years, the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering in Wurzburg, Germany has been coordinating research in several [MORE]
Hospitals’ Property Tax Exemption
This piece is not our usual subject matter, but it does impact an enormous sector of healthcare. Most hospitals in [MORE]