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Clot-Busting Nanodevice
Blood Clot
Ever wonder why an announcement for a new drug or device often says that it may take another five [MORE]
Induced Schwann Cells for Peripheral Nerve Repair
Schwann Cells
The first bacterium shown to cause a human disease was Mycobacterium leprae—the pathogen that invades the Schwann cells which [MORE]
Predictive Genomics: Stanford’s PRECOG for Cancer Outcomes
Data Base
“Prediction of Cancer Outcomes from Genomic Profiles” is what Stanford’s Cancer Institute calls its database that integrates expression profiling [MORE]
Making Devices Easier to Swallow
MIT Gastric Devices
Relying on a novel elastic polymer gel, biomedical engineers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a [MORE]
Microfluidics Device for DNA Testing
Paper Machine
Quoting directly: “The ‘Paper Machine,’ as the researchers behind the project call it, is a microfluidic device made out [MORE]
Printing “Smart Skin”
Skin
Some stories are fetching just because they are so fetching. This is one of those, about electrical engineers at Georgia [MORE]
Illumina and You as an App
Illumina Gene Sequencing Machines
In what seems like a gigantic opportunity for product liability lawyers, sequencer-maker Illumina plans to launch a [MORE]