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Compact Supercomputer for Advanced Bioinformatics
Nvidia’s DGX-1 Supercomputer
Imagine the look on the TSA inspector’s face when he asks if that’s a computer in your carry-on [MORE]
First Use of CRISPR/Cas 9 in a Human Clinical Trial
Gene Editing CRISPR-Cas9
Last October, clinical trial operators at the West China Hospital in Chengdu (Sichuan Province) altered immune cells from [MORE]
Sensor that Detects Radiation Efficacy on Malignant Tumors
SINTEF Developers of Microscopic Radiation Sensor
An international group of engineers has built a sensor the size of a single human [MORE]
Smartphone Enabled Atrial Fibrillation Monitoring by Facial Skin Tone
Atrial Fibrillation
Wilhem Einthoven’s first electrocardiograph in 1903 required five operators, weighed nearly 600 lbs., and required that the patient have [MORE]
Automated Extraction of Nucleic Acids
eMag™
Paris-based bioMerieux has announced CE mark approval for its “eMAG” automated nucleic acids extractor. The machine can process 48 sample [MORE]
Reprogramming Heart Cells
Heart
Biomedical scientists at the Gladstone Institutes (affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco) have found that adding two [MORE]
A Pillcam with Four Cameras
Capsocam-1
The aptly named company “CapsoVision” (Saratoga, CA) makes a swallowable capsule-endoscopy device that has four cameras giving a 360 degree [MORE]