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Multiregional Brain-on-a-Chip
Brain on a Chip
A bioengineering group at Harvard has built a brain-on-a-chip that models the neural connectome. This microfluidics device [MORE]
Regenerating the Epicardium of the Human Heart
Heart Cells from Stem Cells Lance Lian
Researchers at Penn State University have discovered that by chemically manipulating the Wnt signaling [MORE]
How Neural Organization Develops in an Infant
fMRI
Infants, younger than four months, have multipurpose brains that have not yet specialized in processing information such as facial recognition. [MORE]
Implantable Micromachines
Implantable Microrobots
Hydrogels have come a long way since Dutch chemist and physician Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen first described their nature [MORE]
Continuous Glucose and Lactate Monitoring
OptiScanner 6000
OptiScan Medical (Hayward, CA) has received the EU’s approval for a medical device that measures glucose and lactate levels [MORE]
Micromolding in Making Medical Equipment
Micro Molding Medical Device
Size matters in making minimally invasive surgical devices, and generally, the smaller the better. This piece describes [MORE]
Synthetic Anti-Venom Nanoparticle
Snake Milking
With pains-taking trial and error methods (aka “directed evolution”) researchers at the University of California-Irvine have made nanoparticles that [MORE]