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Reading Brainwaves from Inside the Skull
Neuro chip
“Researchers at Purdue University have now developed a brain-reading implant that’s incredibly small and that doesn’t need any on-board batteries [MORE]
X-ray, Nanobubble Delivery of Anticancer Chemo
Dr. Wei-Deng researching nanobubbles
“Nanobubbles,” aka liposomes, have shown usefulness in drug delivery before, but their limitation has been in tissue [MORE]
Detecting Alzheimer’s Decades Earlier
Beta amyloid plaque
Misfolded amyloid beta, forming plaques, has long been suspected as a key to understanding how Alzheimer’s disease causes [MORE]
A “Smart Stent” that Monitors Arterial Conditions
UBC smart stent
Electrical and computer engineers at the University of British Columbia have created “the first angioplasty-ready smart stent.” “[They] modified [MORE]
Capturing Tumor Cells on a Magnetic Wire
Magnetized wire captures tumor cells
Stanford University bioengineers have designed a method for capturing circulating tumor cells in the blood stream. Their approach [MORE]
A Genome in a Day
DNA
In living cells, a special polymerase named “terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase” (TdT) adds about a thousand nucleotides per second to a [MORE]
Nanocrystals and Microparticles to Treat Osteoarthritis
Treating osteoarthritis
The ancient Greeks who coined the phrase “misery loves company” may well have been talking about osteoarthritis—an affliction that [MORE]