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3D Body Mapping of Damaged Organs
3D body scanning
Using a tissue scaffold with arrays of sensors, tissue engineers at Purdue University have shown how to monitor [MORE]
Personalized Chemotherapy
Microfluidics chemo efficacy testing device
Rutgers University engineers have developed a microfluidics device that not only has a 95% accuracy in [MORE]
Knee Harvested Electrical Power
MFC energy harvester for knee
“This letter describes a lightweight macrofiber composite (MFC)-based energy harvester for capturing biomechanical energy through the [MORE]
Cardiac Microcurrent Implant
Implant heals heart
Pulses of low current electricity can cause heart tissue to regenerate. Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna [MORE]
Old Fashioned Newborn Screening
Neonatal blood testing
Except for the number of disorders now screened in neonate testing (61), this piece could have been written [MORE]
Personalized Robotic Surgical Instruments
SnakeBots
In arthroscopic procedures of the knees or hips, surgeons use rigid instruments in a “one size fits all” approach that [MORE]
Digitizing Mental Health
Smartphone psychiatry
In the “smartphone psychiatry movement,” typing speed, voice tone, and word choice can be “biomarkers” for suicide risk. Such [MORE]