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Blood Biomarkers for Pain
Pain assessment
“Please tell me, on this chart, your pain level from 1 to 10 cartoon faces.” Hippocrates could have done [MORE]
Robotic Contact Lens
Contact lens
Muscles that control eye movement have an electrical output—or more precisely, an electro-oculographic signal. With that in mind, engineers [MORE]
Keeping Tissue Alive in the Lab
Heart slices in biomimetic culture system
Researchers at the University of Louisville have developed a culture system that can keep slices [MORE]
Osmotic Pill Samples the Microbiome
Capsule assesses microbiome
Increasingly, the role of the microbiome is found to be implicated in many biological processes outside of the [MORE]
Algorithm for Diagnosing Lung Biopsies
Chest-CT-Segmentation
An Israeli company, RSIP Vision (Jerusalem), uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to examine CT images (et al) looking for [MORE]
Social Determinants of Health
Social support promotes health
Epidemiologists struggle to measure the “social determinants of health,” but the simple truth is that American society [MORE]
e-Tattoo Heart Monitor
eTattoo heart monitor
Heart beat monitors have come to this: an electronic, stick on, “tattoo.” Engineers at the University of Texas-Austin [MORE]