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Monitoring Blood Pressure with a Smart Watch
Biobeats
Biobeat Technologies (Tel Aviv, Israel) has received FDA approval for its wrist-wearable blood pressure monitor. Using light to measure physical [MORE]
The “MasSpec Pen”
Mass spec pen detects cancer
This isn’t what first comes to mind—a mass spectrometer reduced to the size of a pen. [MORE]
Optical Tomography Bioprinting
Volumetric bioprinting process
Bioprinting today is performed as an additive manufacturing process—layer by layer. Researchers at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) now show [MORE]
Using CRISPR for Diagnostic Devices
CRISPR to edit DNA gels
MIT and Harvard researchers have used CRISPR to edit DNA in gels making new types of [MORE]
Growing Neurons on Nanotube Films
Neurons on carbon nanotubes
In trying to mimic natural neuron networks, Italian researchers found that the size of the spaces between [MORE]
Preventative Genomics Clinics
DNA sequencing clinics
Most major medical centers have some capability of sequencing DNA when a medical condition advises it. But now [MORE]
“Theranostic” Isotopes, Scandium 43 and 47
Creating ultra short lived medical isotopes
Several dozen radioisotopes are used in medicine for imaging and therapy. Their value depends on [MORE]