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Predicting Tomorrow’s Medical Advances
Science and innovation
For several years this newsletter has accepted short editorials (250 words or less) on subjects related to medical [MORE]
Keeping Transplantable Livers Alive for a Week
Liver perfusion machine
Transplantable livers are now kept alive for 24 hours while on ice. But a new machine from engineers [MORE]
Making Organoids More Complex
Organoid models
Creating functional organoids from iPSCs is a step toward growing full sized functional transplantable organs. But thus far, organoids [MORE]
Silkworm Proteins for Bioprinting Organs
Wild silkworm species Antheraea assamensis
Collagen is a common ingredient in inks for bioprinting, but in India scientists have shown the possibility [MORE]
The Regenerated Heart
Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Mitosis With Complete Cytokinesis
Toward natural heart regeneration, Van Andel Institute scientists assert: “Markers of cell cycle progression based [MORE]
A Magnetic Fluid that Staunches Blood Loss
Injectable magnetic fluid to stop blood loss
To temporarily (30 minutes) stop hemorrhage in an emergency situation, MIT researchers have developed [MORE]
Natural Cartilage Regeneration
microRNA and Cartilage regeneration
According to Duke University medical researchers, natural cartilage regeneration occurs in humans depending on the distance of [MORE]
“Super Grafts” for Treating Type 1 Diabetes
Insulin-producing organoids
This piece describes how researchers at the University of Geneva have created transplantable pancreatic grafts for treating Type 1 [MORE]
Single Dose Gene Therapy for Cocaine Addiction
Single dose gene therapy for cocaine addiction
In an article titled “Systemic Safety of a Recombinant AAV8 Vector for Human Cocaine [MORE]
Need to Automate Mass Spectrometry for Clinical Use
Mass Spectrometry Quantitative Proteomic Workflows
Mass spectroscopy is a technology for determining, among other things, the size and weight of protein [MORE]
23andMe Licensed an Antibody for IBD Based on Its Ancestry Database
Developing drugs from antibodies
“23andMe Inc., the Silicon Valley firm known for its ancestry DNA tests, has licensed an antibody it [MORE]
An AI-Enabled Stethoscope
DUO digital stethoscope
Stethoscope maker, Eko Devices (Berkeley, CA) is testing its DUO digital instrument that detects asymptomatic low ejection heartbeat. [MORE]
A Bone Bandage
Bandage-for-bone
After a bone fracture, the naturally occurring purine nucleoside adenosine floods the injury site, but it does not necessarily remain [MORE]
Femtosecond Speed for 3 D Printing
Two-photon lithography technology
3D printing is a relatively slow miracle; so engineers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the [MORE]