Optical Flow Sensor Measures Blood Flow Velocity
Probe measures changes in blood flow
Engineers at Australia’s Flinders University have developed a thin catheter that measures small changes in [MORE]
Bayesian Modeling of Wound Healing, Embryo Development, et al
Time lapse sequence with model prediction (red line) and spreading tissue
The “MechMorpho Lab” at the University of Pittsburgh has been [MORE]
A Neonate Genetic Screen for Lifelong Obesity Risk
Polygenic score to predict obesity risk
Researchers at the Broad Institute have developed a polygenic test that could be given to [MORE]
A 3D Printed Human Heart
3D printed heart
Bioengineers in Israel have created a 3D printed heart. According to this piece: “To create their heart, the [MORE]
Glucose Powered Artificial Muscle
Artificial muscle
“Scientists at Linköping University have blurred the line between robot and organism by developing an artificial muscle that runs [MORE]
First Non-Invasive Mind-Computer Interface
Non invasive brain computer interface
In a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon and University of Minnesota, engineers, using a noninvasive brain-computer interface, [MORE]
Implant for Remote Controlled Disease Management
Remote control implantable drug delivery system
“Researchers from Houston Methodist successfully delivered continuous, predetermined dosages of two chronic disease medications using [MORE]
MUSING – Sixth Generation Surgery
There are parallels between the military’s planning for sixth generation fighter aircraft and medicine’s sixth generation surgical theater. Surgery has [MORE]
British Research on Developing a Breathalyzer Test for Multiple Sclerosis
Analysis of exhaled breath
MS, like most other diseases, release a cloud of organic compounds into breath. Knowing that researchers at [MORE]
Cheap, Simple Home Diagnostics
Silicon chips for iPhone diagnostics
Imagine this: a nanoscale, porous silicon chip that is coated with chemicals that can attract proteins [MORE]
Controlling Embryonic Stem Cell Fate
Monash University Scientists – Bullen, Das and Tripathti
A research collaboration between Australian and American scientists has found two genes (using [MORE]
Injectable Cardiac Monitor
BIOMONITOR III injectable heart monitor
BIOTRONIK (Lake Oswego, OR) has released its next generation injectable heart monitor. “It is designed to [MORE]
A “Cytophone” with a Laser and Ultrasound to Kill Tumor Cells
Noninvasive cytophone detects melanoma
University of Arkansas Medical School researchers have developed a device that can detect and kill melanoma cells [MORE]
Synthetic Biology Primes Solid Tumors for Immunotherapy
Engineered bacterium armed with cancer fighting antibody
Engineering bacteria to deliver anticancer drugs amounts to giving an untreatable cancer a treatable [MORE]
Observing Vital Signs at Night
Oxehealth’s Digital Care Assistant (DCATM)
Calling it a “Digital Care Assistant (DCA),” researchers in the British National Health System are using [MORE]
DNA Microscopy
DNA microscopy determines molecule location
White blood cells produce antibodies and the antibodies produced can change by a single letter change [MORE]
Novel Gallium-68 Contrast Agent for most Cancers
PET scan
Radiopharmacology researchers at the University of Heidelberg have reported that “68 Ga-FAPI,” an acronym for gallium 68-fibroblast activated protein [MORE]
Inhaling mRNA
Cystic fibrosis nebulizer treatment
Cystic fibrosis is a terrible suffocating disease for both children who are afflicted and parents who suffer [MORE]
“Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing”
Fractyl Laboratories (Lexington, MA) has shown how an endoscopic treatment of heat and water strips away a portion of the [MORE]
Editing Stem Cells in the Body
Editing stem cells in the body
In animal studies, Harvard bioengineers loaded CRISPR gene editing sequences into adeno-associated viruses, added red [MORE]
3-D Printed Corneas
Cornea
This news from Pohang University of Science and Technology (Pohang, South Korea: “Medical researchers have 3D printed an artificial cornea [MORE]
Luring Stem Cells into Wounds
Hydrogel with biomolecules for healing
Specially engineered hydrogels can be loaded with growth factors that attract stem cells for wound healing, [MORE]
Heart Patches of Living Stem Cells
Heart patch
Until heart doctors have a successful strategy for injecting stem cells directly into cardiac tissue to repair damage, this [MORE]
Automated Chemical Synthesizer
Coffee machine synthesizer
For more than a quarter century, synthetic chemists have imagined how an automated reaction machine could take the [MORE]
Graphene Microflakes to Stop Seizures
Graphene flakes mitigate seizures
This piece mainly suggests what might be done for brain disorders in the future rather than what [MORE]