A Synthetic Ovary Allows Sterilized Mice to Give Birth
Order of Changes in Ovary
In fertility studies of mice, bioengineers at Northwestern University have determined that the architecture of a [MORE]
Synthetic Retinas
Fundus Photograph Normal Retina
Ever wonder how to make an artificial retina? If so, Oxford University scientists say how it’s done: [MORE]
Using Stem Cells to Grow Inner Ear Organs
Human Inner Ear Organoid
Stem cell-derived tissue from any organ offers a way to test therapeutic drugs. In this piece, Indiana [MORE]
CRISPR Gene Editing by Middle Schoolers
Genspace Student Programs
Max Planck once observed that major breakthroughs in science rarely proceed by converting skeptics. Instead, breakthroughs are taught [MORE]
Pharmacoscopy
Scientist who Developed Pharmacoscopy High-Throughput Microscope
Quoting directly: “By combining state-of-the-art high-throughput fluorescent microscopy with single cell image analysis and novel [MORE]
Observing Bone Marrow through Transparent Bone
Bone CLARITY Used on Mouse Tibia
A collaboration between scientists at CalTech, Harvard and Amgen have developed a process called “Bone [MORE]
Injectable Biopolymer for Diabetes Control
Diabetes
Duke University chemists have developed, at least experimentally, an extended release compound for treating Type 2 diabetes with a once [MORE]
Biological Supercapacitors
Supercapacitor
Supercapacitors are, in effect, rechargeable batteries, but a biological supercapacitor is a tiny (1micrometer thick) device that holds a charge [MORE]
IVD Connectivity
Clinical Laboratory
The in vitro diagnostics industry’s “Connectivity Consortium” recently announced two improvements that efficiently and unambiguously allow exchanges of laboratory [MORE]
Heart-on-a-Chip
Heart on a Chip
In the abstract of an article from the journal Lab on a Chip, researchers at the Lawrence [MORE]
3-D Printed Menisci
3D Printed Knee Implants
Natural menisci in the knee have firmer cartilage in the center and softer, on the outside, making [MORE]
What to Do about Security Flaws in Pacemakers?
Cardiac Pacemaker
How does one protect against a security flaw in an implanted device, like a pacemaker? The next question is [MORE]
Some Finer Points of a Head Transplant
Heads
It’s called cephalosomatic anastomosis, or in science fiction, a head transplant. Such an idea may always remain the stuff of [MORE]
A Smarter Bathroom Scale
Smart Bathroom Scale
In due course, measuring one’s arterial health could be as “everyday” an event as weigh in on a [MORE]
Polysomnography in a Patch
SomnaPatch
Sleep apnea is a risk factor for many serious health conditions. For example, pauses in breathing followed by an abrupt [MORE]
More about an “Exercise Pill”
Exercise
In our June 27 issue you saw a story about an exercise pill under research at Augusta University in Georgia. [MORE]
AI, Automation, and Medical Imaging
CAT Scan Liver Cancer
In an international competition to develop machine learning applications for low-dose CT imaging, researchers at China’s Tsinghau [MORE]
Molecular Trigger for Drug Delivery
Quoting directly from the abstract of this piece, “. . . here we report the rational design of a modular [MORE]
Smartphone Add on Cardiac Monitor
Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor
Last year, when Abbott Laboratories acquired St. Jude Medical one of products in the deal was [MORE]
Regenerating Insulin-Producing Cells
Pancreas Insulin Beta Cells
As bodies age, the regenerative capacity of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas diminishes. This partly explains [MORE]
A Prosthetic Hand that Sees
Prosthetic Seeing Hand
Bioengineers at Newcastle University in the UK have designed a prosthetic hand with an internal camera that sees [MORE]
Finding Tumors with a Laser
Doctor Inserts Endoscope
A collaboration of German research labs has come up with a way to image tumors at an early [MORE]
Multiparticulate Drug Dispensing Device
HSDesign Multiparticulate Drug Depenser
Multiparticulate drugs are those with beads or microspheres containing single or multiple drugs for modified release effects. [MORE]
The Future of Exercise—in a Pill
Exercise
The protein myostatin plays a role in obesity by inhibiting muscle growth. Knowing that, researchers at Augusta University in Georgia [MORE]
A Physician’s E-Glove for Physical Exams
Sensor Glove
Many things in a physical exam are based on the physician’s subjective judgements. Muscle stiffness is one of those [MORE]