The Next “Big One”
Preparing for the Next Pandemic
This piece isn’t about half of California dropping into the Pacific, or Miami being blown away [MORE]
Anemia Detected in the Blink of the Eye
Diagnosing anemia via eye exam
Purdue University scientists have developed an inexpensive means for evaluating anemia from a smartphone photo of [MORE]
Paper Test Measures Lithium in Blood Drop
Lithium sensor
Bipolar patients rely on lithium carbonate medication, but the amount they take is close to a toxic effect. An [MORE]
Landmark Review of AI in Global Health
AI in healthcare
From the Lancet article: “AI-driven health interventions fit into four categories relevant to global health researchers: (1) diagnosis, [MORE]
A COVID-19 Biobank
COVID-19
Last February, when more than 100 Biogen representatives from around the world attended a conference, they unwittingly became a means [MORE]
When the Heart Naturally Regenerates
Human heart
When mouse hearts are damages in early life, they can regenerative; so why not the same for adults? This [MORE]
Laser-Light Activated Drug Delivery for Arthritis
Laser light used in treatment of RA
A collaborative team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke [MORE]
Clearing Fat from the Bloodstream
Fat busting proteins made in the lab
An article in the Journal of Lipid Research describes how scientists at the University [MORE]
Nanoparticle Targeting Tumor Cells
Dendritic polyglycerol
Dendritic polyglycerols are synthesized carrier molecules to which different kinds of labels (dyes, radiolabeling) and/or therapeutics (antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory [MORE]
A Clot Timing Chip
XaTek clot clip
XaTek, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) has introduced a handheld device it calls the “ClotChip.” About the size and shape [MORE]
A Brief History of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Abdominal implanted ICD system
Some 800,000 Americans have implanted cardioverter defibrillators that keep their hearts from racing too fast, and about [MORE]
Urine Test Predicts Bladder Cancer Early
Telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter
From a cohort of over 50,000 Iranians comes the discovery of a biomarker, the telomerase reverse transcriptase [MORE]
Gene Therapy for ALS
Gene therapy for ALS
While it has only been demonstrated in mice, researchers at the University of California-San Diego Medical School [MORE]
Stem Cells in Cardiac Pacemaking
ECG – stem cells to pacemaker cells
About 600,000 people have implanted cardiac pacemakers to treat arrhythmias and low heartbeat. Cardio-innovators [MORE]
Regenerating Tendon and Ligament Tissue
Muscles and tendons of the arm and leg:
Ligaments and tendons are complicated tissues, with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic vessels [MORE]
Nanosheet in Creating Artificial Antibodies
A molecular model of the artificial antibody system.
On a hill overlooking the University of California campus in Berkeley, the Lawrence [MORE]
Digital Stethoscope for Early Assessment of Heart Disease
DUO Earpiece AI -Enabled Stethoscope
With every beat, the heart pumps a percentage of blood from the ventricles (mainly the left [MORE]
Artificial Human Tissues
Nanostructured material could replace human tissue
It would be useful, indeed, if a synthetic material could function in worn out knees, [MORE]
Cold Plasma Reactor for Killing Airborne Virus
Cold plasma for airborne viruses
Agricultural engineers at the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota know “cold,” and in this [MORE]
Sweat Powered Electronic Skin
Electronic Skin Fully Powered by Sweat
Engineers at Cal Tech have designed many kinds of biosensors, but in this piece they [MORE]
Ultrasound Method to Dry Blood
Freeze-dried Blood
Ultrasound, in a process called sonoporation, can deliver molecules across a plama membrane, such as that surrounding a red [MORE]
A Saliva Test for Diabetes
Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy
Researchers mainly at the Federal University of Uberlandia (Minas Gerais, Brazil) have used [MORE]
AI for Predicting Acute Respiratory Prognosis
Coronavirus patient Khomeini Hospital
Investigators at NYU’s Grossman Scholl of Medicine used artificial intelligence to analyze the biomarkers and records of [MORE]
A Better Brain-Machine Interface
Schematic of the CMOS chip integrated with the microwire bundle
In this piece British, American and Swiss bioengineers “. . . [MORE]
Imaging Tumors below the Skin
MIcro OCT imagery
American and Chinese scientists have developed “a prototype device capable of imaging through tissues at resolutions down to [MORE]