Capturing a Single Cell with a Magnetic Microbot
Magnetic Microrobot
It may be a while before a surgery takes place within a capillary, but steps toward that possibility are [MORE]
A Tissue Nanotransfection Chip
Chandan Sen, PhD Develops Tissue Nanotransfection (TNT)
Quoting directly: “Injured tissues can be repaired and damaged organs healed using a new [MORE]
Attacking Brain Tumors with Liquid Polymer Nanoparticles
Glioblastoma Cells
In an example of “customized nanomedicine,” cancer researchers at Northwestern University constructed lipid nanoparticles carrying four siRNAs aimed at [MORE]
A Super Sensor on Your Finger
SensoRING
“Masimo (Irvine, CA) just announced receiving European approval for its new rainbow Super DCI-mini sensor, a pulse oximeter that can [MORE]
Hydrogel Nanocomposite to Staunch Hemorrhage
Chemical engineers at MIT have developed a new material to stop hemorrhage from battlefield wounds or surgical accidents. “The biomaterial [MORE]
Liquid Biopsy for Monitoring Treatment Response
ctDNA Liquid Biopsy
Most interest in liquid biopsies has focused on less invasive disease diagnosis. This piece, however, draws attention to [MORE]
The Sign Language Translator You Wear
Moxo Sensor mPath
The first part of this piece may give you the creeps; it’s about sensored “emototyping” for marketing research, [MORE]
CRISPR Skin Grafts Instead of Insulin Injections
Gene Therapy Via Skin
Researchers at the University of Chicago have used CRISPR gene editing to establish proof of concept in [MORE]
Apple’s Gym for Testing Activity Algorithms
Apple Fitness
What does a wearables development lab look like? In Apple’s case, the facility is a gym with a large [MORE]
Million Electrode Array for Brain-Computer Interface
Brain Electrode
Under DARPA’s Neural Engineering Systems Design Program, engineers at Columbia University have developed a high density electrode array that’s [MORE]
Migraine, Heart Disease, and Hypertension: Three Ailments for the Price of One Gene
Cardiovascular System
Immunologists, among others, know that a single gene mutation can have seemingly unrelated expressions, such as Ataxia telangiectasia presenting [MORE]
Nanopipetting Single Cells
Nanopipette Technology
An engineer at UC-Santa Cruz’s Genomic Institute has won NIH’s “Follow the Cell Challenge” with its $300,000 prize. As [MORE]
Membraneless Organelles
Membraneless Organelles
Inside living cells, proteins and RNAs form membraneless organelles that give the cell structure, or when the structure fails, [MORE]
More Accurate Dosing for Cancer Chemotherapy
Physiology of Nephron
Dosing a cancer patient with carboplatin is a tricky business: too little can be ineffective; too much and [MORE]
Reprogramming Skin Cells to be Eggs and Sperm
Human Gametes- Ovum & Spermatozoon
A law professor at Stanford University predicts that half of couples in the normal child producing [MORE]
Harvard’s Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery
Soft Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Exam
Quoting directly: “We were able to design a device that can lie flat when the [MORE]
Highly Accurate 3-D Printed Biopsy Robot
3D Printed Robot
Because the “Stormram 4,” a 3-D printed biopsy robot, is made of plastic, it can be used for [MORE]
Drones Delivering Lab Specimens
Delivery Drone
Ticino EOC, an 8 hospital group in Lugano, Switzerland has a world’s first in delivering pathology specimens between hospitals [MORE]
A Wound Monitoring Bandage
Flusitex
Swiss engineers have designed a bandage material named “Fluistex” (for Fluorescence sensing integrated into medical textiles) which activates a fluorescent [MORE]
Lab Grown Artificial Bile Ducts
Artificial Bile Ducts
Several years ago, researchers in Wake Forest University’s Regenerative Medicine Program grew urethras for five boys and successfully [MORE]
Soft and Stretchy Wearable Monitors
Soft Flexible Sensor Fabric
Lots of wearable sensors now exist, but this piece describes the advantages of making them from stretchable [MORE]
Healthcare Data Rising at 48%/yr. So What?
Internet of Things
Science depends on data, and there’s an avalanche of it. But, as this piece reports, 90% of healthcare [MORE]
Kidney-on-a-Chip Goes to the ISS
International Space Station
According to a pharmacy professor at the University of Washington, weightlessness accelerates kidney diseases. “In the microgravity environment [MORE]
Temperature Reading Smartphone Monitors Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Podimetricspic
Diabetic foot ulcers are implicated in some 100,000 amputations each year. In most instances, the problem does present until the [MORE]
A Vest that Uses Radar to Image Lungs
SensiVest Fitting
Ohio State University is conducting a clinical trial of a vest, made by Sensible Medical (Netanya, Israel) that uses [MORE]